Post-Season Bliss - 2024 Edition

The Cooz's conditions for attending the raising of Banner #18 at Da Gahden.


1.  That Tom "Satch" Sanders be there by his side. He, and Cousy, are the last remaining survivors of the Celtic teams that our Sam used to refer to as "The Tyranny"
2.  That Governor Maura Healey be there too.  He points out that she is both a friend of his as well as having a basketball background.  She was the co-Captain of the Harvard woman's basketball team and a pro player.


https://www.yahoo.com/sports/bob-cousy-wants-attendance-banner-001330760.html



Neither one of these sound insurmountable by any means.  I mean, why wouldn't Satch be invited anyway?  And it would be ridiculous to NOT invite the Governor of your state, especially if it's by special request by a special guest.

Make it happen Brad.


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bobheckler wrote:The Cooz's conditions for attending the raising of Banner #18 at Da Gahden.


1.  That Tom "Satch" Sanders be there by his side.  He, and Cousy, are the last remaining survivors of the Celtic teams that our Sam used to refer to as "The Tyranny"
2.  That Governor Maura Healey be there too.  He points out that she is both a friend of his as well as having a basketball background.  She was the co-Captain of the Harvard woman's basketball team and a pro player.


https://www.yahoo.com/sports/bob-cousy-wants-attendance-banner-001330760.html



Neither one of these sound insurmountable by any means.  I mean, why wouldn't Satch be invited anyway?  And it would be ridiculous to NOT invite the Governor of your state, especially if it's by special request by a special guest.

Make it happen Brad.


Bob


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The Governor of Massachusetts and the Mayor of Boston were both at the pre-parade festivities. It shouldn't be too much of an ask to get them to come to the banner raising.

The are politicians, right? They may pay to go!

Must Cs: Marcus Smart congratulates Celtics on Banner 18, says he ‘screamed as loud as anybody’

https://www.celticsblog.com/celtics-videos/2024/6/25/24185756/boston-celtics-nba-champions-marcus-smart-jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-banner-18-theo-pinson

Once a Celtic...

By SamLaFrance@SamLaFranceNBA Jun 25, 2024, 1:21pm EDT 11 Comments / 11 New

We’re just over a week relieved from the Boston Celtics’ Game 5 win to finally secure Banner 18. It was a goal that the organization had been chasing for 16 long years, nine of which featured Marcus Smart — the longtime fan favorite and All-Defensive guard.

Smart, who was traded last June in the deal that brought Kristaps Porzingis to the Celtics, spoke publicly for the first time since seeing his former team achieve their ultimate goal, when he appeared on Theo Pinson’s “Run Your Race” podcast.

His message was riddled with pride as he congratulated his former teammates on finishing the job.



“Shoutout to Jaylen (Brown), Jayson (Tatum), and the Boston Celtics. Congratulations on the championship” Smart said. “They built that. They went through the mud. They didn’t skip any steps. I was there with them for nine years of my career and I seen it. It’s no coincidence that they reached their goal. I’m just so proud of them. I’m proud to have been able to be in the trenches with them, to know those guys, and to go to work with them every day when I had the chance to do it.”

Smart laughed with Pinson and added that he isn’t bitter or “salty” about Boston winning without him, despite what the general public may have thought.

“Man s—-, my wife will tell you I was screaming for those guys when they won it just as much as anybody else because I have love for those guys and I know the work that they put into it and I’ve been through it.”



From 2014-2023, Marcus appeared in 581 regular-season games and another 108 in the playoffs for the Cs. He was named to three All-Defensive First Teams and won the Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2022.

Smart was a polarizing player in the Celtics community. It seemed that fans either loved him or hated him, there wasn’t much in between. Regardless, there was no disputing that he gave the team everything that he had during his time here.

Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
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Stevens said the Jaylen told him Mazzulla is probably going to take something from the Sox game and “have them play shortstop or something.” “He’s really creative and he has a really high motor … he is always on … I actually hope he can take a couple of weeks and turn it off.”


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What makes this video so much fun for me is that, in addition to watching Jaylen absolutely demolish Mav players, it also replays some "experts" talking in the background about how "they'd trade Jaylen Brown" and "if the Celtics are going to offer Jaylen that contract he has to show up" etc.  

There's nothing like the smell of crow stew being eaten by someone else in the morning to wake me up and look forward to a new day.





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MORE BLISS!!!!







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Fun Fact perhaps overlooked:

NBA Championship teams can give rings to whomever they believe deserve one.

Teams usually give rings to their two-way players.

So CONGRATULATIONS JD Davison and Drew Peterson!!

No wonder JD said he was going to sign again with the Celtics no matter what.  He already has more rings than Patrick Ewing and Charles Barkley.   If we repeat he and Drew Peterson will have as many as Kevin Durant.    


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I just found this, didn't know where to put it. Here it goes.

From Game 1 of the ECFs?