Knicks? 76ers? 🤔 Who poses the BIGGEST threat to the Celtics in the East? | Get Up
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- On Get Up, Monica McNutt, Alan Hahn and Udonis Haslem join Mike Greenberg to discuss which teams in the Eastern Conference have the best odds to take down the reigning champion Boston Celtics next season.
0:00 Monica McNutt impresses Greeny with effects
0:54 Fill In The Blank: KD, 76ers & Celtics
2:00 Biggest threat to the Celtics
5:59 Joe Mazzulla on going back-to-back
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Every year we gotta pretend the Sixers are a “threat” despite Embiid never getting past the second round.
Its pathetic
This 76ers love is weird. We've been saying this since 2018
I really don't understand it
@@djadondaman17 Embiid is 3-12 against the Celtics in the playoffs. Game 7 last year, Tatum put 51 on embiid’s head and the media was dead silent about it. Not a peep. Should’ve been the end of that discussion but here we are once again
@@shiningwizard202 Exactly all the hate that Tatum gets should be going to Joel Embiid he does NOTHING in the post season
“If everyone was healthy the Celtics would be in trouble” Are y’all acting like the Celtics weren’t top 3 in offense and defense, played a good amount of the season without their starting center, and then barely had him in the playoffs?
They wanted the celtics to go 16-7 instead of 16-3.
Also KP was hurt so it's not like the Celtics weren't hurt also
C's didn't had porzingis too most of the playoffs too tho.
They didn't had porzingis most of the playoffs too tho.
Right?? Like, Tatum played a lot of center these playoffs. They also had a 38 year old Horford starting center.... that's a garbage lineup lol
UD is such a clown
I’m saying dude biased asf like juh be real og 🤣
Jimmy and the Heat ain’t beating Boston no more
He’s worse than Shannon sharpe
It’s so hard to watch him. He don’t even put in no playing time talking about we when it comes to the heat. He hasn’t touched the floor in decades smfh you can love a team and be realistic about the outlook of the league
@@jstorm416Boston beat Jimmy and the heat 4-0 in the regular season. Jimmy is old and washed. The old guard is cooked. It’s just who retires first with dignity and doesn’t drag their career on into oblivion
Look the Celtics can play another series right now and still sweep their opponent..
It's funny on how they still undermine how strong the Celtics are. Somehow they are like not considering KP.
Celtics running back a 64 win team next year but we’re supposed to think Embiid who couldn’t even beat them when Tatum was a rookie is a threat??😂
Exactly it's been Joel turn since 2018
Pathetic attempt to fool the public into thinking the rest of the East will be worth watching. Haters gonna hate. Tatum & Brown will hoist at least 2 more banners. If they continue to play with this much heart, they may end up with 5 total. - Lakers Fan
@@EXTENDEDclipped I would agree but the west is stacked. Won’t be this easy for them ever again
Listening to UD talk about the heat feels like watching ads
Exactly bruh
😂😂😂
None of them pose a threat. The new playmaker JT is different and difficult to guard
Ppl are frying him for his shooting but this was an aberration negatively for Tatum. He's not a 29% 3pt shooter
All of those teams lost to Boston when they were healthy. That's the reason that Boston had their record season obviously.
Exactly
The Bucks pose the biggest threat, but the Celtics should be back in the NBA Finals next year.
@@danielthompson3928 The Celtics have beaten healthy Philly and Miami teams in the playoffs before. And Milwaukee too.
Next year I want everyone in the east healthy I want the Celtics to make everyone look stupid with absolutely no excuses
Not possible boston didn't injure none of those teams. Literally Giannis ran down the court untouched and went down. Randle got hurt mid season. OG Robinson got hurt vs Philly. Hali ran in to his own man and got hurt. Boston wasn't even involved in none of these injures
Don't worry, they will find some other excuse.
@@djadondaman17right and the Knicks coach keeps running his star players into the ground
Get Haslem off TV man. Guy doesn’t even try to hide his bias. He should only be speaking on advice on towel waving and high fives.
No,he’s right Miami is always in the mix 😂
Lol haslem hates the Celtics...idk why...he owns them
nobody in the media never talks about the Heat so IDC, he can push all the propaganda he wants because all it is is Knicks Lakers Celtics Clippers and 76ers everytime. they’re slowly brining in the Spurs too. no Heat no Pacers no Cavs not even the Nuggets anymore. SAS been pushing the Knicks for a decade, you never got tired of that?
@@Jricks1992that’s why he lost more than he won against them right 😂 he hasn’t played meaningful minutes since 2011
UD actually right
Miami IS NOT a threat to this Celtics team, stop it. East will need Celtics to have a couple injuries for them not to get out of the East again next season.
(Barring some big trades this offseason)
All the pressure is off JB and jt. Coach Joe is confident as the leader. Good luck East.
Also, people need to stop acting like Celtics didn’t have any injuries during this title run.
facts
Well the pressure was off all the TEAMS that have yet to REPEAT. The Celtics will have to have the exact same slue of injuries to the better EAST teams to make the same RUN. So that is very doubtful. Yes, People need to stop acting as if the KP injury, which by the way, he still had a HUGE impact in GAME 1, was the same as the BEST Player being injured on other TEAMS.
First off agreee with the last part, Celtics had a run full of injuries, But acting like heat don’t pose a problem??!! Jimmy Butler can take the heat alone to the finals and trust me when I say no team wanna see Jimmy in the playoffs. Heat can knock off any team. Including Celtics..
@@Zanderzone23 they can’t. Those days are over. Celtics are ascending and butler and the heat are descending. Riley might not even keep butler around.
@@Zanderzone23 pacers, Knicks, bucks, Cavs all stronger than heat next season imo. Possibly magic as well.
Take udonis off he’s to bias everything he say it’s something to do with Miami heat
So what you could say the same about Paul pierce on undisputed
@@KingHampton-ul1iwI mean Paul’s team just won a championship so he can do that heat aint won since lebron
All those team were healthy in the regular season and still couldn’t beat the Celtics , porzingis got hurts also if he was healthy Celtics would’ve swept all of them
Nope, not true at all. First of all the REGULAR season is a different Animal then the playoffs. FACT, in the playoffs, that is when other TEAMS top Players were injured yet count the most. KP was at best, Boston's 3rd or 4th best player.
@@natureredux1957brother. Celtics woulda rocked all those teams if everyone was healthy, and that includes KP. Celtics were by far the best team in the league this year, just let it go
@@happyasapanguinPeople just don’t learn bruh lol when they cook everyone in the east again next year they’ll come up with another excuse
They were 2-2 against the bucks in the regular season the bucks blew them out twice in Milwaukee Boston only won by 3 points in their 2 wins against Milwaukee in Boston and in one of those losses giannis didn't play and they still only managed to win by 3 points, bucks had their ups and downs in the regular season but they always played well against good teams beating the celtics okc clippers nuggets Mavericks Timberwolves and etc celtics were fortunate they didn't have to face giannis in the playoffs last time they did celtic players said they had to spend extra time in the ice room after each game battling that guy
@@michael7361 LOL. Well first they have to actually do it.
Y’all so goofy acting like Kristaps wasn’t injured 😂
May not have been Tatum or Brown, but we saw in game 1 vs Dallas that 20 in 20 is what that man can do hobbled. Imagine him right.
Kp is a walking mismatch. 7'3 sniper that can shoot over u like a chair in the post
His interior D and shot altering ability are ELITE too
@@djadondaman17 that’s what I’m saying, fully healthy Kristaps probably would’ve been FMVP
until the offseason moves happen, nobody knows. All I can say right now is that Celtics are comfortably ahead of whoever is 2nd in the East and I hate the Celtics lol
Knicks starting 5 knee caps will be bread crumbs by the time thibs is done
@@Jricks1992 LMFAO
Knicks need to keep og to even stand a chance
The Celtics are NOT comfortable ahead of whoever is 2nd in the EAST. That is pure nonsense.
Lol, there ten steps ahead of everyone in the nba.
If the east was so weak then why are they picking so many teams to beat the Celtics next year ? If Randle is healthy.. Brunson ain’t getting All the shots lmao yall gotta be realistic
Brunson scoring regardless, what are you yappin about😂
Healthy or not the Knick’s aren’t beating this Celtics. Let’s stop this nonsense. Julius Randle is soft and lazy.
@@JC-db7so keep telling yourself that
Knicks are going to be so overhyped next season
@@JC-db7so right
I actually think it’s still the Pacers. They get Mathurin back with a healthy and more experienced Hali. We also saw that Nembhard can give good points off the bench. One of the most underrated teams in the league.
Knicks starting 5 knee caps will be peanut brittle by the time thibs is done...dont wanna hear about them
Haha, now I'm hungry for knee brittle.. thanks!
Greeny back to celtics hating days removed from the Cs steamrolling OTW to the chip without their 3rd best player for most of the run.
LMAOOOOO this man really said the Knicks, heat, and sixers could have beaten Boston this year im ROLLING 😂😂😂😂😂
there’s one team that nobody has talked about yet that needs to be addressed
the Orlando Magic
the Miami Heat is not the best team in Florida anymore. they never can stay healthy to win a championship and don’t take the regular season seriously. UD hinted on Butler potentially not being there next year
as a celtics fan i have to agree the magic are getting better and better every year and they have a good young core , deff a team to watch
Another Celtics fan here. Was really hoping Magic would meet us in the second round, huge fan of that young core. Paolo, Wagner, and Suggs are all dogs and the bench has some good depth. Fultz fitting nicely into his role. Big year for these guys coming up I think.
Unless Orlando offense gets better its boston in 5.
As Celtics fan, the Magic are waaaay scarier than these bozos
Only 4 games separated the 2nd from 8th seeds in the East. The old guard of MIL, PHI, and MIA are now in the same mix as the upstart teams ORL, NYC, IND, CLE - the latter teams scare me more because they can get better just with experience (especially young Orlando), while the three former teams are going to require serious moves.
Tatum literally became a new player and now when he combines both he’s unguardable. Playmaker jt who gives you 10 boards and 10 assists and Jt who gives you 30 a night is literally unstoppable.
JT has been different this year. Doing all the things they said he couldn't do when he was just a scorer
Most of these teams were healthy in the regular season and still couldn’t beat Boston for the most part😂😭
The disrespect on the Bucks is insane, they are the only team that actually have championship experience
-Celtics Fan
The disrespect towards the Bucks is crazy. Dame and Giannis are gonna be motivated like never before after last season
Lol
Exactly.
Nobody even mentions them, thats disrespectful.
The bucks have doc rivers and traded away theirs defensive glue Jrue Holiday. The disrespect is warranted
The Bucks traded away a key piece to get Dame and then their key piece became an important part in winning his new team a championship. I think the Bucks come off as a little salty in this case
Lmao they didn't even mention the bucks they hating so hard
I would be shocked to see the Knicks or Heat in the NBA Finals next season. The only teams I see with a chance to win the east other than Boston are the Bucks and possibly the 76ers.
Facts
Sixers are the furthest out of those teams, they have embiid and maxey and that’s really it that roster is just not good right now
@@arnold.wayne9 but they have cap space to build out the rest of the team. If Philly’s smart they’ll sign depth pieces instead of going all in for an aging vet like Paul George or Jimmy Butler.
@@arnold.wayne9 I agree with you but I want to see what they do this offseason because they have so much flexibility.
The Denver Nuggets had an easier path! They played a play-in team in the Western Conference Finals AND in the Finals! This year’s finals between the Celtics and Mavericks was so much better!
That play in team had lebron James and ad two top ten players in the NBA, celtics beat a 5th seed Mavericks team who overachieved and this years finals had the worst viewership in like 10 years
UD is shining, and I’m a Boston fan. Hope he succeeds we need more of him in the sports media
Broooo GET UD THE EFF OUTTTA HERE. HES SUCH A GOON NOW. Such a homer for the Heat. He needs to go a Miami Heat team coverage 😂😂
Only real threat is a healthy Giannis. Point blank period.
Not with that old team and no defense 35 yr old Dame.
@@hectorirene763 yea I agree they definitely need to get younger but they have the summer to address that and dames defense isn’t a problem(not saying he’s a good defender), they can hide him easily.
@@hectorirene763yet they would have beaten the fastest team in the NBA if giannis were healthy and I think they'd beat the Knicks also so as old as they may seem theyd still probably be in the ecf if giannis were healthy
@@greekfreak8473you’re not wrong but you wouldn’t beat us this year, trust me. You know why? Because you have DOC RIVERS as a coach! And as Celtics fan I know all about how lucky that guy was winning in 2008 with that stacked roster 😂
The importance of having Porzingis was massive. Last year Bam shut us down. He only played four games but those four games he did phenomenal against Bam. By doing that, he made the rest of the Miami Heat cast loose confidence. Porzingis was so important in this championship run. Even in Game, one of the finals, it was close until Porzingis came in and made everyone else around him more confident. We brought him in literally to contend against Bam. I really hope he stays around because Bam’s not going anywhere.
So ridiculous that Hahn would say the Sixers felt they could have beat the Celtics.
Boston Celtics back-to-back champion 🏆 ?
Nah, they had an easy road to finals, played all injured teams.
@@justinford-hp5sr💯💯
Considering porzingis injury who knows how healthy he will be next year. I think if porzingis can stay healthy the Celtics can easily go right back and win it. Porzingis opens up the whole floor for everybody else. Celtics have a real shot and doing something special over the next 10-15 years and if they can stay healthy they can absolutely be a dynasty.
@@justinford-hp5sr what a JOKE, any championship run this ERA need stay healthy squads to get champion 🏆 IDIOT
@@justinford-hp5sr idiot..
Horford has gone back to back Championships before, he can help guide them
Embiid hates the Celtics openly for a reason... Every year he should make a deep run, he gets bounced by Boston. Embiid is no threat
8:50 The difference between The Nuggets/Mallone and the Celtics/Joe. Joe is humble, Mallone is not. Murray is anything but humble. The stars on the Celtics are as classy as they come from top to bottom. The Celtics are built much better and deeper than the Nuggets who rely heavily on ONE guy, Jokic, to take them all the way. The Celtics have an elite defense from top to bottom.
I was a big Mazzulla out guy for the last year+ but the man has proved all the doubters wrong. His constant calm/relaxed attitude infuriates me sometimes when you need a firey guy to put people in check (refs, players, opponents, etc). But Coach Joe clearly has incredible ball IQ and has a talented core to play the style of ball he wants. Back-to-back next year, go C's!
After what happened this year. None of these clowns will make a good prediction. Celtics are making it back-to-back.
How many times Kd gonna get traded until it effects his legacy??
So the ESPN disrespect of the Celtics continues, I love it. Boston had the best record in the league and bodied the East this year and these talking heads talking about “health” 😂. Parade is on Friday too ☘️
Boston was unhealthy too. Pzinghis missed many games in the playoff.
yeah UD did wear the Heat Jersey but did they already forget UD quite literally works FOR THE HEAT! He literally is on player development so it is quite literally a WE, he is on the team and the staff
There is NOBODY in the East that’s a threat to the Celtics.
Everyone is basing that one game against the Knicks at the end of the season that the Knicks can beat Boston. Boston barely tried in that game and whether people want to admit it, they know it.
The difference between Boston is in the rosters. Denver lost a couple of key players, Boston will lock White in and have the same team.
Celtics fan here: it’s literally only a healthy Knicks squad that will be the toughest obstacle
Facts
Celtics went through the East almost entirely without Porzingis.
McNutt is so goofy 😂
😂😂😂😂😂 Boston beat a healthy Heat team in Miami by 40 and went 4-1 against the Knicks this year.... These are the experts???
The heat glazing is ridiculous. They'll be lucky to finish 5th in the East with that roster. Spo can't work miracles.
People will say Philly and put Joel embiid on a pedestal while never making it past the second round is inexcusable while players like Tatum get hate for not winning up until now
As a Celtics fan I dont consider Philly or Milwaukee as threats next year.
Who of all the teams you mention had beat the C's constantly all year? None. The hate continues
Only the bucks but they didn't mention them
is it illegal for espn to mention the pacers???
Unfortunately, the Knicks and 76ers both have a key piece that is known for not showing up in the postseason. I like Julius Randall and the dude sometimes put up superstar numbers on pretty good efficiency but his efficiency dips in the postseason and we don’t have to get started about tobias Harris.
Guarantee Randle gets traded this year.
The only team in the East I’m worried about is the pacers that team is LEGIT that offense is no joke. In the west I’d only be worried about Denver and maybe okc if that little bit of playoff experience and the addition of Caruso shows this season.
Celtics will be better next season. Also await, there will be some championship chasing stars wanting to join Celtics even if it is bench next season for a song, as they know they could win with Celtics.
ahaha man as a Miami heat fan, I’ve loved having UD on tv of late 🔥😎👏🏼
Julius Randle’s 25-9 turns into 10-5 on 35% shooting in the playoffs. No team relying on him will ever win the conference
I think they're forgetting a healthier KP next season (they will probably bubble wrap him till playoffs) and championship experience
Sixers can’t even get past 2nd round. How they a threat to NBA champs.
It took a finals and 3 MVPs for media to respect Jokic. Celtics doing it again and then everyone is gonna talk about how the Celtics were always the best team and they never doubted them...
Embiid does not pose a threat because it’s been shown time and time again that he just can’t beat Boston , they have his number every season
JT &JB is matured now no body beat the c's if all teams east doesnt move in free agency
the Celtics are the only threat to themselves...they have a 5 year window as along as they keep the core in tact...ya'll are wack...you forget Porzingis wasn't healthy either...clowns....the hate is crazy...
Back to hating the C's already lol wow
A healthy Heat team? GTFOH... They were barely a play-in team before Jimmy got hurt last year. They would struggle against a WNBA team at this point. Barring injury or calamity, Nobody's touching the Celtics in the east.
Maybe the Knicks could be a threat if Thibs wasn’t coaching. He’s the king of running his players into the ground during the regular season
Lol the Celtics disrespect has already begun. These talking heads don't ever learn.
Orlando Magic
As a Celtics fan lowkey the Knicks can run the east with us next year. Here’s the thing, we manage the load we have correct, and get an additional asset, we can be untouchable next year☘️☘️☘️
As a Cs supporter, they clowning with those comments and massively disrespecting the Pacers, though they got swept. They were the only team that challenged the Celtics, why? Because they had a strong team, not just two awesome guys.
Funny how so many want to conveniently omit the BEST players on most of the BEST teams in the EAST being out and injured this year.
It’s clearly the bucks, Giannis won’t ever get exhausted the way embiid and Luka do
Nope. But Dams is a defensive liability and Middleton wants out. Giannis missing Jrue rn
@AnthonyMercado-1988 Dame's bad D is not made up for by his offense. Dude has been to 1 conference finals in his career. Has also been injury ridden for this last tail of his career. The Jrue trade was a terrible trade. Milwaukee better be careful with the Middleton ordeal, or Giannis is guna be requesting to go to Boston 🤣
AND UD IS DOING GREAT. LIKE IHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A MINUTE.💥
We had the Target the whole season… the only team in the east that actually wanted smoke and believed was MIA… our actual rivals… Nobody else, Bucks, Sixers, included…
None if you ever think that the Sixers are an issue when the Sixers can never get past Boston anyways that’s just ridiculous. The Knicks haven’t been good since last year so I don’t even know why I think that’s gonna happen.
Is Doc Rivers really so bad of a coach that we’re acting like the Bucks aren’t in this conversation?😂😂😂
How can we respect the opinions of UD and Hahn when they're not even trying to hide their bias
All of these teams are at least one major piece away.
Not a single mention of the Bucks! Even unmentioned in these comments... have they completely fallen off the radar? One acquisition could change everything for them to become the biggest threat outside of Boston to the entire league
So KP wasn’t hurt most of the playoffs??
Everyone had injuries.
Boston still has room to get better which no one is talking about.
Julius Randle has never played well in the playoffs, and if you think the Celtics exposed Luka's defense what the heck do you think Jaylen Brown is about to do to Jalen Brunson.
Well back to back is what ALL championship teams want. But what they want and the actual outcome is two different events. The some of the other teams have already
started their rebuilds. And the Celtics will have their hands full defending form the other teams. Especially the west. Time will tell….lets be patient.
Monica was looking at Haslem like her 6th grade crush
Boston celtics banner 18 championship drive the media crazy, guess what next season
Celtics gonna be more strong,more experience,
And I think celtics got best organisation in NBA period...
Pacers and Knicks for sure. The 6ers and Heat time has passed. No one fears the 6ers adding PG.
Poor Giannis and the Bucks were forgotten. Not a fan of theirs, but if they reset and figure out their perimeter defense, they will come back strong. I wouldn't rule out the Pacers either. The Cavaliers also have a lot of talent but I don't know if those pieces necessarily fit. The Knicks were a great story, but Thibs always wears out his teams and his welcome. Yes, they will contend, but one or the other top teams can knock them off. Miami I will put "Incomplete" until they resolve the Butler situation and upgrade their roster. If they run it back, that squad will have problems making it to the play-in next season.
I would say the Knicks. Bogdanovoc and anunpvy are big additions. Randle needs to step it up . Still would pick celtics to beat everyone. Bucks would also be interesting if they can figure out how to play defense
The Heat need to add some legit talent on their team. They need to stop load managing, treating the regular season like they do not care and stop signing guys from the Home Depot parking lot.
Bucks play no D and Khris is finished, Heat have no superstar (Jimmy washed), Knicks are reliant on an undersized guard (Randle overrated). West is only hope to beat Boston
All these fans of other teams making excuses on health, which the Celtics dominated them in the regular season. They also forget Celtics were without Porzingis most of the playoffs.
Still doubting👀😳 thought they would’ve learned
I love it. Let them doubt again, we will just prove them wrong AGAIN!
Its giannis, and it's alway going to be the team that has giannis as long as hes in the east. No other team is close
Boston has been hunted for years and we walked the whole nba. One of the best teams we’ve ever seen, they can’t just say the Celtics are going to win the East the next three years tho I get it
funny how UD choose the Heat, I wonder if he has some kind of connection to them...
Knicks fans are truly delusional. The Celtics were one of the best teams in the past 40 years, I don't think any team has any chance of beating them in the East unless they are armed with tazers.
im a celtics fan but i do believe a healthy knicks are actually the biggest threat to boston
Thanks @@KEVIN31881
The Sixers haven’t beaten the Celtics since 1983 in the playoffs and all of a sudden they’re a threat. Also Embiid has NEVER beaten Tatum and Brown in the playoffs nor has he reached the ECF. Stop the 🧢
Imagine if the Celtics had been ‘healthy.’ KP was out almost the entire playoffs
Can we stop talking abt the clippers and sixers? Just big name players who dont show up in the playoffs every year
The only team that would pose any threat, whatsoever, is the Indiana Pacers. They just extended Siakam, and are an incredibly talented, well coached team. The Celtics are still far better though. The only thing that could bring down the Celtics, is if Brad Stevens gets bored as President, and wants to go back to coaching somewhere else.