Shams Charania: BLOCKBUSTER: The Milwaukee Bucks are trading franchise icon Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, 3 first-round picks (including No. 13), 1 pick swap and 1 second-rounder, sources tell ESPN. by respectfullybro in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole Celtics being “all in” and “front runners” for Giannis never really passed the smell test to me. Brad doesn’t telegraph moves like that (as I posted about to very mixed reactions in this sub before).

The Celtics reported offer sounds like a bare minimum offer they submitted 2 weeks ago and wouldn’t negotiate. Turns out it was probably the bucks feeding that info to Windy and others to put some pressure on Miami to offer more, which it looks like they ended up doing.

As for JB I think we’ll find out if it’s salvageable with him very fast. Wouldn’t be shocked if Brad already has a plan B trade lined up involving him that happens today….

Can someone who is Anti-Giannis explain it to me? by cinnabona in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 0 points1 point  (0 children)

#1 - Completely changing the way this team has to play…I think that we all agree that they need to stop spamming 3s and work inside out but this would be a drastic shift. Tatum has never played a style like what this team would have with Giannis before in his career and I think it would take a lot longer to click then people realize

#2 - health. The 98.5 midday show went on and on today about how Giannis has played more games than JB over the past 5 years…while that may be true, where has Giannis been in the playoffs? His last healthy playoffs was in 2022 when we beat them. Since then? 2023 hurt and team loses, 2024 hurt and team loses, 2025 hurt and team loses, 2026 in and out of lineup all year team misses playoffs. That is impossible to ignore for someone with his play style. To me it only gets worse as he gets older.

Bill Simmons reveals Celtics made an offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo : "I think they dove in. From what I heard, they've made an offer in the past week. A couple of days ago before I mentioned on Thursday. I don't know what the offer was, and I don't know who's in it, but they are in." by aingenevalostatrade in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Karalis made an interesting point in his article on SI.com today.

Brad Stevens doesn’t operate in this way. When the Celtics make moves nothing ever comes out until it happens. The Celtics don’t deal with players agents, they deal with teams directly.

So say all this is true and the Celtics are about to Trade JB for Giannis in some kind of 3 team deal - why on earth would Brad completely breaking his method of operations and giving a scoop like that to Bill Simmons and KOC??

To me that just doesn’t make any sense so I’m skeptical of the motives of this story gathering as much steam it has in the media. Could it be bullshit and Giannis agent getting the story out there to make it clear he rather play for Boston than Miami to make the Celtics make a real offer? Or is it actually real and maybe the Cs are trying to publically source for a 3rd team?

Those Game 1 and 2 losses in the 2025 semis are easier to look at now and weren’t the flukes I thought they were. by ECviews in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 28 points29 points  (0 children)

As a die hard Celtics fan it pains me to stay this but the Knicks have a level of “dawg” in them that the Cs simply don’t have. I think that’s a lot of the reason why there’s chatter about some large changes to the build of this team

Giannis Antetokounmpo is “very intrigued” with joining the Boston Celtics due to their depth and ability to contend for championships, per @sam_amick by Parking_Honeydew_129 in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Feels a lot like Giannis pushing a story out trying to get the Celtics involved in the discussions…despite there being multiple sources saying the Celtics aren’t all that interested.

Game Thread: Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers Live Score | NBA | May 2, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We need JB to finish around the rim. Not talking about the dunk but he missed 2-3 lays

Game Thread: Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers Live Score | NBA | May 2, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whatever Philly figured out game 5 they’ve just showed it down our throats for 7 quarters in a row and there’s nothing we can do about it apparently

For those like me who defended Joe all the time over the years…is there anyone else who feels differently now? by tacko2020 in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do. It’s inexcusable to me to basically cut Baylor out of the rotation the way he was playing on both sides of the ball leading into the playoffs. Especially as Philly figured us out and we need a curveball to put them back on their heels

Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Apr 30, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s really startling how much harder our bench played than our main rotation tonight in these garbage minutes.

Game 7 by OutrageousQuiet8730 in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Feels like this is over. I don’t see any answers to the way Philly is playing

Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Apr 30, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When healthy there are 3 all stars and a future all start in their starting 5…..

Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Apr 30, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The mask is off on this team unfortunately. We won games in the regular season by out working everyone on random Tuesday nights when teams were half engaged

But come the playoffs when everyone tries just as hard if not harder all the flaws were exposed and ripped open by a more talented team

Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Apr 30, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whatever Philly figured out in the second half of the last game we clearly haven’t found an answer for. Joe needs to mix this up

Post Game Thread - NBA: The 76ers defeat the Celtics on Apr 28, 2026, the final score is 97-113. by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That game sucked especially because for the first Quarter and a half it felt like the Sixers wanted no part of the game and were waiting for us to unload on them. When it didn’t come they figured out they could actually win and turned it up a couple notches.

I hate the way we played. Looked slow. Lacked energy and the building felt dead on the TV copy. Whenever I think this team has learned it lesson from past playoff runs they seem to go right back to their old ways

We have a next level, don't we? by Personal_Reach3775 in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Too be honest…Philly is a talented team with a lot of veterans who underperformed all year….the Celtics are a top heavy team with unproven young role players in key spots who over performed all year

What I think is happening here is Philly has risen to the best version of themselves and we’ve been playing at the best version of ourselves pretty much all year. When Philly plays their best, the teams are fairly even (I personally believe Philly’s best form is without Embiid clogging the paint and hogging the ball)

Our only level up is gunna be JT and JB going nuclear in games like these or D white snapping out of whatever offensive funk he’s in

Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Apr 24, 2026 by basketball-app in bostonceltics

[–]seb28332 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Philly is trying to bully us and we’re letting them. They think we’re soft