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they were all its been a long day lets call it

ILH friends, should i board the miami bandwagon now or wait for game 2 outcome?

you should never board the miami bandwagon

they're a fun team but i agree

Not enough offense to drive the bandwagon? Butler will regress a bit? Bucks will adjust?

get on both the nuggs and heat bandwagons now and mb one of them will put a run together

beginning to believe in the celtics in the east

celtics are the real answer as to which team is cool but i know boston sports is a non starter for most people which is sad for them

celtics really dont match up well with the bucks so it would be very nice for miami to beat them

the bucks are not some heel team that vacuums up all the free agents or makes the finals constantly, no reason to bandwagon a more recently successful franchise against them

also toronto should not be counted out their defense dominated the celtics last night but then marcus smart hit 5 threes in a row, also torontos backcourt hasnt been able to buy a shot which is very likely to change

and yeah i think i said it before but if this celtics roster was instead like...the hornets or pacers or something, everyone would love them but boston is a bigger dealbreaker than new york or LA these days

theres def an argument to root for the bucks based on being a long suffering small market and having home grown stars but theyre not that cool tho giannis is cool

and it obv has very little to do with the celtics being good recently either, its like 70% patriots hate and 20% red sox hate overflow, and only like 10% the celtics being a end boss team historically

feel like all the boston white crime movies factor in somehow too

Marcus Morris and Luka Doncic were both fined for Game 6 actions:

Doncic was fined $15,000 for throwing ball off referee's legs and Morris was fined $35,000 for "recklessly striking" Luka above shoulders pic.twitter.com/IwqN2EvOxg

— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) September 2, 2020

feel like all the boston white crime movies factor in somehow too

went on a whole rant about this while driving through boston the other day. fuck the afflecks

Jokic averaged 26/8/5 and shot 51/48/85 in that series btw

went on a whole rant about this while driving through boston the other day. fuck the afflecks

― Heez, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 2:09 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

its time to cancel the afflecks for their weird class fetish

when two guys from cambridge just need to have a boston accents and addiction issues in every movie......

matt damon did it once and moved on and is normal now

this thread proves that the nba is a doorway that opens into the entire universe of thought

I hate the Celtics and have for thirty years but I don’t hate the other Boston teams because mostly I’ve hated certain Celtics fans (no one here though) and I’ve never known any “real” Red Sox or Patriots fans (because they both sucked in the years when I developed hatred)

Red Sox are the only Boston team I don't hate intensely, because someone needs keep the Yankees in check.

i've known several hatable celtics fan and i have no love for the franchise or the city of boston in general but since her husband passed my lynn,MA mother-in-law has been watching games with me over the phone for the past three years or so which means i've probably watched more celtics than any other franchise in the nba but i don't think it's stockholm syndrome when i say that they seem as likely to win the east as anybody this year.

People have really weird ideas about Boston and why they need to root against Boston teams

If you like the players on the Celtics you like the Celtics, is how I see it

It’s not like they’re the Washington Football Team either. Like what’s the bad legacy

and it obv has very little to do with the celtics being good recently either, its like 70% patriots hate and 20% red sox hate overflow, and only like 10% the celtics being a end boss team historically

― ciderpress, Wednesday, September 2, 2020 12:36 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

oh yeah this is totally it, can't have those people being happy.

in unrelated news, i'm a new york native who roots for the jets and yankees.

the knicks used to have rivals--pacers, bulls, heat--but it's been so long since they've done anything that i don't really hate any teams for rivalry reasons anymore

tbrr the key reason I hate the Celtics is that my friend’s dad was from Boston and was a fan and one day in hs he was like “you guys wanna play a game of Risk?” in his strong Boston accent and he was wearing a Bird jersey and we played and he brutalized us like we were hapless babies and I have hated the celtics ever since this is my truth

lmaoo

tbf i would never root for a ny sports team despite living there for 10 years (i do actually have a soft spot for the knicks due to watching one million of their games cause they were on tv but dont have to ever worry abt rooting for them in the playoffs haha)

If you like the players on the Celtics you like the Celtics, is how I see it

irl lol euler

this celtics squad is the most likable one theyve ever had

I don't get being a Celtics hater, sans Risk-induced childhood trauma. Guess I've never experienced annoying Boston sports fans in the wild. I actually respect their fanbase because they're similar to Chicago's in many ways: minimal bandwagon jumpers or recent transplants among them, that whole working class heart-hustle-n-muscle bullshit, still rockin the same logo and uni's, ridiculous mockable accents...

celtics-bulls party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqPvtLDUHKc

back in the day the Lakers vs. Celtics had a lot of race implications and that colored my view of the Celtics

colored my view of the Celtics

heh

Lakers also had future Timberwolf great Kurt Rambis.

haha that too

my personal experience with west coast boston sports guys is that none of them are from boston, they've all been to boston exactly one time, and they constantly swear that when things shape up for them they're gonna make the big move to boston. they were pats jerseys on sundays and sox hats always and usually hate basketball entirely for unspeakably mysterious reasons. sometimes when they drink they come out with a terrible fake boston accent. it's all just the most unlikable dogshit milieu

that said i like this celtics squad a lot and they're probably my rooting favorite team in the playoffs atm? they have "it"

the pats tho can and will rot in hell i think this is quite obvious and does not need to be discussed further in polite company

i would refuse to believe there are real living bostophiles except i did meet one in colorado, just unfathomable to me

i mean there are a lot of nice old buildings there tbf

i guess as an avatar for racism its like... upscale, for people who the confederate flag is too crass, someone should tell them you dont have to go anywhere to find racism just look around learn to appreciate what you have

the few guys i am talking about also refer to themselves as being "oldschool" about everything in a manner very similar to sopranos guys i really very much do not like them

they sound like real *in a boston accent* charmers

its pretty funny that boston via afflecks has this reputation as a gritty old school white guy city i mean theres def that but its also the most educated and one of the richest cities in the country imo the most accurate filmic depiction of the city was spotlight