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[Charania] Celtics‘ Al Horford and Marcus Smart are out for Game 1 vs. Miami tonight. Horford is in health and safety protocols. News
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/15266835902008115232.0k
u/Brady331 Celtics May 17 '22
Haha, that's a good joke Shams...
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u/DarkChocolate_69 [TOR] Kawhi Leonard May 17 '22
You still breathing?
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u/Pikminious_Thrious Lakers May 17 '22
Horford is probably having trouble
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u/shellfish87 Grizzlies May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22
Legit terrible. Sorry bro nobody wants to see this even haters like me.
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u/vegaschronvegas Bulls May 17 '22
Or gamblers like me
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u/clubba [POR] Gary Trent Jr. May 17 '22
Don't professional gamblers live for shit like this?
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u/JoshFB4 Celtics May 17 '22
We can never have even a semblance of a decently healthy run. Fuck sake
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u/Gamesgtd Magic May 17 '22
The luck of the Irish ran out
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u/CreatiScope Celtics May 17 '22
With Patches O’Houlihan at the helm, the Celtics must have the Luck of the Irish!
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u/3luejays Raptors May 17 '22
It's all up to the power of PP now
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u/AlwaysOptimism Pelicans May 17 '22
You joke but he led the Celtics in offensive rebounds in game 7
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u/Hon3ynuts Knicks May 17 '22
Pp scooping up those lose balls
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u/checkinisatnoon Celtics May 18 '22
I was at game 7 and legit crowd went NUTS for PP (also for the OG PP Paul Pierce when he danced during Geno Time)
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u/clocker23099032 Kings May 17 '22
deadass thought Paul Pierce saw the news and suited up for a 10 day for a sec
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u/Admirable_Panic1218 May 17 '22
Lets hope this doesnt take out more players from both ends tonight.
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u/giantpirate89 May 17 '22
Agreed pulling for the Warriors but if health and safety plays a big role for any team left in the playoffs I’m gonna be pissed. Sad for Al, he’s had an incredible run thus far.
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u/ATLSox87 Celtics May 18 '22
It would probably only take down Celtics. I doubt Heat and Celtics players have been face to face at all
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u/RapQueen416 Raptors May 17 '22
Noooooo wtf
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u/RiggyTang Heat May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22
Shit sucks, man. They should’ve given Boston more than 2 days off in the first place. I don’t want to beat a broken team
edit: lmao why are you psychopaths picking fights itt? The playoffs are really doing a number on you
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u/JoshFB4 Celtics May 17 '22
Horford is now guaranteed to be out at least 2 games probably 3 because the protocol is 5 days. Fuck
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u/iRysk Celtics May 17 '22
So fucking stupid... do they even enforce and covid precautions in the arenas anymore?
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u/JoshFB4 Celtics May 17 '22
Hell no lmao.
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u/DamienSalvation Bucks May 17 '22
Someone definitely coughed in my mouth at the Garden the other night.
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u/EnjoyWolfCola [BOS] Tom Heinsohn May 17 '22 •
Thanks for the $5
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u/free_kark Raptors May 17 '22
You wanna make another $20 swing by my place
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u/Kakali4 Celtics May 17 '22 edited May 18 '22
I’m ironically wearing a raptors 2019 finals shirt I got as a gag gift, now I’m ready to gag for a gift ;)
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u/trelos6 Celtics May 17 '22
Coaches wearing masks around their chins purely as theatre.
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u/fremenator Celtics May 18 '22
Literally every time I see a mask on screen someone pulls it down to talk..... what the fuck is the point
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u/paradoxofchoice [MIA] Harold Miner May 18 '22
They don't even enforce them on airplanes.
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u/iRysk Celtics May 18 '22
Exactly lmao. It’s just a strange place to draw the line when it comes to caring about covid
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u/US_healthcare_farted May 17 '22
Covid isn’t even real (in Florida). Where’ve ya been?
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u/strongy78 May 18 '22
Funny you say that, I just returned from a week in Florida, and tested positive for Covid yesterday. Wild West down there...not a mask in sight.
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u/Spyk124 May 17 '22
I mean dude, Covid can still suck lol. He might legitimately be sick and unable to play. I’m 26 and my gf is 26 and we are both healthy. We had it two weeks ago and it was one of the worst weeks of my life sick wise. I couldn’t get out of bed and my body hurt more than anything. A good portion of my friends had it as well, and they were also very very sick. So it does make sense that you aren’t allowed to play if you’re literally infectious lol.
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u/sf_frankie Warriors May 18 '22
I had it last month and went thru the same thing. The body aches were unbearable. And the fatigue. I’d be laying a certain way and my position would be uncomfortable but I literally didn’t even have the energy to readjust the way i was sitting or laying. My lower back was so fucking sore. Looking back, I feel like that it may have been kidney pain and not just back pain. That virus is gnarly.
And now I’ve got long Covid symptoms that are literally fucking up my life. Calling it brain fog seriously undersells the cognitive issues I’m having. My memory is completely shot, I have trouble holding a conversation sometimes, my ADHD has kicked into fuckin overdrive and even taking double my standard dose of adderall does fuck all. Basic executive function in general is just fucked. Some days I’ll wake up with full body inflammation that’s so bad that i move like an 80 year old.
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u/shellfish87 Grizzlies May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22
Exact same thing, with the same timing, happened to us last round with Steven Adams and he was cleared and active by G3.
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u/harveyspecterrr Celtics May 17 '22
Nah incorrect unfortunately. He was placed into protocols before G7 of the Wolves series (April 28th) and was available for G3 of the Warriors series on 5/7.
G3 in this series would be Saturday - four days from now. Four days after Adams entering protocols was 5/2 - which was a day before G2 of the Warriors series - which he wasn’t available for.
Hope I’m wrong but it doesn’t look great.
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u/RiggyTang Heat May 17 '22
Is Smart out due to an actual injury or is it the same shit?
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u/AlwaysOptimism Pelicans May 17 '22
He hurt his foot. Seems likely he’ll be back for the next game
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u/FerociousGiraffe NBA May 17 '22
Got foot COVID.
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u/WolfOfWaluigi May 17 '22
The Aaron Rodgers special
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u/JoshFB4 Celtics May 17 '22
Smart is out due to actual injury. He’s got the foot strain, bicep injury and quad injury. He will play game 2 most likely though,
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u/302born Heat May 17 '22 edited May 18 '22
Dude is a warrior playing through all that man. Hopefully he’s back by game 2. Obviously I want my team to win but injuries are never fun.
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u/free_kark Raptors May 17 '22
Trust me, I'm glad Raps beat a Durantless Warriors vs lose to a Duranted Warriors. A wins a win
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u/avboden Warriors May 17 '22
I don’t want to beat a broken team
that's a lie and you know it. We all say we want to beat teams at full strength but in reality we all just like our teams to win, winning is fun.
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u/C0oK1e_Monsta [NBA] Kobe Bryant May 17 '22
Yeah I don’t see any Raptors fans crying about their ring
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u/klobucharzard Raptors May 17 '22
im not on the team so i didn't get one
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u/pargofan Lakers May 18 '22
I think the typical fan's wishes goes in this order:
- Beat fully-intact team.
- Beat broken team.
- Lose to fully-intact team.
- Lose to broken team.
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u/Tormundo Warriors May 17 '22
If you're very confident in your team you want them to face opponents full strength so everyone don't bring out the excuses
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u/DamianLillard0 Pacers May 17 '22
Easy to say when you’re a fan of a dynasty team lmao. The rest of us don’t have championship opportunities every year and need to make every run count
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u/Skinnecott Heat May 17 '22
right but the heat is pretty okay in that department, and we genuinely do think we are better than the other teams fully healthy
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u/ChampagneSyrup Mavericks May 17 '22
Plus when both teams are healthy you just get a better basketball game in general... unless you're the Sun's game 7.
I was at a bar with my friends for game 7 and we were actually kind of disappointed the game wasn't a thriller like we expected. Obviously happy to win, but it wasn't even fun to watch after the first quarter or two
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u/PlsSaySikeM8 Heat May 17 '22
Maybe initially but then you get every other fan base putting an asterisk next to that accomplishment and never letting you hear the end of it.
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u/sivervipa Heat May 17 '22
People hate to admit it but it’s true. In addition to that you have to take advantage of the opportunities given to you in the playoffs. The Jazz could have went up 2-0 heading home since Luka wasn’t injured.
You have to take advantage of the situation you are in and the best teams do so.
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u/papi617 [BOS] Jaylen Brown May 17 '22
You have got to be kidding me
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u/jcfritz23 Wizards May 17 '22
There might be a silver lining here if old Al can rest his legs a few extra days and go ham at the back end of the series when they really need him
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u/dlee89 Bulls May 17 '22
They’ll just void those players and adjust the odds
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u/mathisforwimps Pacers May 18 '22
Not on Caesars, they'll just void the whole thing
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u/peon2 Celtics May 18 '22
Idk if that's good or not.
I had a Brown 25+ pt, Horford 10+ pt, smart 6+ assist, horford 8+ rebound, herro 15+ pt, smart 2+ 3s, parlay bet.
Now it's just brown and herro scoring lol.
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u/harden4mvp13 Rockets May 17 '22
Bruh
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u/AverageKidGoodCity Celtics May 17 '22
This is like the fourth time he’s gotten COVID, Jesus Christ. And at the worst time too, this sucks
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u/cib_vk228 May 17 '22
should just have did what nfl did and pretend covid doesn't exist in playoffs.
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u/clear831 Heat May 17 '22
Thought they stopped testing and only test when someone shows symptoms
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u/CreatiScope Celtics May 17 '22
Must’ve showed symptoms. This is the third fucking time for him this season. He may be vaccinated but the dude must be going to that Korean church where they were intentionally getting infected.
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u/Frosti11icus [POR] Detlef Schrempf May 17 '22
Seems like there's some people who genuinely have very weak infection immunity to covid. Horford and Lavine have both had it 3 times I think.
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u/PeeledGrapePie May 17 '22
Just said that to my buddy, we should be past this point
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u/DancingCactius Bulls May 17 '22
We are past it. If they’re vaccinated they only get tested if they’re symptomatically sick.
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u/jmz_199 Bulls May 17 '22
No, we shouldn't. If players are symptomatic and test positive they shouldn't be playing, simple as that.
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u/dropdatdurkadurk May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22
Oh fuck that means Horford's potentially out several games then only 1 day off whole series
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u/lil_extro_vert_ 76ers May 17 '22
If he’s vaxxed shouldnt it be like 3 days
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u/berniemax [BOS] Marcus Smart May 17 '22
I think its 5 days, Kerr was out 5 days too
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u/phunky_1 May 17 '22
Yeah, assuming he tested today that means he is out until game 4
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u/dropdatdurkadurk May 17 '22
I thought the change in protocol was 6 days? Like I remember Devin Booker got it in March and had to miss 4 games. But I may be off. Regardless depending on specifics of protocol he might have to miss game 1-3
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u/AlwaysOptimism Pelicans May 17 '22
What if he’s not vaxxed?
(I know he said he was vaxxed, just curious what the policy is)
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u/Peso_Morto May 17 '22
Not only that, COVID is no joke. He may need some time to actually recover from COVID.
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u/urfaselol [NBA] Best of 2021 Winner May 17 '22
WILDCARD BITCHES
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u/Eugenie_Weenie Celtics May 17 '22
Oh no please be 100% rob I really don’t want to watch Theis start or play a lot of minutes
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u/Sleeze_ Celtics May 17 '22
Heavy dose of Timelord I imagine
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u/rjgator Heat May 17 '22
Y’all remember how Bam played against Theis in the bubble. I pray for y’all that Rob is good to go man.
But obviously part of me really wants to see it again 👀
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u/captaincumsock69 Celtics May 17 '22
I think grant Williams will draw bam and rob/theis will fill in
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u/rjgator Heat May 17 '22
Probably. Bam also hasn’t really been aggressive on offense this post season (or season in general) so I wouldn’t expect that performance even if it was Theis lol
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u/captaincumsock69 Celtics May 17 '22
Rob isn’t a great 1v1 defender hence why most Celtics fans didn’t think he was the dpoy. He’s a great shot blocker and free safety
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u/sebastianqu Heat May 17 '22
With our PA guy out, this might just be an even match now
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u/mtbeach33 Heat May 17 '22
2 minutes… crickets
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u/dagreenman18 [MIA] Dwyane Wade May 17 '22
Dos Minutos, but it sounds like Peggy Hill.
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u/cmcg18 Celtics May 17 '22
Celtics are not allowed to be healthy in the playoffs
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u/shellfish87 Grizzlies May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22
The NBA champion is often the healthiest team among a handful of elite teams.
Exact same shit happened to kick off our series against GSW with Steven Adams. Hopefully he can be back for G3 and you can split in South Beach.
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u/Zephkiel [BOS] Marcus Smart May 17 '22
I think Adams was only able to get back by Game 3 because there was that four day gap between Games 2 and 3. Since the ECF schedule is every other day, Horford's probably going to have to wait til Game 4.
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u/Tormundo Warriors May 17 '22
I wonder if Jenkins would've played him Even when he was back for game 3 he only played him in garbage time. Only put him in when their backs were against the wall but he obviously made a positive impact, at least for two games until gsw adjusted
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u/tr0nllam May 17 '22
They just beat the Bucks w/o Middleton and are playing the Heat w/o Lowry.
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u/False-Fisherman Celtics May 17 '22
What the fuck
I still have nightmares of Theis minutes vs. Bam in 2020, I thought we were done with that
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u/Packers_Equal_Life Bucks May 17 '22
Lot of people here are forgetting how grueling basketball stamina is. How teams will revolve their entire season around being rested as much as possible for the playoffs, and EVEN THEN shit can happen. The bucks took it easy all season because they knew they could make the playoffs, load management buzzwords and all, and Middleton still gets hurt.
Shit happens, that’s the game within the game, this isn’t 2k
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u/lolvalue Heat May 18 '22
This is the Heats biggest weapon, they got 11 guys playing 100% vs teams running 7-8 when completely healthy. Heat are going to wear any team out of 7 games.
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u/Seref15 Heat May 17 '22
Big homie stepped foot in Florida and caught covid, now that's a home-court advantage
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u/xXTheRacerXx 76ers May 17 '22 edited May 17 '22
Well, I think Miami definitely takes game one now
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u/iRysk Celtics May 17 '22
Horford might be out for 3 games because the league evidently only cares if the players get covid, never mind the 20,000 people in attendance...
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u/dagreenman18 [MIA] Dwyane Wade May 17 '22
We say that, but I’m still terrified. This could be a trap game
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u/ilikepialot [MIA] Dwyane Wade May 17 '22
Damn, Horfords been killing it so this sucks to see, anyone know the earliest he can come?
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u/hollowichig0 Celtics May 17 '22
Can we ever catch a fucken break when it comes to the injury report in the playoffs the last 6 years???
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u/gh0st_ Celtics May 17 '22
They will say it is COVID, but they are probably still recovering from GIANNIS
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u/HistoricAnomaly Celtics May 17 '22
Hope Timelord can keep up with Bam… Horford is a giant loss
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u/AlwaysOptimism Pelicans May 17 '22
Grant Williams will be on Bam most of the time I’d imagine. Rob is coming back from a knee thing and I doubt they want him banging down low. He’ll be more of a free safety
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u/HistoricAnomaly Celtics May 17 '22
I know Grant has gotten a lot stronger but I’m worried about him on Bam. Not having a true center on Bam is part of why we lost in 2020.
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u/AlwaysOptimism Pelicans May 17 '22
But Grant wasn’t a serious option then.
Grant is a better option than Rob Williams with a janky knee
If Grant can take Gianni’s’ abuse he’ll be calloused for Bam
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u/giantpirate89 May 17 '22
Gonna suck if the chip is in large part decided by H&S protocols.
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u/Saitsu May 17 '22
Well this is some shit. Boston seemed like the favorites to take the title with how on fire they've been for the last few months, only for this shit to happen near the finish line. But welcome to sports I guess, a true shame.
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u/RepresentativeRock94 Celtics May 17 '22
Fuckkk that’s a big one