Spurs are the PERFECT system for Wembanyama? + Celtics dominate Warriors 😱 | NBA Today

Spurs are the PERFECT system for Wembanyama? + Celtics dominate Warriors 😱 | NBA Today

Perk we all know that you were on the last Celtics Squad to bring a title to Boston but I I don’t know your 08 team they never had a win quite like the one we saw yesterday the beat down in Beantown as we are calling it the Celtics hosting the Warriors Danny it

Was Jason Tatum celebrating his 26th birthday on this one Jaylen Brown though he started off in the zone well I think it’s pretty easy to get in the zone when you’re not being guarded the way you’re normally used to being guarded so they’re sagging him I thought this was

An interesting take uh I would have did something different and obviously he took advantage so kind I would have done something different yeah well Brown had 19 points in the first quarter five of nine from three the Celtics they were rolling Ramona it just wasn’t a good

Night for Steph Curry who came into the night questionable with that knee inflammation that knee soreness and just never really found his shot the reason why the Warriors believe they have a chance to win is because they still have Steph Curry but he was not Steph Curry

The way we know him last night was a better night though for Jason Tatum that’s what happens a little birthday magic drives makes a tough lay 26 again come on I know Jason Tatum steps back Nails the three the Celtics led by 44 at half the largest halftime lead since the

Maverick’s 50-point lead back in 2020 Jaylen Brown throws it down no wonder he’s already named player of the week here’s Jason Tatum with the queen Cassidy Hubers did you think it was going to be this big of a win you guys led by at least 50 points for most of the game uh

No I didn’t but uh you know I just like the way we came out I think just our attention to detail um how connected we were in the defensive end uh we just we play real physical tonight and uh that was big F I don’t take a lot of Threes

Or for the most part throughout the season cuz we got enough of that I get to the paint and I usually open it up for everybody else but if you want to DARE me to shoot we can do that too you know what I mean I thought it was a little

Disrespectful so during their 11 game win streak the Celtics have now outscored opponents by 243 points that is the best scoring differential over an 11 game stretch by any team in NBA history so this comes after the Celtics recorded their third 50-point win of the seat is then on Sunday over the Warriors

That’s the most 50-point victories by any team ever in NBA history we got a whole lot of history this this might be the most dominant 11 game we have ever seen ever in the history of the game we just contextualized it with all the stats but perk what are the chances that

Boston is putting together one of the greatest regular season teams of all time and does that matter it does matter because they establishing it at at the at the crib and so when you think about it Boston the Celtics has made Boston a dangerous place to play in in the playoffs and I

Can’t I can’t you know Express how much it means to get home court advantage okay we saw started with the Denver Nuggets last year but here’s the thing about the Celtics right it’s simple it’s Championship or it’s bus when it comes down to this group this group right here

When especially that starting five with Christa Pingas in it is very very dangerous and you have to pick your poison and I think it’s going to solely come down to christalle Pingas if the champion if the Celtics are able to reach their levels of uh winning the

Championship he has to be healthy for the long go yeah um I agree I think home court advantage is important I just don’t think it matters that much regular season I can’t what the Celtics are doing right now what the Celtics are doing right now um said we’ve seen this

Team or so similar this team in the past five years last three years they went to the finals they were well they just weren’t mature so I can’t put them in the same category as the the Bulls team or The Warriors team until they win a championship or until they show that

Maturity and a lot of that comes down to in the playoffs when the game slows down coach um I do like Joe moua but I would like to see how he adjusts and how he changes this playoff season and what he what he does so um I do like the way they’re

Playing it does matter but to me until you win a championship I I can’t put you as a his I’m going to be that girl too Danny I because like to me like that when you have success early yeah that I mean Jason Tatum is 26 like we forget

How many every time you talk to Jason Sam he reminds you hey you know we went to the Eastern Conference Finals when they were just barely in the they had so much succcess early on with with him and Jaylen Brown all they’ve been to the the Easter Conference Finals they’ve been to

The finals they haven’t gotten across the finish line yet but when you have all that success early you don’t people don’t want to hear that you’re still young people don’t want to hear why you haven’t won yet they just want to see you win and right now I mean we I’m an

MVP voter we’re all starting to look at that MVP race Jason Tatum should be at the top of that mvp mountain right he’s the best player on the best team in the league and yet we still talk about him as like maybe the third or fourth right

Best in that in that race that yic and maybe Shay and some of the other Luca but why don’t we talk about him as the MVP front runner because they haven’t won yet right because they’ve been there so many times and they haven’t gotten across the finish line and he would tell

You the same thing yeah but doesn’t Jason Tatum he would be the first person to say that he would be the first person to say that I know that we haven’t gotten there and I would rather be a champion right now than an MVP not to

Say that I don’t want all of that to come together but he sees the steps that it takes it really feels like he’s taken a leap in maturity since that story that you wrote Ramona after the 2022 finals when he literally shut himself away in a

Room knowing that he was not the best player on the floor that he was outplayed outclassed on the court by Steph Curry and that plagued at him that ateed him and so I I’m not saying that I’m putting everything into okay a beat down of a Golden State Warriors team

That we’re going to get into in a minute in fact the game that I’m circling is on Thursday when the nuggets are in town and that is going to tell me a whole lot cuz every when you watch the League this year every when I saw the Celtics up

Close in person I go that’s the best team in the league right that’s the most talented team in the league they should win it this year and then you watch Denver you go okay we we we we got to hold off on Denver but but the Celtics

This year like they have the team they just have to get across V and I think games like that those are measuring stick games yes and the maturity is going to say a lot how much they’ve matured when it come to that postseason right and not only the players but Joe

Moula uh last year they had no business losing to Miami the way they did um this year they have some tough teams in the East that they’re going to face but in order for them to beat a Denver they’re going to need that maturity also I do

Not like the fact that they lack depth on the bench um their defensive depth they all come off the bench they have Hower pitchard good scorer Shooters right uh cornette good rim protector but defensively I don’t think I’m not so confident in their bench we all know

Rotations shrink in the playoffs but you have to get there you have to get there healthy in order to get over that mountain top Victor wanyama led the Spurs to consecutive wins for only the fourth time this season thanks to another dominant performance the rookie he finished with 31 points 12 rebounds

Six assists six blocks becoming the first rookie with 25 points five assists five blocks in consecutive games since blocks became official since 7374 it’s safe to say he just un keeps getting we we should just call that the Wy yeah that’s at this point blocks it’s not a

Block anymore now it statistically it’s called a wemi since the start of February wemi has increased his assists block shots and three-point shooting averaging a league best 4.1 blocks per game in this time he’s also watch out everybody shooting 43% from three so Kendrick Perkins I

Think it’s time for a little I know it’s it’s incredible I think it’s time for a word of the day it’s been a little bit on the tear Victor’s been on what you got yeah you ready for this with Malik never what you got Ina you know what that is is you

Know what that is that’s the French word for incredible Inc yeah the French word for incredible and that’s what he that’s what he’s been that’s what he’s been over the past over the past you know since the allstar break when I’m talking about dominating on both ends of the

Floor he’s been doing just that and that matchup against cck a couple of games ago where he dominated when they was back at home look Victor Wii is not only making the case for himself for as being the Rookie of the Year that’s for sure but when it comes to Leading the league

And blocks Malika right now I got Rudy above him and I know the Spurs stink defensively but individually what this young man is doing God Bless America yeah it it really has been Inc uh he had a stretch that’s actually how in the third quarter well I took French Classes

When Victor was coming into the league I was like you know what I’m going to take a couple of French classes and um there’s a stretch in the third quarter though he had a three a block a steal an assist all within like a minute less less than a minute he’s just showing

That he’s willing to do every single thing you know this system you know Greg papovich you want a title with the Spurs in 2014 how do you assess the way that he’s fitting in with this group in this system he’s doing obviously pop is a genius

At I guess bringing guys along and kind of you know he’s the pro at load management you know he took him on minute restriction trying to take him off a little bit but he’s helping them develop um but this system this situation is perfect situation for him

To grow you know any other organization I don’t know if he’d be here um but I said a lot of people expected great things some people thought he’d be B B I think he’s exceeded my expectations and not no disrespect to bbo he’s a good

Player B we don’t diss on this show he’s one of Kev perin favorite players is nothing short of you know amazing for a rookie season he’s he’s playing unbelievable uh in C however you ever to say it but um yeah so pop has done an amazing job of keeping him load

Management bring him along slowly surely but most rookies hit a wall he’s taking it up Notch and and making statements he’s not only playing well and dominating his matchup but he’s helping them win some games his usage rate for a rookie is just off the charts he’s

Getting a lot of reps as the number one guy but like you said it’s not necessarily leading to winning it is though I think it’s a good time for these winning habits to be being built towards the end of his rookie season because now the Spurs are getting a real

Idea of what they have and frankly what they don’t have they said they’re going to be patient building around Victor but Victor isn’t that patient no I think the rest of the league has started to understand that now in the best way possible so what does the timeline look

Like now I don’t want to hear that word anymore timeline patience like Damen Lillard when he asked for a trade from Portland had an interest in going to the Spurs okay he had an interest there was a fascination with wemy wemy hadn’t hit the league yet but there was a

Fascination with him and there was a respect for Greg papovich and there but there was not really any traction on trading for Dame because Victor is so young and they have a young team and they want to see that develop Victor’s here Victor is ready to

Win and I I I know they have this idea that they’re going to take 2 three years and find the right core and they’re all going to be on the same timeline but I don’t know how patient he’s going to be because when I watch him play that man

Is competitive he wants to win and how long do you give him Malica year two MA a year Max cuz I I don’t think he wants to sit here and be at the bottom of the lottery shadings he may not be patient but he he won’t have a choice because

It’s really up to pop in organization he’s going to have to wait he has it’s obviously his turn but he’s going to have to wait until they get the pieces they can get for him there are players around the league who would love to play with him what’s the space

Perk but man Victor don’t have to be patient and wait on nothing he’s the greatest Prospect ever look for the first time the pressure is on Greg papovich and the San Antonio Spurs they better get them pieces around him man because this kid is different he’s

Thinking different he has an old so he’s about winning now he’s not trying to lose for sure but the maturity in him of learning from Tony learning from everybody everybody else is around him David Robinson is going to make him embrace the patience and he’s going to

Have to I think he embrac the patients longer than he wanted to in terms of the process and to get to where he is now and playing in longer stretches and doing all that I don’t know about pop feeling pressure perk I don’t know even if some people put pressure on Pop I

Don’t think he spelt it uh for a very very very long time but if anyone can make this organization move at a different pace than they were planning to it’s Victor and I I just don’t see it lasting and I also think like how how there’s so few rookies in this league

There’s so few young players in this league that have a gravitational poll where veteran players say I want to play with that guy yeah I mean I don’t I think Victor’s one of Them

Danny Green, Ramona Shelburne, Kendrick Perkins and Malika Andrews react to the Golden State Warriors’ historic blowout loss to the Boston Celtics and discuss Victor Wembanyama’s recent dominance.
0:00 Celtics blow out the Warriors
2:41 Is Boston a historically great team?
6:56 Wemby’s dominance

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