It’s surreal that the rebuild post-Nets trade is finally paying off. Huge shoutout to Danny for drafting Tatum and Brown even though the end of his Celtics tenure was shaky at best. Brad then salvaged the 2021 team and built a juggernaut around the Jays
by ImeStopPlayingDennis
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there was an awesome video of this i saw on social media (i think originally tiktok) showing this whole journey split into 5 chapters, which i can’t find anymore. does anyone know what i’m talking about and have the link?
Marshon Brooks, Kris Humphries & Jordan Crawford. The foundation of 2024 Champions in waitin, Boston Celtics ☘️
At the time I was sad not to have KG and PP there anymore, but it was a steal of a trade then, and it’s just hilarious now.
I forgot Kris Humphries was a Celtic
It hurts me that IT isn’t a part of this. Dude bled green for us and he will forever be a favorite. There’s no place for him on this team, my head understands this. But my heart wants IT to have a ring.
Drafting Smart should appear here
When this all started and i mean really started, it was just Brad, Jaylen, Jayson, and Al. Especially happy for those guys they’ve worked so hard to get here.
Wild, I forgot all about Crawford
Billy King totally being gifted the first ring when we win
I wish IT4 could’ve got one with us
The best minutes of your day will be spent watching this.
https://www.tiktok.com/@..adreano/video/7377521058347224363?_t=8nB5sG3GDDK&_r=1
Is the 11th picture the starting lineup vs the Nets big 3? Can’t believe we even won a game. Kudos to Tatum
We need to send Billy King a jersey of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
Shoutout to Jeff green
Despite the heart issues he was our “star” player for a year and played pretty well all told
It’s amazing how the trade of the last big three literally lead up to this moment in time. One game away and there is a direct link between those two championships. Two of the three Brooklyn picks netted Brown and Tatum. Just amazing team building. Give 50% to Ainge to build the core, and 50% to Stevens for adding all the correct supporting pieces. I hope Michael Holley writes a sequel to “The Big Three” about this. Hope they take it tomorrow night.
Marcus, Romeo, Fournier, Tatum, TT Starting 5 is some serious nightmare fuel.
Tried to black out Fournier’s Celtics stint from my memory tbh.
Fournier was so bad
Good lord silver popped out of nowhere twice like the Boogeyman
IT4 & Marcus ….
Love you for this. Go Cs
Does Brad Wannamaker get a ring??
Missing Celtics legend Vitor Faverani
Criminally missing Marcus in this “making of”
I’ve always wanted to see some graphic designer make an amazing infographic explaining all of the personnel moves Ainge made while he was running the Cs
Cus Crise
Feels so good when your years of let down and loyalty pays off! BOS IN 4!
Shoutout Avery Bradley
Man, that starting 5 with Langford, Fournier, and Thompson was ROUGH considering that was the start of the Jay’s primes.
The kemba walker and gordon Hayward days are a blur now. Crazy really
Omg that Tatum pick and his ankle the only thing that softens the blow is the pick right after with all our dudes jacking em up, well done. Last year they figured out a little bit about FAFO and closing games and not playing down to an opponent. This team’s built different.
This is actually 70+ years in the making. This whole thing wouldn’t happen if Danny isn’t our GM getting the Jays, which probably doesn’t happen in the first place if he wasn’t an ex-Celtics drafted by Red. So it all goes back.
I remember seeing the 2017 team advance to the ECF for first time in 5 years after beating the wizards in game 7 and I was through the roof. Crazy how far we’ve come
I will die on this hill that Humphries was actually a solid role player. He’d be a great 8th man on this team.
Marcus. I miss Marcus 😢
I’ve heard it a few times on some podcast – but man that 2021 team was straight booty
Can’t believe Jordan Crawford didn’t make a name for himself. That dude could ball. His shot looked pretty wild but he did make them at a decent clip
Eastern conference player of the week: Jordan “Steez” Crawford
Completely forgot about Fournier
Man, there were some rough years in there.
I’m one of the biggest Paul Pierce and KG fans ever, of time in the whole world and I knew it was the end of that run. I was ecstatic about the trade and all those 1st round picks. I knew they would be gold. I was happy for them that they may have had a chance to get back to the finals on another team, maybe.
This made me realize Jaylen is the longest tenured celtic
Quick shoutout to Kelly for that wizards series
I was there when sullinger, and smart was drafted. Celtics forever!
random but that stretch the Celtics had in 2014-15 after trading Rondo, Jeff Green, acquiring IT, Crowder, Jerebko and Datome was such a fun time… had no shot vs the Cavs, but how they had to fight to get into the playoffs (when Ainge tried his best to make them a high lottery team) was such a wild underdog story
What really stands out to me is that the Celtics, if they win tonight or any of the other 3 potential games, will have only had two losing seasons (and only one really bad one) in the 16 years between championships. How many teams manage a full-on rebuild like that so smoothly? And what’s even better is how they will have hit the goal of a championship so early in the timeline of the Jays’ tenure that there’s way more time left to build on that than there was after the PGA Celtics won in their first year since they were all 3-5 years older already.