Boston Celtics eliminated from NBA Cup; Payton Pritchard’s rise in the NBA
The Boston Celtics have been eliminated from the NBA Cup, which might be exactly what they need after this long stretch of games. Instead of what would be an extended road trip, the Celtics will get at least four days off to recover before playing at least one more home game.
John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm break that down and then move onto Payton Pritchard’s incredible start to the season, why the coaching and player changes might have benefited him more than anyone, and how sustainable his play is for this season and beyond.
2:37 Celtics’ NBA Cup Elimination
15:00 Peyton Pritchard’s Performance
25:04 Coaching Change Impact on Pritchard
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17 Comments
I am ON MY KNEES, IN THE MUD, LOOKING TO THE SKY!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
The… the CUP…. The god damn Cup, skipper!
N… no… n …. NOOOOO! SKIPPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a Celtics fan for 45 years, my wish for 2025 is back to back Championships 🏆. Respectfully, I'm not a fan of the NBA Cup. Keep a plan to maintain the key players healthy all season long, and trust the stay ready crew to sustain their improvements on the court for the ultimate goal: win Banner 19.
Aspirations and dreams shattered from this elimination 🥲
In all seriousness good for those advancing to get the extra cheddar… hopefully we recoup that jubilation in another way ☘︎🔒
I only feel bad for the deep bench guys because the $500K prize is a good percentage of their roughly $2M salary. For the starters, it's a drop in the bucket.
☘️☘️👊
I think it's actually pretty sad that they lost to the Trey Youngless Atlanta Hawks.
People who are upset often blame others or external factors. There's nothing wrong with the 4-game cup, and changing to a 10 games won't make a difference. When the Celtics lose the 10 game cup, John will suggest a 15 game cup.
I think this is first podcast on this channel with this level of snobbery. Celtics are above basketball and competing?
I am a fan of motor racing. I always liked racers with philosophy "If it has wheels, I'll race it" which in NBA Cup case would be "just give me a ball and something to compete for", And not "because I lost, competition is wrong and trophy is stupid".
COMPLETE FRAUDS. I'm not watching these jokers again… until Wednesday night 😂 ❤
😭😭😭😭 I guess we will just need to win the Championship instead.
I’m not wow’ing over the NBA Cup, but I did pay attention to the Knicks-Magic game earlier… I like the idea of making early season games have some value – but, maybe, they need to iterate on it to make it work the way they want… maybe, like a “March Madness” thing for a whole month, like you’re saying. Who knows, we’ll see.
Hypothetically: next off season Trade Holiday, bring Al back on a veterans minimum, and let Springer go you save 40M in salary would the Cs go below the 2nd apron? Or would they need to trade Hauser too? (I’m assuming they want to keep Kristaps and also that the Js, DWhite, and Prichard are must keeps). Maybe then they can bring in Lonnie Walker on a minimum.
Your acting was hilarious 🤣🤣
It's a shame, disappointment that Tom really went full on Spurs fan 😂😂 sorry for you bud
The Cup is a good idea for up and coming teams to gain experience and confidence in a "semi-playoff" atmosphere. Okay, the Celtics don't fit that scenario anymore, but it would have been fun to get to the cup finals and see Mazzula play the bench guys for 20 plus minutes each, and give them the chance to gain experience.
The NBA MVP probably didn’t matter too much when it was debut. Now we debate in bars, barber shops, sporting events, tv shows and use it to make a point.
The NBA Cup matters, because it’s being tracked.
The NBA MVP probably didn’t matter too much when it was debut. Now we debate in bars, barber shops, sporting events, tv shows and use it to make a point.
The NBA Cup matters, because it’s being tracked.
The NBA MVP probably didn’t matter too much when it was debut. Now we debate in bars, barber shops, sporting events, tv shows and use it to make a point.
The NBA Cup matters, because it’s being tracked.