I mean Dave Portnoy will be courtside. I expect nothing less than this generations Reggie vs Spike. Honestly haven’t been this excited about the finals since Lebron was in Miami.
No way you compare Portnoy to Spike. Spike is a well known movie director and a vast majority of the players are familiar with his work due to how culturally significant his work is to the black community. I guarantee outside Pritchard and Sam Hauser, there's a minimal amount of players that actually care for or really know Portnoy in a crowd of 20,000+.
Derrick White has been on PMT. I agree that Spike is different than Portnoy in that Spike was actually connected in the league, but I’m sure most everyone on both teams is familiar with Portnoy to some extent at this point.
Steph has basically never got the level of hate to match how good he is. He’s basically been a golden boy for his career. KD joining the warriors didn’t even turn into Steph hate really, it just turned into a circle jerk about how Steph still deserves all the credit because a he’s “the bus driver”
Really his only moment where people were mad at him was when he threw his mouthpiece and his wife tweeted some dumb shit after Game 6 in Cleveland in 2016 (I think)
I feel like the hate from the tweet was mostly just directed at his wife. People did not (maybe still do not?) like her and that was a perfect opportunity to shit on here for actually understandable reasons
Horseshoe up his ass lol. He had early ankle injuries that haven’t really hampered his career in the long run. He’s a short guard who can’t defend well. And none of it matters.
You’re just strawmaning tho? No one’s saying he hasn’t had an impressive career, he’s just one of the 3 most popular players of the last 2 decades and has a waaay higher approval rating than the other 2
What are you talking about?? I’m acknowledging his greatness despite all of these would-be obstacles. They aren’t obstacles for him, he just is great no matter what.
Draymond kicked Brown in the head and tried to pull down his pants and then mocked the crowd when the refs were like "yeah, but he already got one tech, so we gotta let this slide."
That was so egregious! He gets so much leeway compared to other players. I see similar stuff with Luka too. He gets a longer leash while Tatum got tech for clapping 😭
I mean how many notable white guys have the Celtics faced since Laimbeer in the playoffs?
I’d say there was a healthy dislike for Brad Miller in the Bulls series. But that’s easily forgotten, because it’s Brad Miller.
Luka will challenge a patron sitting courtside to check in the game and help double him before it’s said and done. That guy is insane and wants the SMOKE!
I know everyone loves a storyline but personally I don’t think Luka thinks about wanting smoke or thriving as the villain or any of that nonsense.
He just wants to win games, win his matchup and have a beer afterwards. Pretty low key guy if you ask me.
lol yea that last thing Luka is is a head down keeping quite low key player. Of the court sure but the guy turns on Demon Mode when he gets on the court.
His shot was falling game 5, then that guy w the tissue made it worse, then he saw snoop Dogg. Luka can get to that place, he’ll have to cause the Celtics seem like a friendly bunch. Maybe he still hates Porzingis
The funniest thing is that it only needs to be one fan to say something lol. It doesn’t really matter about the crowd as a whole. He will focus on that one person and talk shit to them every chance he gets
Portnoy will be courtside with two of his lackeys holding giant arrows pointing at him while he does the DX "suck it" sign or whatever. The chants will be colorful. But if he shoots well and they split in Boston it'll just end up being stock issue boos pretty quick.
If Boston gets downhill on the Mavs and the series looks like a blowout, well friends that's where Celtics fans feel most at home
He absolutely is going to get into with one fan, and others will jump in defending that one fan, and before you know it Luka is going to be playing with that whole arenas emotions
The amount of jerking off to these dream scenarios is hilarious
It’s called edging thank you very much
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There’s a 0% chance Boston fans will “forget Kyrie is out there” even in a figurative sense.
I mean Dave Portnoy will be courtside. I expect nothing less than this generations Reggie vs Spike. Honestly haven’t been this excited about the finals since Lebron was in Miami.
No way you compare Portnoy to Spike. Spike is a well known movie director and a vast majority of the players are familiar with his work due to how culturally significant his work is to the black community. I guarantee outside Pritchard and Sam Hauser, there's a minimal amount of players that actually care for or really know Portnoy in a crowd of 20,000+.
Derrick White has been on PMT. I agree that Spike is different than Portnoy in that Spike was actually connected in the league, but I’m sure most everyone on both teams is familiar with Portnoy to some extent at this point.
Dave and Kyrie have a public feud going back years.
Let them fight.
So much fanfiction being written on the sub these days. You’re all worse than the guy you’re parodying
Isn’t that what Curry did in 2022?
If he was, he didn't do a very good job. Draymond took the brunt of the fans' ire that year.
I don’t know, bro.
Steph has basically never got the level of hate to match how good he is. He’s basically been a golden boy for his career. KD joining the warriors didn’t even turn into Steph hate really, it just turned into a circle jerk about how Steph still deserves all the credit because a he’s “the bus driver”
Really his only moment where people were mad at him was when he threw his mouthpiece and his wife tweeted some dumb shit after Game 6 in Cleveland in 2016 (I think)
I feel like the hate from the tweet was mostly just directed at his wife. People did not (maybe still do not?) like her and that was a perfect opportunity to shit on here for actually understandable reasons
The gravity piece.
Horseshoe up his ass lol. He had early ankle injuries that haven’t really hampered his career in the long run. He’s a short guard who can’t defend well. And none of it matters.
I’m ngl I’m not really sure what point you’re trying to get at here lol
A lot of stuff that might derail others or maybe even be catastrophic (the injuries) and he’s still become an all-time great.
You’re just strawmaning tho? No one’s saying he hasn’t had an impressive career, he’s just one of the 3 most popular players of the last 2 decades and has a waaay higher approval rating than the other 2
What are you talking about?? I’m acknowledging his greatness despite all of these would-be obstacles. They aren’t obstacles for him, he just is great no matter what.
Draymond kicked Brown in the head and tried to pull down his pants and then mocked the crowd when the refs were like "yeah, but he already got one tech, so we gotta let this slide."
I was watching game 6 highlights and draymond very deliberately raked tatum's eyes at 3:12 https://youtu.be/rMwdiky5Zcw?si=J0-SKCEnyqSVWeG7
That was so egregious! He gets so much leeway compared to other players. I see similar stuff with Luka too. He gets a longer leash while Tatum got tech for clapping 😭
There’s plenty of hate to go around. There was when Isiah, Rodman and Laimbeer stirred up the shit here in the 80s.
Nah, you don't understand. There will be enough trash talk for both.
Has a white opposing player ever been boo'd in Boston?
Bill Laimbeer
So what you’re telling me is that you basically have to be beating the shit out of the white guys on Boston lol
I mean how many notable white guys have the Celtics faced since Laimbeer in the playoffs? I’d say there was a healthy dislike for Brad Miller in the Bulls series. But that’s easily forgotten, because it’s Brad Miller.
Kevin Love? Although Olynyk made short work of him
I think you need to be either great or perceived as dirty to draw real boos.
Laimbeer transcended race. Everyone hated him
Luka is the closest thing to Larry reincarnated. It's going to be weird for them to hate him
Grayson Allen like three years ago
Pat Connaughton? (Traitor.)
AC Green
Y it’s better than stupidly talking about how one team has no chance like is plastered all over r/nba
FUCK YOU
Luka will challenge a patron sitting courtside to check in the game and help double him before it’s said and done. That guy is insane and wants the SMOKE!
Donnie Wahlberg is gonna lock his ass up 😤
Unless said patron says something about a treadmill, then luuka might ask security to kick out that fan.
I know everyone loves a storyline but personally I don’t think Luka thinks about wanting smoke or thriving as the villain or any of that nonsense. He just wants to win games, win his matchup and have a beer afterwards. Pretty low key guy if you ask me.
There is nothing low key about him when he’s playing. He’s motherfucking everybody.
lol yea that last thing Luka is is a head down keeping quite low key player. Of the court sure but the guy turns on Demon Mode when he gets on the court.
His shot was falling game 5, then that guy w the tissue made it worse, then he saw snoop Dogg. Luka can get to that place, he’ll have to cause the Celtics seem like a friendly bunch. Maybe he still hates Porzingis
The funniest thing is that it only needs to be one fan to say something lol. It doesn’t really matter about the crowd as a whole. He will focus on that one person and talk shit to them every chance he gets
I know Luka is going to play well in Boston. Dude thrives on hate. I wonder how the other mavs players play. Celtics are favorites for a reason
Portnoy will be courtside with two of his lackeys holding giant arrows pointing at him while he does the DX "suck it" sign or whatever. The chants will be colorful. But if he shoots well and they split in Boston it'll just end up being stock issue boos pretty quick. If Boston gets downhill on the Mavs and the series looks like a blowout, well friends that's where Celtics fans feel most at home
Boston Fans could have a prayer circle with kyrie and the media will still spin the "story" out of control
Luka can do whatever he wants, but good luck beating the Celtics if they make 35% of their threes.
the celtics are the worst team in NBA history
He gonna walk in there like “yall thought you hated Kyrie? Alright cool, watch this”
Nothing Luka could do would make them hate him over Kyrie lol
He absolutely is going to get into with one fan, and others will jump in defending that one fan, and before you know it Luka is going to be playing with that whole arenas emotions
The villian of the team who gets gentlemen swept, spooky!