Are you concerned about Jaylen Brown's injury going into the playoffs?

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Celtics beat Knicks 119-117 in OT! Porzingis had 34 pts and 8 3's. Are you concerned about Jaylen Brown's injury going into the playoffs?

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00:00Celtics get out of there with a win last night.

00:03Do you think if the Celtics are without Jalen Brown,

00:05they'd be going against the wind in the playoffs?

00:08Well done, Curtis.

00:11They were, they're looking for a neutral site, Curtis,

00:13for the round one of the playoffs.

00:15Fire Lake is where they're hoping to...

00:17Honestly, I'm just hoping they turn the page from the regular season

00:20and really get a move on.

00:22Here's a 978 text that says,

00:24If Jalen Brown is hurt, why is he playing?

00:27Why not shut him down until the playoffs?

00:30Yeah, I mean, maybe there's...

00:31He can't tell you how tough he is.

00:33I'm trying to push him to see what he can do.

00:36He can't do much.

00:37I mean, you know, you watched the game last night.

00:39I watched the game last night.

00:40Well, I'm wondering, then last night where the coach is like,

00:42yeah, shut him down.

00:43I don't know.

00:45It's kind of interesting because he's kind of been in and out of the lineup,

00:48you know, obviously since the injury.

00:51So I don't know what they feel like by playing him might do.

00:55Well, I mean, I'm sure that there's some pressure on Joe Missoula.

01:00I guess I shouldn't assume anything,

01:01but I'm sure that he wants to get...

01:04Jalen Brown wants to, if he still can, get to 65 games.

01:08So he's eligible on all NBA and all the rest of it.

01:13Maybe that's it.

01:14That's a good thing to prioritize.

01:15Yeah, what's he at?

01:16I wonder.

01:16I think he's at like 60 maybe or 61.

01:19Yeah.

01:20Right?

01:20I think he's at like 60...

01:2263.

01:2363.

01:23So there you go.

01:24I just think, I think it's a, if, if you have to look at this team differently

01:29when it comes to what they can do in the, in the playoffs all the way through,

01:34if you can't count on Jalen Brown.

01:36They're still the favorite in the East without Jalen Brown.

01:39Yeah.

01:40Without him.

01:41Yeah.

01:41Okay.

01:42Definitely.

01:42Yeah.

01:43I don't know.

01:44I don't know about that.

01:46Who would be a favorite over them?

01:48Yeah.

01:49Cleveland?

01:49Yeah, I would.

01:50No.

01:51You don't think?

01:52No.

01:53I don't know.

01:54Jalen Brown's been their, their superhero the last two postseasons, in my opinion.

01:58So I, I just think, yeah, regular season, you can, like that caller earlier, look at

02:03the record with or without him.

02:05But once the postseason comes, we've seen times...

02:07Last year he was good.

02:08But they didn't even have a game six, did they?

02:09And the season before he was good.

02:11Yep.

02:11No.

02:12The season before...

02:13Yes.

02:13Maybe he...

02:13He showed up when Jason Tatum fell off.

02:16Did you not see game seven when Tatum got hurt?

02:19And he couldn't throw the ball in the ocean?

02:21That was what you're, you're talking about, one game.

02:23But I'm saying, overall, the last two postseasons, Jalen Brown, I believe, has outplayed...

02:27He was, he was, let's just stick with last year, because I think a lot of people are going

02:31to say MVP.

02:32He was good last year.

02:33And he was a big part of why you won.

02:35He was obviously the MVP of the finals last year.

02:39And we're talking about this year.

02:41You look at the teams.

02:42Could you get through...

02:44It's the same with Porzingis.

02:45Can you get to the NBA finals without him?

02:48You probably could.

02:50You'll still be the favorite.

02:52But once you get to the NBA finals, it'll be, you know, you know, it's going to be a

02:57much hotter matchup.

02:58Yeah, you need both.

02:59Yeah, without him.

03:00So...

03:01That turnaround, fall away, mid-jumper, which was the forte of double zero at Neshoba Regional

03:09High School that Tatum was using last night, was stupendous.

03:12Yeah, that was...

03:13Stupendous.

03:13Yeah, you know, Tatum, like, and I mean, I agree with you, Courtney, like, Tatum, if

03:19he plays like he plays in the regular season, and he consistently can do that, you know,

03:26throughout the playoffs, maybe he might have a stinker here and there because that's just

03:30going to be it.

03:30Or even if he has, like, a three-quarter stinker and then turns it on in the fourth quarter.

03:36I'm fine if you have a game stinker.

03:38You just can't have a series stinker.

03:39Right, right.

03:41So if he's able to play at the level he's played at all year, then, yeah, you probably

03:46don't need him.

03:47But you'll still be the favorites in the East.

03:502-0-7 text from my adopted home continent of Maine.

03:54Jalen Brown needs to put the team first and sit until the playoffs and not go money grab

04:00to get to 65 games.

04:02Yeah, if that's the case.

04:03Yeah, I mean, that's because why else would you be playing?

04:09I mean, what?

04:09I'm just like the texter.

04:11If you were put in that position, you'd be doing the same thing.

04:13I'm sorry.

04:14That's the case.

04:16Like, if we're all being honest, if we're all hooked up to a lie detector, we'd all be

04:22doing what Jalen Brown is doing.

04:23If that is, in fact, why he's doing it, he'd get to 65.

04:26Now, I don't think he's getting more money for it, right?

04:30Well, you do get more money, certainly, when it comes to, I'm sure he has, he's got the

04:35max contract, but he's got to have bonuses on all NBA, and I would assume.

04:40I'm trying to find it.

04:40I don't know how they work their contracts.

04:42I thought that was only prior to the max contract.

04:45Yeah, so the max is the max.

04:46Yeah, that's what I thought.

04:47It's a legit max.

04:48That's what I was, that was my understanding.

04:50It's full max, is what you're saying.

04:51Yeah, prior to the.

04:52Full on max.

04:53Prior to it, Sean, you're right.

04:54Like, it's different levels.

04:55It's not HBO max, it's full max.

04:57You get for all NBA, and what's he's going to be, 13, maybe, if he gets to the 65?

05:04So, I don't know.

05:05Do you just want that on your resume, that you are all NBA?

05:09Well, yeah.

05:09I mean, you certainly want it on the resume.

05:12I mean, that would seem to be short-sighted.

05:15Yeah.

05:16Obviously, we all know what Jalen Brown meant here, but nationally, his status changed dramatically

05:22when he was the finals MVP.

05:24But it is a good question.

05:25And, like, if you know that he's dealing with this, and even he said it, like, the pain

05:29that he was dealing with playing with the knee injury, why not just sit him for the remainder

05:35of the season?

05:36And then that's, I think that people are only going to speculate, well, he must be trying

05:41to get to the 65 game minimum for the awards.

05:45And then, I guess that's where people would then question, well, he gets a, I mean, is

05:49this texter correct?

05:50617 texter gets a $2.2 million bonus?

05:53Maybe.

05:54I don't know.

05:55I know.

05:55I know what Sean is.

05:56Well, Wiggy, the fact that you don't know it is outraging somebody in the Twitch chat.

06:00Well, I'm not a...

06:01How do these guys not know this?

06:04Sorry, we're not Pat's cap, capologist specialist.

06:07Yeah, I'm not a Celtics NBA.

06:09I know.

06:09The intricate details of Jalen Brown's contract, not something that we have, unfortunately,

06:16paid close attention to.

06:17Yeah, I don't have...

06:18Sorry.

06:19I don't have his incentives.

06:20Joke's on you for watching us.

06:21I know what Sean's saying is you're right about that.

06:27Guys, their max contract changes based on making all NBA.

06:31Prior to the max, it was $2 million for the 65 mark.

06:35Okay.

06:35But I don't know if that changes with the max.

06:37I'm looking at his deals.

06:38$285,393,000 guaranteed.

06:42Yep.

06:42It says nothing about that.

06:44And, Courtney, to say what you would do at work when the guy's making whatever to go

06:49pay his mortgage is different than a guy just playing to get on a team when he's already

06:54paid at the top of the league and has to be throughout the deal.

06:56Yeah, we can all say that as, you know, the lower people on the food chain.

07:00But if you were in his position, you know...

07:02Well, how do you think that a teammate would feel if he got hurt playing in one of these

07:05games?

07:05I don't know.

07:06Wiggy always says you should never judge a teammate based on trying to get more money.

07:10He's not.

07:10There's no incentives.

07:11I would be upset.

07:12I mean, like, we were upset last year for Bergeron playing in a meaningless...

07:16Was it last year or two years ago?

07:18Two years ago.

07:18Two years ago, Bergeron playing in a meaningless game where he did hurt his back.

07:23So, I...

07:23I've been barred from all Bruins alumni events ever since.

07:25I was...

07:26I would ask Jalen, if you know you're hurt, shut it down till the rest of the...

07:32What's the...

07:33Or, Missoula, why is he playing?

07:35If he is hurt, let him get the rest that he needs.

07:38The playoffs won't start till April 19th.

07:40That'll give him, you know, as of today, 10 days of rest.

07:46Why are you playing him?

07:48What's the purpose of him?

07:49Yeah.

07:50I don't understand it because he was, last night, was unable to do much.

07:56Right.

07:57And so, I don't see the benefit there.

08:00Well, did they ask Missoula?

08:01Is he...

08:02Is there...

08:02I don't know.

08:03I don't know that they asked Missoula.

08:05I'm going to have to...

08:05Now that they want me to know the ins and outs of the contracts, I'm going to have to get

08:09a press pass so I can get down and ask Missoula these questions.

08:11Oh!

08:12You would do a great job post-game questioning the guy that you believe is the very best

08:18coach in the NBA.

08:19Like, I would say, Joe, why is Jalen playing when he's got a clear knee injury?

08:25He said that, you know, he's been hurting, so why not just shut him down for the rest

08:29of the season?

08:30And then he would say, I like that new Celtics sweatshirt.

08:32You'd say, thanks, coach.

08:33Great job.

08:33All right.

08:33That's what I'm saying.

08:36We're selling.

08:37I'd say, I like those shoes you were wearing on the sideline.

08:40God, Greg Hill.

08:41Isn't he so negative about the Celtics?

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