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Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025

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Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#1 » by Parliament10 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:25 pm

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Previously, With The BOSTON CELTICS . . .








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Regular Season, Victory Count, 2024-25
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Victory Cigar

(26) Jayson Tatum
(8) Payton Pritchard
(6) Derrick White
(6) Kristaps Porziņģis
(5) Jaylen Brown
(2) Luke Kornet
(1) Stay Ready Group
(1) Jaden Springer
(1) Sam Hauser
(1) Jrue Holiday
(1) Baylor Scheierman
(1) Al Horford


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(11) Jaylen Brown
(11) Jayson Tatum
(7) Payton Pritchard
(6) Kristaps Porziņģis
(6) Derrick White
(4) Al Horford
(4) Stay Ready Group/Team/Coaches
(4) Luke Kornet
(3) Jrue Holiday
(2) Baylor Scheierman
(1) Sam Hauser



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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#2 » by ThePigeon » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:52 pm

tying the NBA away record or sitting our starters?
I am for sitting at least JB, KP and Jrue

ORL are a tough matchup for us
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#3 » by Parliament10 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 4:28 pm

ThePigeon wrote:tying the NBA away record or sitting our starters?
I am for sitting at least JB, KP and Jrue

ORL are a tough matchup for us

I'm with that.

We don't even need all of our, essentially, 6 Starters for the Regular Season.
3 Starters should be enough.
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#4 » by bisme37 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:07 pm

Everyone is out except JB is questionable. Because that makes sense.

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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#5 » by tfribs45 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:20 pm

bisme37 wrote:Everyone is out except JB is questionable. Because that makes sense.

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JB looking selfish, trying to get the all NBA minutes in. Not even sure he makes the cut this season, but if this is true an act like that will get the JB trolls going and try and force him out of town again lol..... Absolutely no reason why JB should be playing until rd 1. I'm shocked the C's brass are ok with this!? We shall see how it plays out, C's need a healthy JB for a banner 19 run!
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#6 » by ConstableGeneva » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:26 pm

A Celtics loss here solidifies Magic's position at #7. Pretty much clinches it. Looks like they'll be our 1st round matchup.
A Celtics win clinches our 2nd 60-win season in the last 16 seasons.

In any case, the Mazzulla Celtics team has already clinched two of the top 4 Celtics records in the last 39 years.

Suggs and Mo Wagner are still OUT for the Magic.
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#7 » by redslastlaugh » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:33 pm

Start JD!
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#8 » by ConstableGeneva » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:34 pm

redslastlaugh wrote:Start JD!

Can't even get revenge vs. McClung (OUT). Tsk.
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#9 » by Gant » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:59 pm

bisme37 wrote:Everyone is out except JB is questionable. Because that makes sense.

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An unfortunate number of injuries happened in the Knicks game, but no more than you'd expect in this situation.

Assuming Brown is out, here's the active green roster:

Kornet, Queta, Tillman
Craig, Walsh, Norris
Hauser, Peterson
Scheierman
Pritchard, Davison

Guess for the starting lineup: Somebody, somebody, Hauser, somebody, somebody else.
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#10 » by 31to6 » Wed Apr 9, 2025 6:34 pm

Busy night at the 31to6 household, so I might have to tip my cap to the truest of the diehards who watch this one.

JB gonna come out firing away, I'm guessing.
If he goes for 40 and/or Pritchard or Hauser hit double-digit 3s -- and/or Scheierman has his first triple double -- maybe we win.
If JD Davison feels like he is in Maine, maybe we do too
OR maybe Jordan Walsh will break his career high of [checks] 10 points but that'd really surprise me
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#11 » by meatball sub » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:26 pm

im guessing JB has some kind of contract incentives at 65 games. playing for all nba when the guy can barely move is way too stupid of a reason & he seems like a smart guy
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#12 » by redslastlaugh » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:34 pm

meatball sub wrote:im guessing JB has some kind of contract incentives at 65 games. playing for all nba when the guy can barely move is way too stupid of a reason & he seems like a smart guy

spotrac says his contract has no incentives, it's a fully guaranteed supermax.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/20208/jaylen-brown
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#13 » by meatball sub » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:38 pm

welp, guess he's just being selfish then. mindboggling how anyone in the franchise is ok with this when his knee looks cooked
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#14 » by lon3lytoaster » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:38 pm

meatball sub wrote:im guessing JB has some kind of contract incentives at 65 games. playing for all nba when the guy can barely move is way too stupid of a reason & he seems like a smart guy


He almost definitely has a bonus in his contract for all-NBA, all star appearances and games played

Edit: whelp maybe not per Spotrac
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#15 » by Gant » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:45 pm

Here's Keith Smith on that:

I shared this because the bonus stuff was suggested as to why JB has been playing.

I'm passing no judgement on JB playing. If he wants to play, and they don't think his knee issue can be made worse, then why not play? Whatever his reasons are, they're his reasons.


Since this is out there (based on questions I keep getting):

Jaylen Brown does not have any bonuses in his contract. He's on a straight max deal. So, there are no contractual incentives to being eligible for/making an All-NBA team.

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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#16 » by KamikazeK » Wed Apr 9, 2025 7:46 pm

I thought for sure they were gonna try to win this one. In the end, i guess it doesn't really matter.
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#17 » by cloverleaf » Wed Apr 9, 2025 8:25 pm

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bisme37 wrote:Everyone is out except JB is questionable. Because that makes sense.

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JB looking selfish, trying to get the all NBA minutes in. Not even sure he makes the cut this season, but if this is true an act like that will get the JB trolls going and try and force him out of town again lol..... Absolutely no reason why JB should be playing until rd 1. I'm shocked the C's brass are ok with this!? We shall see how it plays out, C's need a healthy JB for a banner 19 run!


Yeah, one of the key treatments for knee impingement is rest.
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#18 » by Bar Fight » Wed Apr 9, 2025 8:28 pm

JB's selfishness is honestly trade worthy at this point. Management needs to really assess this, especially if we don't win it all
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#19 » by 165bows » Wed Apr 9, 2025 8:31 pm

31to6 wrote:Busy night at the 31to6 household, so I might have to tip my cap to the truest of the diehards who watch this one.

JB gonna come out firing away, I'm guessing.
If he goes for 40 and/or Pritchard or Hauser hit double-digit 3s -- and/or Scheierman has his first triple double -- maybe we win.
If JD Davison feels like he is in Maine, maybe we do too
OR maybe Jordan Walsh will break his career high of [checks] 10 points but that'd really surprise me

Might be the nastiest shade thrown I’ve ever seen lol
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Re: Game Thread – Celtics @ Magic – 7:00PM, Wed, April 9, 2025 

Post#20 » by Bill Lumbergh » Wed Apr 9, 2025 8:39 pm

It's gonna be the PP and Baylor show tonight. It'd be so great to beat them without 5 of our top 6 guys, and I suspect Jaylen will only play 22 minute if he plays at all.

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