I've openly said that I didn't want the Celtics to draw the Nets in the First Round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs for weeks, well before this tweet!
Call me a pussy, but I want the easiest road to the Finals as possible. Some may say that's a loser mentality; I'm just thinking about what's best for the Boston Celtics (especially with Time on the mend). A hard-fought, long series against the Nets could take a lot out of them for the 2nd round vs. a Bucks team that will likely beat the Bulls in four or five games. I know that's all way down the road, especially with the NBA dragging out playoff series over two weeks; I just want to give you a look under the hood of my rationale. Sure, beating great teams or ones you high key hate is sweet. The 2014 Patriots path to their Super Bowl was awesome, but they'd still hang a banner if they beat someone who isn't the Ravens in the Divisional Round.
Yesterday's series opener for Celtics-Nets was incredible. Instant classic. Given the result, I'm pissed at myself for saying nah to one of my friends about going, but I cannot stop watching the game's final sequence. Give me all the angles from high-quality television cameras and shaky iPhone 11s alike.
It's only one game and I don't wanna overreact. In my brain the way the Celtics won could set the stage for a championship run. Tatum's game winner (in a 41 point afternoon) felt like a championship blu-ray moment, but like they could also lose this fucking series which would SUUUCK.
Given how the boxscore went, Game 1 was a must-win for the C's. You can't lose a game where you hold KD to 9/24 shooting. Again, it's super unfair that the Celtics turned their season around in historic fashion and got the Brooklyn Nets in round one as their reward, but it is was it is. 1-0 C's. Apart from KD looking like a wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man on the final possession that allowed Tatum to get a great look, the biggest takeaway from game one has to be former Boston Celtic Kyrie Irving. He finished with 39 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, and a block, but his interactions with the Garden crowd are all anybody is talking about.
I dfw Kyrie. I never will. Celtics fans have every right to hate this guy after how his tenure here went, but when you basically say you're coming back on a fan night, only to end up with a division rival...yeah fans aren't gonna like you.
I have zero problem whatsoever with Kyrie hating Boston right back. I know society is progressing (or at least trying to while the right weighs shit down), but there's nothing wrong with some good ole fashion hate. It makes for great entertainment. This isn't the AAU love-fest that's become so commonplace in the NBA. That game was INTENSE! Yeah, I think he's a fucking moron but I don't like wish ill upon Kyrie off the court. Sure, I'm rooting for 1980s style fouls on him when he's shooting the lights out, but that's just my inner football guy. The timing of these tweets were unreal. He hit his 4th three literally as I hit send.
I don't care that he flicked the fans off. I'm not offended by a fucking finger, I just wish he was a man about this whole ordeal. His antics yesterday felt fake and forced. Unlike the hug kid that stole the show, he was hesitating.
Like this is the half-hearted, bitch ass behavior I'm talking about.
The Tin Man moves more smoothly than that. If you're gonna do the mocking you, up in arms motion, put some heart into it. If you're gonna do the "cry-baby" face, fucking sell it. You're in the NBA; obviously, you know how to act (on second thought..maybe not). Put some heart into it one time. People will see it either way, so you might as well go all in. This shit was half-assed at best. That's what bothers me most about Kyrie. Sure the melodramatic sage burning and pseudo-intellectual bits are annoying, but this would drive me crazy as a Nets fan---he's never fully invested. Growing up, my mom always told me "if you're gonna do something, do it right" and Kyrie clearly did not do either demonstrative hand signal right. He's trying to be the bad guy when I don't know if that's who he is naturally. Exaggerate those waaaahhhhh hands instead of doing it in the blink of an eye.
As for the behind the head middle fingers, again, it was a bitch made half-assed move. At least I can understand his thought process here, trying to keep it off-camera, but it screams like 7th grade to me—this man is 30. So Kyrie, if you want to be the Billy Eyelash bad guy, you need to step up your game. New York is full of improv classes. I'd suggest signing up for one to master your craft instead of this half-assed, can't decide if I'm gonna mock you or not, malarkey. P.S. Major news broke while I wrote this blog. More to come, but LFGGGG!!!!
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