who do you think

"durrrrr they said we couldn't play together durrrrr" YEP

LOOK AT ALL THOSE CHICKENS TURNOVERS

I'd much rather this loss come against the likes of Golden State than say, Phoenix.

Lmao this is how you respond when Steve Kerr guarantees a victory on your home floor? Garbage.

Disgusting. Just forfeit the game, it'd be less shameful.

Game/series. I don't know why I watch this crap.

They were heroballing and acting like the three was the only valid shot in that situation, which it wasn't. Bad time for the December Celtics to show up.

They deserve this (probable) loss. Playing 3-or-bust just because you're down 3 points with 2 minutes to go is dumb.

Angels = baseball Knicks. The owner's not gonna put himself under the guillotine sadly.

Thank the lord, the Celtics blowing home court would have been the cherry on top of this wide-ranging poo splatter of a day. THERE IS STILL GAME 4 HOWEVER

Hot prediction: The NHL will expand again before the NBA. If the NBA does expand I think an actual open expansion process would be fascinating given how much the league has changed since the last one (the four-teamer in the late 80s). Back then the Lakers were the only team that fit the profile of a destination franchise. Nowadays, thanks to that expansion plus a couple of other teams getting their act together, there are several "destination" teams that will always be able to attract franchise talent and keep themselves on the map, and several other franchises that will only ever be able to draft it, and probably not be able to keep it if they do get it. Needless to say, the NBA definitely wouldn't want to add to the latter list. I was going to go on a spiel about how I don't see why Vegas and Seattle should be the automatic winners and why some other places are interesting, but as of 2016 NBA teams voted in favor of a territory expansion to 150 miles from their home city, instead of just 75 miles. That article makes no mention of potential expansion/relocation though, so maybe that is just for "marketing" purposes and 75 and still the limit for expansion/relocation. If each team now has a 150 mile protection zone, that would leave Vegas and Seattle as pretty much the only expansion options.

FENTONNNNNN!

Al "Kemba Walker over me?!" Horford Don't even start with this. I'd bet on the Warriors getting at least one in Boston.

Too bad we can't copy/paste off that document because there are some gems in there. > It is well documented that there is a large cat population on the property

Oh my god, Sox Appeal is still a thing?

538 says Celtics, west coast people who have, oh let's say "flexible" NBA rooting interests say Warriors. Who do I listen to?

Me trying to talk myself into the Celtics having a decent chance in a very unfavorable situation (game seven on the road): - Jimmy Butler is not going to do that twice - Miami's home crowd is terrible - ABC (and therefore the league itself) would surely rather have the Celtics in the Finals than the Heat, right? Tatum's a Blues fan, right? Any chance one of those Hills Have Eyes looking trolls from that 2019 team is available for a motivational speech?

Alright well f*** ESPN with a rusty auger blade for that "Celtics will beat the Warriors in the Finals" bit this morning existing. Jimmy Butler's just the kind of guy you want to piss off!

Not gonna happen, if only because it's completely unnecessary. The Spurs are already the default home team for (native) Austinites. Unlike Minneapolis vs. St. Paul or Phoenix vs. Not-Phoenix, there is no stupid, yokel-tier animosity between the two cities that would "require" the broader local designation.

What a strange series. Good thing for the Celtics that Miami has home court in name only. For a guy who stumbled ass-first into Jokic eight years ago and has since done jack to put a team around him.

Is it just me or are Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo completely unwatchable lately when discussing basketball together? I think Bill is doing his part, but Russillo seems like he's fighting just to stay awake. He seems fine on his own though (Russillo).

This alleged NHL organization is stuck playing in a literal 5,000 seat venue that's only available when the ASU Connect Four team doesn't need it and still may not sell it out, but nooooooo you can't move it to Saskatoon or some place where hockey has a following because muh market size footprint evil looney game growerinos I wonder how far down the list of Canadian CMAs we would have to go before finding something more ridiculous than a "major" league operation paying rent to some suburban college to play games in their tuba storage room. Moncton's building seats 8,800. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

Forget Quebec City, tell me again why this is a more favorable arrangement than putting the team in Saskatoon? Or even that 10,000 seater in Halifax?

> third best guy on a regular season team > can't create his own offense > poor defender > reputation for being undermotivated since college > no-shows a game seven, team gets obliterated by a lower seed > moody video game addict Yeah bro just give him a max contract, what could possibly go wrong?

>new arena Opened for 2016-17, midway through that list. > muh corporate partner handouts Assuming that there's even a grain of truth in this claim made by some guy on a sports logos forum... what makes you confident that every other team in the league, especially those clocking in below the Kings on attendance numbers, isn't doing the same thing?