Our NBA Finals Preview: Boston Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks 

Three coaches in five years "They've had the most consistency of coaching" 😂

Now I think Boston’s gonna win. Channing really said “put Kyrie on Tatum” bro Kyrie 6’1 wtf 😭😭😭

The JT hate is honestly getting embarrassing for these ppl, good god. I hope he takes this all in and decides to go and shut everyone up this series.

“They’ve had the most consistency when it comes to coaching”…. They might have had literally the least consistent coaching situations across the top teams in the league over the past 5 years, bro. This dude doesn’t even watch this damn league.

Luka : Close out games: 31.9 PPG Elimination games : 35 PPG Game 7’s : 40.5 PPG Playoff averages on career : 31-10-9

So you’re saying: Luka and Kyrie are the top two in the series. Lively is better than Horford and KP. But if the Celtics win Tatum can’t be considered the best player in the world because his team is so good. Trippin is the perfect name for this pod

This is a different level type of hate😂😂😂 seriously this is actually crazy bro

I get Kyrie is a historically great player but JB actual production is not being acknowledged. Kai avg 15 pts against OKC but everyone wants to brush it off. Brown outplayed Kai in 2022 and they swept the Nets. Kyrie might be a more proven closer. But JB is clearly the best player in 2024

Allie a baddie thoooo

Ya know for being a former player that had a decent amount of years in the league, Channing can say some wild shit.

"Kyrie can guard Tatum" ---Channing Frye (cannot be trusted)

Channing is talking a whole lotta nonsense. 😂😂😂😂

When they say who do you take, Kyrie or Jaylen? Do they mean offensively? Defensively? Being im taking Jaylen brown everyday of the week as an overall player.

Tatum is not a generational talent like Luka, Giannis, or Jokic. This is not that hard to grasp. Tatum is fringe top 5 and at his lowest is 10. Those other 3 guys are generationally great

It’s beyond crazy how much people under estimate the Celtics

The Luka glazing and Tatum hate everywhere is getting outta hand. Everyone acts like the Celtics are some high school varsity kids

Boy, all this Luka talk. I hope the Celtics are listening and ready to hand the Beats by Dre to the Mavs.

So far Frye has said the following takes: Kyrie would be the best player on the Celtics. Jaylen is better than Tatum. Tatum has always had an all star team If kyrie wins chip he’s top 5 PG all time. & I still have 10 mins to go lmfao this dude man 🤦🏿‍♂️🤣

JB is better than Kyrie

“That Celtics team is stacked! That’s why if they win it Tatum won’t be considered the best player in the world!” 5 minutes earlier… “I might take Derrick Lively as the 3rd player in this series” on either team after Luka and Kyrie All these dudes wanna take Dallas over Boston so bad, but if Boston wins “they are stacked, they should’ve won”…. I haven’t seen a more hypocritical position to take, congratulations Channing Frye

I’d love if you guys were in person again BUT, this is quite literally the only podcast that I can watch that’s continuously on Zoom.

Kyries an alpha but hasn’t done shit unless he was a sidekick 😂 I swear yall just love to hate us

Kyrie was on boston and was barely the best player when tatum was a rookie

Derrick Lively at his best averages 9 points, and 7 rebounds even in the post season. What are we doing here? Even with Porzingis coming back from injury him putting up anything under 13-14 Points, and 5 rebounds, with subpar defense would be an off night.

With these takes, the channel should be renamed to “We’re straight trippin’”

If ky joins the current Celtics roster Tatum and brown are still better bro.. Celtics look at defense first not offense like all you casuals

The mental gymnastics to make it seem like the Mavericks have a chance is amazing. Celtics in 5

That’s when Zazas punk ass stepped under Kawhis foot! Spurs were the only team able to beat the warriors during their run well from ‘15-‘20

Richard’s face when Channing said kyrie on Tatum 😂😂😂😂😂 I’m crying 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 these dudes are the biggest haters I’ve ever seen

It’s funny how these guys always talk about what the mavs can do to Boston but never what the Celtics can do to the mavs.. interesting

Absolutely, LOVED the show!!!!!!

I've never been more hyped about watching a game that will never happen 😢

lukas defense is subpar. Jaylen Brown he wants no part of.

Fuck outta here Kyrie better than Tatum, now the media is just cooked at this point

When channing said they always played with all star caliber players, I’ll exclude when they had Kyrie and hayward. But in the past years every person on that team was playing all star caliber on that team and that team only. Almost every player after they left or got traded, they have struggled on other teams. Why doesn’t anyone think maybe the jays make everyone around them play better ?

Channing on bozo activity, Kyrie on Tatum? Did you not see that they attacking them? They play on defense.

Mavericks in 6

04 PISTONS WERE BAD ASS. THEY SHUT DOWN SHAQ AND KOBE. Chase Warriors OFF THE 3 Funnel inside

I'm sorry at this stage Brown n Tatum are more Alphas than Kyrie

I like that idea Channing! 12:45 - Make it happen. Would be great content

I think people miss who Kyrie and KD are. They are unstoppable but they are not leaders. They are best when they don't have to lead. Kyrie is balling because the weight is on Luka to lead. And that's fine but if you understand that you don't put them in bad situations where you expect them to lead..

how did the 2024 NBA Finals preview turn into 15 minutes of the 2017 Warriors vs. 2004 Pistons??

Luka taking this year personally!

Frye is missing JR's point. The hate is strong on these ones.

Frye lost all credibility suggesting Kyrie is gonna defend Tatum and KP isn’t better than Lively

Jason Tatum missed his window of being seen as the best player in the league when he lost in 2022. That was his chance to shine, win a championship and be called “the best player in the world”.

Tatum and Brown have had the most privilege as corner stones to a franchise because its Boston, a huge market.

new music is crazy lol

RJ gives Lex Luther vibes

Mavs are gonna wind 4-2

I love this media blitz to build up the underdog Mavs. All of a sudden, Kyrie is a genius in everyone's eyes before the series has even begun. Celtics have won the past 4 in a row against Dallas, most in blowouts. After Game 1, we'll see how the stories are written 👀. Go C's 👊

good show guys keep up the good work - Mavs in 6

RJ's point on how Steph and Durant were in conversation for the best players in the world when their roster was loaded, Steph had already won a championship before Durant and KD had already made his case for being a top 3 player in the league when he joined the Warriors. They had separate individual success and then won 72 (!!!) games together. Comparing that to Brown and Tatum isn't apples to apples. We've never seen Tatum see as much individual or team success as either Steph or KD before they joined, with rosters that, as Channing said, have always been able to compete for Finals appearances. Is Tatum a great player? Sure. Is it fair to dock him for not breaking through already? Probably not. But he was dealt a great hand from the jump, and top 5 players in the world are expected to win with great hands. His roster has been the best in the league for the last two seasons and got better this year. There's no reason he shouldn't hold the trophy this year unless he and the rest of the team crap their pants. It's big brother syndrome, which can be frustrating (I know first hand). If you win a game against your younger brother, no big deal, you're older, (hopefully) stronger and (hopefully) wiser and SHOULD win. If you LOSE? Humiliations galore. Frontline news. It sucks for him, but he's also the big brother and thus has everything he needs to beat his little brother and avoid humiliation - he just needs to do it. And do it again. And again. Go Mavs.

Dallas in 6. Channing knows wat he talking about?

Bostons game plan the last 2 years is to isolate Tatum and Brown on Luka. Who does Luka guard? How do you go with 2, 1 dimensional players vs 2, 2 way players?

RJ the only one with a brain. Put Channing Frye brain in a bird, it'll fly backwards.

Kyrie just found himself in the position of being with LeBron 2.0 The one player who plays the closest to LeBron minus the athletic prowess. It's not a fluke this is working.

Detroit’s physicality would be the x-factor in the hypothetical matchup, and I’d give them the edge because of it.

Kyrie matured so much to realize what it was all along… he’s an amazing #2

My questions is, what rules are we playing with? In 2004, yoi could be a lot more physical on defense. To me, defense always gets underrated when it comes to the playoffs. Didn't the Pistons beat the Lakers with Malone and Payton? Nobody thought the Pistons had a chance! But great defenses can make a great offense look average.

LeBron did not beat the Pistons in their prime. Ben Wallace wasn't even on the team and the rest were older. Those Cavs teams were better than the Warriors teams, so they would beat the Pistons.

On the mismatch Sheed can play in the post. Kd or Dray don’t want them problems.

So Jaylen brown can’t get Luka switched on him make him play defense

Luka and Kyrie the best players in the series if you only look at offensive skills. Clearly Boston has the best two two-way players in the series.

I've always thought Jalen Brown was better than Jason Tatum. I was even hoping Houston would have traded James Harden to Boston and got Jalen Brown in return. I was also pushing for Houston to get Jimmy Butler.

Luckily for us fans that the game isnt decided based on oppinions behind a desk

Let’s go Celtics!

For the role players, you can’t just look offensively. The defense will balance things out!

I ain’t gone lie channin must’ve had someone do his school work he talking crazy

The Mavs usually lose game one so if that happens I’m not going to panic. Mavs in six.

There was a reason why ppl forgot the 04 Piston. They were a one hit wonder.

All the media picking mavs. Huge upset and choke job if they don’t Pull it off, favourites for a reason. If they lose, luka ain’t that guy

The matchup may just be Gafford vs Porzingis... important to remember, they were teammates in Washington last year.

Dallas has to be the most under-achieving team in regular season history with 2 top 8 players on their team.

If there's a player designed to guard KD, its Tayshaun Prince

Road trip to Dallas does that answer you question Mark cuban got Irvin’s Back need I say more

It’s great how everyone rewrites history…. 2004 NBA Finals wasn’t Pistons winning it… it was Kobe sabotaging his own team by refusing to feed the ball to Shaq. He wanted to win as the best player… and he couldn’t. But if he would have feed Shaq, who the Pistons couldn’t guard, the Lakers would have easily won. I’ll never forgive Kobe for costing my team a championship… all that being said RIP Kobe

I think if tayshawn prince and Ben switched off on guarding kd it would give them a better chance sheed need energy for offense

Mavs in 6 and I'm a Celtics fan.

Omfg the Kyrie simping here is getting RIDICULOUS. I can assure you, he would absolutely never be leading our current Cs team, and saying he would be the “alpha” when playing alongside this matured version of the Js is literally laughable. Also… saying he can and should defend Jrue OR JT is actually reaching the point of psychosis.

Last time I checked, it’s a team sport. What is the purpose of the other team mates? Individualism is not what the game is supposed to teach.

Mavericks are America’s team

Having said that I think Mavericks are going to win Jaylen Brown is a problem

Post up lil Kyrie

Fact. Best team win

Y’all didn’t factor in the rebounding advantage for Pistons though. Not saying it would change outcome 100%, but imagine Ben Wallace rebounding over them lol. He could bench press more than that entire team put together.

Channing n Richard playing with Kai got them capping for Kai, and I'm a Kai fan

The "Tatum over Luka" thing is so overplayed. Tatum is a better on-ball defender, off-ball defender, screener, weak-side roller, rebounder, at-rim driver, and catch-and-shoot player. Luka has a better handle, better pull-up, better float game, better lob game, and better skip-pass court vision. The former has a lot more value on a loaded team than the latter, and the former "wins the matchup" by being a plus on defense. At this point, seeing what I've seen, I think I take JB over Luka too. Tatum can guard 2-5 reliably and Brown can guard 1-4 reliably. Luka can guard the weakest of the 2-4 matchups. This series, that isn't good enough. Out of these players, Kyrie is the 4th best, and at this point looks less valuable than Jrue so maybe 5th. Let's not talk about him like he's 2nd vying for 1st.

04 Pistons pretty easy. Jefferson intentionally put the bad defense matchup out there. lol he ain’t slick.

I think the best player in the world conversation is flawed because the criteria is based on emotions not numbers. We like to be entertained. Whoever entertains us the best is the best player. Flawed…

Celtics have had 3 different coaching philosophies in the last 4 years. I don't know what Channing means about consistency in coaching.

Scottie Pippen never took the Bulls to the conference finals without Jordan. Not sure how that's become a talking point over the years. Richard is almost my age. He knows better lol

It’s baffling guys who played and won rings sounds silly at time’s whn talking ball. I’m taking JT over Luka because he can do EVERYTHING Luka does on offense but is a way better defender also KY and Luka are not more battle tested thn the J’s? Wut are we doing pep’s🤦‍♀️

Ben Wallace didn’t play against Cleveland . 4 times defensive player of year . No one brings it up. Just to make lebron look good

Love y'all, but why do we have to wade through 16 minutes of Pistons/Warriors takes before Finals talk starts? In the words of Cris Carter, "C'MON, MAN!" 😂

Tashon could have guarded KD

channing frye is back. i can watch this episode.

20:25. Thats the truth right there.

If RJ and Channing Frye didn’t play basketball they still would good careers and college degrees lmao

Every series is a vacuum. it's how teams will match up against one another. Almost Everyone in the playoffs was predicting Dallas to lose to the, Clippers, Okc, Wolves and this is Luka on one leg. He is playing better now. Lively, Washington will impact the games more than Holiday, Kp, Horford and White. People forget Mavs is 10 deep.