The 2008 Boston Celtics | Why They're Hated 

The hater in me is so excited to watch this

To be fair, they won their chip despite having Doc as coach, but not even this entitles you to that kind of pile of bs talk.

The fact that Doc Rivers has milked this championship to the point that he's still employed as a head coach despite having the most blown leads in NBA history is crazy.

I agree with this take, it`s not that the 08 Celtics wasn`t a very good team, but the way KG, Paul Pierce and the media treat this one championship makes it very overrated.

The 2008 Celtics was a miracle. They won the title with Doc Rivers. CP3, Kawai, Harden and Embid etc all time greats and MVPs could not win with him except the 2008 Celtics.

They are the one championship dynasty... With the way that they talk you would have thought they ran the NBA for half a decade lol. The crazy thing is they wouldn't be so hated if their ego wasn't so incredibly out of whack, I recognize how difficult it is to win a championship and that in itself is an accomplishment that should never be forgotten but my God... They truly make it seem as if they were the greatest team of all time and unchallenged by anybody.

Main reason this title is so talked about is because it’s the only recent success of a premier franchise, without 08 the Lakers would be sole owner of #1 and it would be 37 years since their last championship. They’d be like the NY Jets or Toronto Maple Leafs, think how much shit the Dallas Cowboys take and add another decade to it!

The Celtics of course won because of top 3 Center all time, offensive juggernaut, and not racist Kendrick Perkins

Can we just appreciate how important James Posey and Eddie House were to this 08 championship 👏🏼

Iirc, the Celtics were already looking to reduce Ray Allen’s role around the 2012-13 offseason, which is the main reason for him leaving. That and also beefing with Rondo.

The birth of the Big Three of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett later triggered LeBron's move to the Miami Heat.

As a diehard Celtics fan I think the team gets overhyped mainly because it’s been so damn long since we’ve won last. For being a team tied with the most championships it’s really underwhelming to think we’ve only won once since the championship in 86. 08 was definitely an amazing team and with the overall culture in Boston I definitely enjoy the reunions but can see why people get annoyed too. You could argue the number reunions come from them all simply just really liking each other and wanting to see each other more often outside of the win. Though maybe other one off championship teams should take notes and have reunions too. Would be cool to see the older Mavs meet up sometime. Fingers crossed the C’s now can pull us out of another championship drought though, but I wouldn’t be surprised if guys from the past couple iterations of the team these past few seasons try doing reunions as well. Can definitely see Smart coming back to chill in Boston with Tatum and Brown later down the road after retiring for example.

Man, if Reggie had decided to come out of retirement for that year, he would have been an NBA champion. He wouldn’t even had to play at all.

As a Boston fan, I love this team lmao. Only title in my lifetime and I love the big three! Iconic in my eyes

Having a big 4 of Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Brian Scalabrine was not even fair to the rest of the NBA.

"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!"

It’s just weird how we don’t see random role players from the Back to Back Lakers like we do the 08 Celtics. Sasha never on ESPN talking bout how great they were 🤣

A lot of it probably has to do with this one championship somehow justifying Doc Rivers as a coach to a lot of people despite the fact it was 15 years ago and the man hasn't even come close to that success since with choke after choke

So happy this was made. So necessary. Glad KG got a title. Everybody else.......nah, chill out

Bro this team gave the Celtics a title and a future, how could anyone complain.

Boston would've lost to LeBron in 7 had Pierce scored his pedestrian amount of points (say 30) instead of 41. That game was Pierce's best game in the playoffs and it pretty much punched the ticket to the chip for the Celtics. They were so close to choking and that's what people forget

Imma be honest, if I was beating Lebron & Kobe i’d be insufferable as hell too lmao Fantastic team, def goes back to back of KG doesn’t get injured in 09, but yes they 100% milk it I need Tatum and Brown to hoist a trophy so I can have my own title team to latch onto

08 Celtics were a great team. They had a great 3 years run.

Another week, another great video guys! By any chance, would y'all be interested in doing a 2014 Retrospective on the Greatest 1st Round in Modern NBA History? The 2014 1st round had so many Game 7s and of course would've had a Game 7 in every series in the West had Dame not hit that buzzer beater against the Rockets.

So many people connected to that team are pretty unlikeable. Paul Pierce and KG both are pretty delusional. Doc Rivers is a professional choker at this point. And even Ray Allen was of course a snake for joining a team they choked a lead to. Just an unlikeable team.

Imagine asking your teammates "guys, i pooped nyself, I'ma need y'all to pick my grown ass up and carry me so poop don't run down my leg".

Every championship could have an asterisk. Injuries, and everything else is part of the game. Except fixing games ('02 LA-SAC)

Give them credit. They're the greatest one ring dynasty in NBA history.

The fact you guys don't even have 50k subs is criminal ur videos are so entertaining plus they're really well edited

Loving the channel, fellas. you guys are flat out entertaining.

I honestly forgot that Tibbs was an assistant on this team

There's a lot to do in ATL, but when any of their teams are good their arenas/stadiums are rocking. And while I have criticized the Celtics for acting like they were some kind of dynasty, they were insanley dominant in 07-08... That Lakers team was awesome (even though pau just got there) and smashed them in game six

Keep those great videos coming !

Boston was spoiled with the Patriots and Red Sox winning a lot of titles since 2000, Bruins and Celtics have had so many great teams but only won a title each but still held up to the standards set by the patriots and Red Sox I feel

Doc has been riding this Championship for years hahaha

No team has squeezed more juice out of one titlte than the '08 Celtics. Paul Pierce is probably the worst offender lol.

Hey guys great video, I was wondering if you could do a video on the 2019 trailblazers when they made the conference finals?

Best timeline the Lakers win in 08. Kobe 3peats, undoubtedly Lakers GOAT now, Doc is fired and doesn’t ruin more franchises. Plus Thibs probably doesn’t get respect enough to get a Head Coaching job and ruin D Roses knees

Funny how we all know how hard it is to win a championship but when we talk about the '08 Celtics we say they "only" got one. The only year they were healthy together they won the championship. Big mouth on them, but overhated and overlooked for ever.

Let's not forget that horrible Game 2 in the 2008 Finals where Leon Powe was somehow awarded more FTA the entire Lakers team (13 for Powe, 10 for LA) and the Celtics had a 38 to 10 FTA advantage. Even the infamous Game 6 of the WCF wasn't that lopsided (25 to 40). I remember a play late when LA was making a comeback, Pierce was chasing Kobe and got hung up on a screen so he reached out and grabbed Kobe's right arm, who ended up putting up and making a shot with his left hand. This happened right in front of a referee,. No whistle.

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been here since 3k keep up the gr8 work guys

As a Mavs fan, this Boston team got injury screwed out of 3 titles. 2009 KG got hurt & ended his prime, & Perk gets hurt in 2010 giving the Lakers every rebound. Then they all got old & an even more manufactured super team in the Heat took over. Celtics earned their right to brag, & they should've gotten more if not for injuries.

This was a fun video, thank you

Probably because they won a single title but Garnet, Pierce and Rondo act like they were a goddamn dynasty. Heck even random role players on that 08 team come on to talk about those glory days which just comes off as obnoxious. The 04 Pistons made back to back finals, and 6 conference finals in a row better success than the Big 3 Celtics yet you don't hear these guys being as cocky off their one title.

This team is overhyped because of the sheer personality on the team. You've got two guys who loved the media on a storied NBA franchise, of course it's gonna get overhyped.

Congrats on 30k! Banger video as always

LOVED IT!

Ray Allen is class for not joining those gatherings haha

As a T-wolves fan I'm just happy that KG won a Ring

i just hate how much credit doc rivers gets for this ring. that man couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions written on the heel

Very interesting thought process

My dream team, Celtics fan since birth. My fave players aside from Birdi, MJ, AI, were always KG and Allen to see them come to Boston and team up with Pierce. Priceless. TRUE grit and heart the Truth.

Danny Ainge actually pulled it off twice with trades. First in 2008 and then after trading KG and Pierce, the Celtics received draft picks that ended up being Tatum and Brown.

I feel if the Celtics win this year, we'll somehow hear more about the 2008 Celtics, and it would be hilarious.

This video is gonna go viral amongst Toronto Raptor fans, the sentiments in this video is something that we feel in our hearts and souls!

Well guys, I think to me, the reason the Celtics of the Pierce-Garnett-Ray era didn't win another title was because of their age, they was able to beat my Lakers in 08, cause we didn't have Bynum clogging up the middle and a fully healthy Trevor Ariza, Bynum getting hurt allowed us to trade for Pau Gasol, Celtics likely still would've won cause of the 66 wins to our 57 wins, but not having a healthy Bynum and Ariza not being at full health revealed itself in the finals. The Celtics in 08-09, even if KG didn't get hurt, they weren't gone to repeat, my Lakers getting Bynum back healthy and Ariza back at full health, and Bynum and Gasol teaming up for the first time, that 09 Laker team was determined to get back to the finals and this time come back winning it all, they were ready to rebound from the previous year's loss, nothing was gone stop them, not the Celtics if Garnett didn't get hurt, we would've denied their repeat attempt, but injuries are a part of sports. In 2010 finals, Lakers dominated the Celtics on the offensive boards, and that included the Celtics having Perkins, but the Celtics in game 7, seem like they didn't miss Perk at all, they was up 13 in the third, Lakers cut it to 4 after 3 quarters, then Fisher hit a three, Kobe hit a jumper, it was back and forth, KG scored, Rasheed hit a three, Rondo hit a three to keep Boston close, but Metta hit the 3, Pau made the baseline pumpfake on 3 Celtics, Kobe had shooting struggles, but he did good in other areas, kept grabbing rebounds and getting to the line and hitting them, then Sasha hit key free throws to seal it, Rondo tried for the jumper and missed, Pau rebounds to Odom to Kobe all the way down to the court and Kobe puts up his index finger in celebration, Lakers came from 3-2 down to repeat as champions by beating the Celtics, and it's the first time the Celtics blew a 3-2 lead in the Finals, how fitting by their rivals after all the battles. And guys, it was Doc's championship in 08, Thibs helped no doubt, even Tony Allen always said he will listen to Thibs, but Doc is a good motivator and defense coach, he had his share of blown 3-2 leads and 3-1 leads as coach, trying to improve the defense now with the Bucks. Thibs himself after 3 head coaching stops, is still searching for his first nba title on his own, and first finals appearance. He so far has been to one Conference Finals as coach in 2011, won game 1 vs Heat big 3 first season together, before dropping 4 straight. Got a good Knicks squad, though dealing with injuries. Many of his players have always said he's worked him hard in practice, always his approach and reputation, which is nothing wrong with. I do have to say, you guys do sound like teenagers when yall talk.

The Pistons can actually say they broke Kobe and Shaq up after that finals.

Imagine if they didn’t take 26 games to win the finals… this team would be remembered far better if it took only 20 games like they honestly should have been able to do.

It's easy how at least one of the trades happened. Kevin McHale was with the T-Wolves at the time. He may have worked for the T-Wolves, but he will always bleed Celtics green. That's how KG landed with the Celtics. And I was for it because like any great player, KG deserved a chance to compete for an NBA title with an excellent core of teammates. KG was in basketball purgatory late in his career with the T-Wolves.

As a Hawks fan, that series with the Celtics is a personal favorite of mine. Mike Bibby, Josh Smith, & Joe Johnson played out of their mind. Those home games were LIT, everyone wanted us to shock the world. They just couldn’t win in Boston. 😢

Thank you! THANK YOOOUUUU! Somebody finally said it! I mean winning is hard to do and they DID win the chip but my God they make it seem as though they were the Celtics of the Russell era..which they weren't. You could argue the 04 Pistons chip along with the 6 straight years of conference finals appearances would make them more of a "dynasty" than the 08 celtics..and that's with no former or current superstar (on the roster at that time)

That team was special! chemistry was popping right from the jump. my boyz weren't selfish players, it was all about team.... first big 3 to win it the first time around.

This video is a masterclass in hating Bravo fellas 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Imagine this team being put together 2 or 3 years prior to 08 All of em were on the backend of their prime

Im a lifelong Celtics fan and was crazy hyped and exited when Danny ainge put together the big 3 of that decade and KG was my favorite player back then even all that time with the Timberwolves before he came to boston to team with Pierce and ray Allen so i couldn't b happier at the time, they were put together to win a championship and that's exactly what they did there first season together with the big 3 and all three of them were getting up in age and got it done, they came close to getting a second championship just fell short would have been interesting to have that team together 3 or 4 yrs earlier they just may have been a dynasty if that happened but def legendary team regardless of how many they won but i do understand why people think there egos were bigger than they should have been

I think the special thing about them is that they were the only Big Three that I can think of in recent memory where all three guys had been star players who kept falling short of a title, but getting together finally got them one. It’s how you think these things ideally SHOULD play out. When superteams are made up of one or more guys that have already won, it feels obnoxious, like stacking the deck so the rich get richer. But the fact that all three were in the latter half of their careers and had all failed to get there until they joined together makes it kind of cool to me. In that way, it’s also better that they didn’t win a bunch of times. So, they may not be a dynasty or whatnot, but there is something special about them.

Y’all are trippin, I vividly remember that 2007-2008 season. They dominated teams that year, I don’t think I’ve seen a better overall team who won it all in the past 20 years. I’m a Lakers fan, kills me to say that about the C’s but I’m just being honest

LMFAO you guys brought up a great point with all their countless reunions 😂😂

14:38 you should do a whole series of teams that broke up in the playoffs after a loss that would be fire

I was a junior in highschool when they won. They were really fun to watch.

Just a friendly reminder, the last time the Celtics won the finals, Grand Theft Auto IV had just come out, and almost everyone was still using flip phones at that point in time....

imagine if this team was formed a few years earlier. they wouldve at least won one more than just the 08 title

Joe Johnson had 1 of the best series I have ever seen a guy have, and played about as good as you can play in that first series. He was incredible

this team is why doc has a ring. it took an all time roster and 26 out 28 possible games to drag him as a coach to the finals.

I mean even in terms of college champions, you don't hear anyone gloat as much as the 2008 Celtics. Not a peep from the 2019 Cavaliers, 2017 Tar Heels, 2011 Huskies, 2000 Spartans, or hell even the 2003 Orange.

Did not expect to see Thibs praise in here and I LOVE IT

Ah 2008, what a year to be 15

“Hell” proceeds to put .3 second picture of Kane🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

As a celtics fan who grew up during the mid 2000s thru 2010s, I can say that we milk tf out that ring. I wanna see us win another, but I cant stand going to the garden and seeing hella old celtic fans from '08 talking about that ring. I get it. We won, yay. Now lets move on. Just a Celtics fan talking here

Pierce called himself the best player in the world after winning in 2008. KG and Pierce still flaunting that title to this day isn’t surprising. Garnett was the anti Tim Duncan. He thought being loud would scare opponents but it only got him 1 ring that he had to team up with other superstars to get. He really overvalued himself. Same with Pierce. They were a damn good team though but this was also a team that should have won more with that talent they had.

this team is the entire reason why I'm a Celtics fan 😂

I love that Celtics team, but I'm a lifelong celtics fan lol. But it was a great total team, we had awesome role players doing their jobs, tony allen, leon powe, glen davis, posey, eddie house, even sam cassell came up big when called on in the playoffs. Loved that team man haha

I liked the Celtics 08 team, and because I was tall I started playing centre before slowly moving outwards to a SF, KG was one of the guys I tried to learn moves from when I was starting basketball. But Pierce after retirement has gone mad, and KG never got over Bron hurting his ego.

Slandering the team that made me love nba and basketball overall as a european 8 years old child . Great video guys . Still they gonna be my fav team until i die

The pistons made the East finals 8 years in a row. They were a beast team. Why didn't they take Melo??? Biggest what if of the last 30 years

To be fair, it was nearly impossible for the Cavs to lure elite free agents to Cleveland when lebron kept signing short term contracts. No one was trying to go to Cleveland unless he showed that he was committed long term. He never did that so they never came.

Was like 11/12 when they won in 2008 and I loved them

Watching here after Paul Pierce was spotted wearing a big bling at the end of Game 2 of 2024 NBA Finals

As a Boston Fan i gotta say im hyped to watch this

I’m a Celtics fan. And I agree with everything

08 Celtics are the reason I’m a Celtics fan was the first NBA game I remember them winning

Never have I hated a team more than the 08 Celtics & Big-Three Miami Heat.

This Celtics team was actually one of the greatest defensive teams of all time, I'm sure most of the kids here have no idea what I'm talking about.

I think that if the Celtics weren’t full of themselves and kinda rode that wave for the off-season and kept their mouth shut, they would be beloved like those one and done teams. Even as a Heat fan I would give them so much more respect if they just shut up about 2008.

Ah yes, the KG Celtics one ring wonders

This team was fire. I remember when they were put together the consensus was they had no chance at a championship because the stars were old. The starting five was top notch and their bench could’ve been a starting five.

I wasn’t necessarily excited for Boston winning. I was excited that KG got a ring as a Minnesota fan.

Unpopular opinion. Doc was extremely vital at times. W the Cs. Mainly his clutch timeout whiteboard plays. They seemingly always worked. So i disagree a defensive minded Thibs "carried" their staff...

I think its just hate for Boston in general. The Pats and RSox were rolling at the time as well...