The Celtics Are Up 3-0. Plus, Howard Beck on Tatum and Jerry West | The Ryen Russillo Podcast 

Shout out Ryen and Bill for being the only media members smart and honest enough to take the Celtics

"Hey boys, it's Pritchard Time" - Classic Russillo

Why do we cheer for stars instead of teams?? This is so overblown with Tatum vs Brown. This is when you know the media has nothing to write about. Let’s talk about how the Celtics are 6-0 in clutch games these playoffs.

I lol'd at "hey boys Pritchard time"

Uncomfortably early to this

So happy y'all are putting the whole thing on RU-vid!

Ryen, I can't exactly explain why, but you're the last human being that I'd ever take life advice from. Love the pod though, and I appreciate the tone of joy in your voice because the Celtics are up 3-0.

Stop calling dudes who suck on defense top 5 players, Luka couldn't guard a D1 SG. Like at some point we have to get back to a place where only guys who are elite on offense and at least average defenders the best players in the world.

I'm so excited for the day that Russillo finally realizes that defense is half the game. Today, of course, is not that day, but someday we might get there!

Man Russillo.. you could see during the review how badly the ref wanted to keep luka in the game.. but there was 0 evidence to do so.. he also got away with like 8 other fouls..

I want to know what team ALWAYS maintains 20 point leads? Bball is a game of runs. That’s regular

I’m a fan of the show, also a Celtics fan, so the comment about “ if the C’s win, your opinion stays the same about the players on that team” is just being a hater! So winning a championship doesn’t matter? And if they SWEEP the Mavs? Still nothing? I don’t see what all you guys see in Luka, sure he’s great offensively, but the best player in the world should be more well rounded, in my opinion

Ryen its not Tatum was good in gm 2 but you said he was worst then Kyrie. He still got assist , rebounded and played good d. Kyrie didn’t do anything good gm 2. That’s why that was a horrible take surprising coming from you .

OK so if Tatum isn't that "Superstar" that goes and wins you the game (even though he's one win from a Chip) then who is? All the stars that are at Cancun?

Came to hear about celtics lead. Got here and heard complaints about celtics offense lol can't help themselves

Can someone explain to me how Luka can be a top 3 player yet is horrific 50% of the time (i.e. on defence)?

Yes restore that Tony Danza Who's The Boss blue van and go sleep amongst the grizzly bears. See if Chris Long wants to join up.

This is such a vindicating trophy for the Celtics

LET'S SMILE CELTICS ABOUT TO BE THE KINGS AGAIN

The collapse is somewhat on Mazzulla and his terrible substitution when they were up 20 in the 4th. Brown is on fire and he subs him out for Pritchard who is unplayable. Too early in the qtr to make that sub when you know your team has a tendency to give up leads. I give Joe credit for finally playing Tillman, still down get why Brissett cant get a few minutes, but you cant play Pritchard in the 4th qtr period

Celtics up 3-0 in the NBA Finals and Russillo’s first 15 is him criticizing their clutch time offense. Never change

Come to long wharf drive in New Haven CT….you want some good tacos? Come check out the food trucks

At the end of the day….Tatum is gonna get that Paul Pierce love and hatred….beloved by all Celtics fans and loved by a lot of basketball fans in general….but at the same time will get hatred by basketball fans in general….to us Celtic fans Tatum is top 10….but to the general basketball fans they may see him right outside the top 10….at the end of the day it’s all just a debate…the STARS in the league have all placed Tatum as one of the best and one the faces of the league ☘️

Why are we worried about mvp...i think the media are the only ones who care.

Look at Lukas 4th quarter stats in these finals. It’s pathetic

You done crapping on Tatum and crapping your pants yet Ryen? Let me guess, Mavs can still make a series of it. Bahahaha! Not even going to waste a second on this podcast.

The “go fix it” standard is a bullshit standard. Jokic is the ONLY guy who gets gameplanned as a 1 who can go fix the game for you. Tatum is going to take another leap in clutch situations once the monkey is off his back

What up, Beck?

It is truly unbelievable that Tatum somehow getting pushed as being unselfish. All while attempting 15 more shots through 3 games than anyone on his team and leading both teams in fg’s attempted it’s unreal

Tatum is a victim of the joker/doncic narrative.... Praising offensive only stars means ignoring defense... Looking only at Tatum offense he not top 5.... But he guarding 1-5 this series. Ant look like Jordan driving at joker, Brown looks like the best player on the Celtics with doncic on them. At some point we need to get back to defense wins championships

So this second half of the show should be membership or just private ..cuz I'm lost...anyway

Luka needs to start playing defense or will go down like Carmelo and harden- great scorers but no rings

Hmm - take away Gafford/Lively while Luka is still there and tell me they're in the conference finals. I've heard a few times that Dallas is there because of Luka. Take off Kyrie and leave everything else unchanged. I bet Dallas isn't in the conference finals. They didn't get there because of Luka.

These Celtics will never be considered an all-time great team because they didn't win the In-Season Tournament 😔

The Derrick White stuff is tremendously over blown he's a good role player but him being a 4th or 5th option is exactly what he should be on any good team. We saw White as a 2nd option dude was in the lottery every year, people speak about White like he's 24 with room to grow dude is 30. This Celtics team goes as far as Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum take them.

The only thing I'll say is that Brown seems like he's still getting better with contributing to winning (energy, elevating his game in the playoffs, mentality, being a great teammate, amping up defense, knowing how to exploit space on offense, mastering the left hand), while Tatum has plateaued or taken a step back with his overall scoring consistency, even if his play-making has improved. Tatum can still contribute when he's garbage on offense because of great defense, but that's not elevating his game, but struggling to barely meet a low superstar standard. He used to be considered clutch but he's 3/17 in the 4Q in the finals (besides being terrible in the clutch and 4Q in the larger sample of the regular season), bad efficiency the entire playoffs, etc. If superstars get re-evaluated every season after the finals, I think Tatum should be lower than he was before the start of the season, even if he wins. His offensive performance made every series harder but he's dodged even more criticism (he still gets it but still) because his team is incredible and can cover for him because they have so much experience doing so. They have won in spite of Tatum's high volume, high usage, bad decision-making, horrible shot selection, low efficiency play quite often this postseason. We're at the point where peak Brown is way better than peak Tatum, even if Tatum's all around game and high floor might edge him out over Brown overall.

who gives af celtics are the boss

i get more and more envy about where Ryen lives ....i mean i just work at hospital saving lives while he talks about absketball and football....no doubt he should have the ocean view,,,its all good iam not fucked up at all and will continue tod do this shit.....just bc what else am i going to do.....mayybe i need some life advice....

Celtics are lucky they are playing a 5th seed

The Luka excuses 😂 he's trash. Not a winner mentality. He's the most overrated player in NBA since LeBron James

93-22? LOL

How can you say tatum was indecisive in game 2 when he had 12 assist and 20 potential assist that game... that isnt including hockey assist.. dude destroyed the mavs defense and ran our offense the entire game 2..

Also, JT, JB, Derrick White are never hurt. Always on the court, year in year out.

Your advice to the dude straight out of college was terrible. Software Engineer straight out of college... buy a POS car, live in a POS apartment and save your money. You are going to need it later. Definitely do NOT shit it down the toilet buying a project you don't know you can do. Once you have 6 months pay saved up, then you can splurge, but in our industry, layoffs happen too often for you to be irresponsible with your first payday.

How did I get here so early wtf

With this being the first time I've seen the video podcast, I will say sir Ruti and Kyle don't look anything like what I thought they would haha

Earliest for Ryen I have ever been. Good.

56:53 😂😂

big fan of these being on youtube

Panic. Boston panics. Plainly. It's so odd but also very intriguing to see play out. It's like group psychosis or mass panic. It slowly builds, and you can see the anxiety and nerves build in the physical actions of the players. The Horford fastbreak that resulted in him losing the ball for absolutely no reason near the end of the game perfectly encapsulates this. Legit just started running with no plan nor even the slightest idea of what he wanted to do. Pure panic flight. Amazing to witness.

JT over Giannis? I think so. Playmaking rebounding all similar. Maybe Giannis better finishing just bc JT doesnt realized how huge he is now. But the shooting threat and free throw helps a ton. Thinking pretty similar on defence but maybe not. Slight edge to JT? Give me some opinions