Kendrick Perkins gained a championship with Boston in 2008, however he has completely no concern with dissing them as we speak.
Though the Celtics are heading into the 2024-25 season with mainly the identical roster that gained them the 2024 championship, Perkins believes the workforce aren’t intimidating to the remainder of the league.
“Nobody within the NBA is scared proper now of the Boston Celtics,” Perkins stated on NBA Immediately. “I’m simply letting you understand this. For this reason the New York Knicks went out and bought Mikal Bridges they usually upgraded their roster. For this reason the Philadelphia 76ers went out and bought Paul George and upgraded their roster. They’re coming into coaching camp feeling nice.
“… Lots of people are wanting into the trail that the Celtics went via to win an NBA Championship and say that they really had a straightforward path. The competitors and the groups that they performed weren’t wholesome. … There’s a purpose we’re on this streak proper now with groups haven’t repeated … groups are getting higher each offseason.”
Perkins declare got here across the identical time the Celtics held their media day.
And surprisingly, their head coach Joe Mazzulla defined why he didn’t benefit from the months after profitable the chip.
“I believe attachment is one thing that you’ve got to pay attention to, proper? I believe one of many challenges of this offseason was detaching from the previous and having an understanding of in the event you’re connected to a hit or a failure for too lengthy, that could possibly be actually harmful,” Mazzulla stated. “And the world tries to maintain you connected to the previous.
“The world tries to maintain you connected to your newest success or your newest failure, and that’s the place individuals get caught the place they’re in — is attachment. And so it was a stability of, I can’t be connected to this previous success. It might be the identical as being connected to a previous failure.”
Some extra deep quotes from Joe are incoming this season and we’re right here for it.
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