That's the rallying cry Celtics fans will be shouting over the next 48 hours as Game 6 rounds into focus. Marcus Smart was a tremendous boost to the Celtics as the fourth year point guard returned early from injury (as Jon predicted a month ago). Following the recounting of games 3, 4, and 5; Justin went on an incredible tirade attacking the poor work by NBA officials in this series and then strapped on his tinfoil hat to question whether the league's motives are dictating poor officiating to st...
Apr 25, 2018•44 min•Ep. 522
"The Kids Are Alright." Or so Pete Townsend says, but "The Who" might also fit as to what Eric Bledsoe is still saying about Terry Rozier over a pair of devastating games. Adding to that Jaylen Brown's 30 point game 2 and Jon and Justin are feeling damn good about the Celtics chances of moving on to round 2. In this vacation sponsored addition of Celtics Stuff Live, Jon and Justin broke down the first two games of the series, and looked into why trading Rozier or Brown would be so difficult in a...
Apr 18, 2018•37 min•Ep. 521
Enough injuries. Please. The Celtics went through yet another week of bad injury news, culminating in the announcement of Kyrie Irving's season ending knee surgery. So, Celtics fans, Justin and Jon among them, have had better days, but the opportunity to see players like Tatum, Brown, and Rozier grow will be tremendous in this playoff season. However, the Kawhi trade speculation infected the discussion with Jon and Justin squaring off as to whether the Celtics should make a deal for the Spurs Fi...
Apr 09, 2018•47 min•Ep. 520
The wins keep on-a-rollin' with one being even more incredulous than the next. After the Celtics dispatched the East-leading Raptors on Saturday night, the #1 playoff seed came into reach with the Raptors only 2 games ahead. With the specter of Wednesday's rematch in Toronto looming, the playoff implications are HUUUUGE! Jon and Justin dug into the potential playoff matchups in the East and which provided the best path forward. The 24 hours where the Raptors and Celtics face the Cavs and Bucks r...
Apr 02, 2018•36 min•Ep. 519
The Celtics were playing so well with an active roster something between a Summer League roster and a G League roster that it felt improper for Jon and Justin to record an edition of Celtics Stuff Live. But finally with a break in the schedule and a tremendous last second victory, CSL is back. Jon and Justin talked about about the myriad of injuries the team has faced and how Coach of the Year-to-be Brad Stevens has made it all happen. Looking ahead to the Playoffs, the CSL guys looked at the po...
Mar 30, 2018•46 min•Ep. 518
Ray Allen is coming out with a book next month that nearly absolves himself of any sort of blame in his ongoing rift with his former Celtics teammates. Can you imagine what the CSL guys had to say? Well, Jon "Doc Brown" Duke and Justin "Marty McFly" Poulin jumped back into the Delorean to talk about the 2008 Celtics and Ray Allen's inability to accept nearly any blame in this high school drama. Not to be left out, Glen "Big Baby" Davis was in the news thanks to his arrest for selling a decent am...
Mar 19, 2018•46 min•Ep. 517
The Celtics got bitten hard by the injury bug... first with Jaylen's frightening fall, then Horford heads home sick, and wrapping with Kyrie exiting the Pacers game early with his balky knee. But Jon and Justin see opportunities for growth with the keys getting passed to certain younger Celtics. Jon gave a bit of a preview of the NCAA Tournament and which NBA Draft prospects stand the best chance for a deep run into tournament. Jon also gives up his sleeper picks for your bracket busting fun,. T...
Mar 12, 2018•44 min•Ep. 516
In Houston we had a problem late in the game, but the Celtics nearly won a hard fought game against the league leading Rockets. This isn't horseshoes, but "close" might be good enough when you are on the road facing a club still VERY SALTY over the outcome of the last matchup in Boston. Justin had some criticism for Brad Stevens handling of the final minutes and the removal of the scorching hot Greg Monroe in favor of the scuffling Al Horford. Jon backed "Team Dad" Horford and saw Al as a necess...
Mar 05, 2018•45 min•Ep. 515
Celtics Stuff Live is back from its All Star hiatus and thankfully we have some real live Celtics wins to discuss and celebrate. Marcus Smart's return from injury was welcomed, due in no small part to the team's inability to defend throughout his absence. In the second half of the show, Justin crowed proudly on the recently strong play of Jaylen Brown and tried to determine whether a bigger role is headed Brown's way. Jon wasn't convinced, but saw an increased need for Brown's emergence if Jayso...
Feb 26, 2018•45 min•Ep. 514
It was a magical day Sunday as the Boston Celtics raised Paul Pierce's #34 to the rafters. A fantastic ceremony included appearances by Antoine Walker, Doc Rivers, Rajon Rondo, and the next player to be honored in that fashion, Kevin Garnett. Bobby Manning joined Jon and Justin to provide some of their favorite Paul Pierce memories and looked back at Pierce's long and successful career in green. There was a game today as well, and while all involved would love to forget it ever occurred, that wa...
Feb 12, 2018•45 min•Ep. 513
The much anticipated matchup with the Raptors went about as well as going through Customs with a machete, but Celtics Stuff Live gave thanks to the Cavs for making the rubber glove treatment seem pale in comparison. Jon and Justin took pride in calling the demise of the Cavs as far back as this fall and noted how Kyrie truly was the canary in the coal mine. In the show's second half, Jon detailed some of the options before the Celtics at the trade deadline and Jon and Justin laid out Marcus Smar...
Feb 07, 2018•50 min•Ep. 512
The Celtics took a huge blow losing to the Warriors 109-105, but Jon and Justin are very encouraged to the point where both were ready to call this a Finals preview. Next up, the Marcus Smart injury caused Jon and Justin to debate what Smart's role is on the team going forward and whether he has any trade value. Pairing the Smart injury with the recent rumor of Tyreke Evans possibly joining the Celtics per Ron Tillery of the Commerical Appeal. To wrap up, Justin talked about the flack the show r...
Jan 29, 2018•44 min•Ep. 511
O'fer the week is never good, but coming on a 3 game homestand against teams that are not among the league's best, is not what the team hoped for coming back from London. Jon and Justin dug into the team's recent struggles and zeroed in on Jayson Tatum and asked whether he had hit the Rookie Wall. Before wrapping up, Cleveland's defensive struggles put Isaiah Thomas into the cross hairs. Jon and Justin talked about the absurd machinations it would take to bring Isaiah back to Boston via the Disa...
Jan 22, 2018•45 min•Ep. 510
London called and the Celtics answered against the Sixers last week with a great comeback last week in jolly old England. Justin and Jon recapped the Sixer game and discussed Kyrie's postgame visit to the JJ Reddick podcast, which generated far more headlines than it deserved. Transitioning from the Philly game, the conversation moved to Markelle Fultz's horrific looking jumpshot and how the Lakers are faring in relation to giving the Celtics another top 5 pick in June. To wrap up, Justin and Jo...
Jan 16, 2018•47 min•Ep. 509
What a first half of the season it has been! Jon and Justin took a look back at the Celtics play to this point and discussed how the team moved from a gruesome injury to one of its cornerstone players to the best record in the Eastern Conference at the halfway mark. In particular, Terry Rozier's recent hot streak spurring the Celtics six game win streak next to Marky Marcus and the Spunky Bunch. Will it continue and will it impact the Celtics' targets in the trade market over the next month? To ...
Jan 08, 2018•46 min•Ep. 508
It's 2018 and the Celtics have entered the new year with half of their season already complete and a league best 31 wins to show for it. Jon and Justin discussed the Celtics latest conquest over the Cleveland Cavaliers and the recently healthy Isaiah Thomas. Though IT didn't play, Celtics Twitter was ablaze over the past 2 days as Thomas asked to postpone a video tribute to him until the next Cavs game in Boston... when Paul Pierce's jersey goes into the rafters. In the 2nd half of the show, Jon...
Jan 04, 2018•46 min•Ep. 507
They're back No, they aren't No.. really.. they're back. The Celtics have been consistently inconsistent in their play, but Jon and Justin try to figure out how the team can turn out of the skid they both feel is on the way. Jon and Justin talked about Jayson Tatum's strong game in Memphis on Saturday and how that could portend to fix many of the team's ills. To wrap, Jon and Justin spent some time looking at the Christmas week schedule and a pair of standout home contests against the Wizards on...
Dec 18, 2017•46 min•Ep. 506
The Celtics were not singing "Sweet Home Chicago" after an embarrassing blowout Monday night and a 1-2 weekend, but Celtics fans saw a bright light at the end of the tunnel. The report from the Globe's Adam Himmelsbach that Gordon Hayward has designs on a return this season provided a great amount of optimism on a generally dour week. Jon and Justin discussed how staggering the minutes of Kyrie and a recovering Hayward could provide a boost for the Celtics postseason run. Learn more about your a...
Dec 13, 2017•34 min•Ep. 505
Goodbye losses, hello winning ways. The Celtics returned to the land of the successful with a trio of wins before heading into some treacherous waters in the week to come. Justin and Jon talked about the improved Celtics offense and the corresponding defensive slippage. Can the Celtics continue their success without the defense they exhibited in the season's first month? To wrap up the show, the CSL guys picked games of the week ahead and Jon jumped up on his soapbox to tear into the NBA-Nike ap...
Dec 05, 2017•46 min•Ep. 504
After a taking a turkey fueled break last week, Celtics Stuff Live returned with the Celtics streaking once again and a big birthday celebration for Mike Gorman on Friday night. Justin and Jon explained how important Gorman was in the creation of Celtics Stuff Live and then proceeded to give their grades on Gorman's Saturday evening replacement, Kyle Draper. In the second half of the show, the hosts, being Smart-inistas, discussed the idea of moving the colonel of the Combat Muscles Army to the ...
Nov 27, 2017•46 min•Ep. 503
How does 12 wins in a row sound? It sounds real good to Jon and Justin as they looked carefully at a defense which is fueling this unbelievable run and contributions from players beyond anyone's reasonable expectations. Perhaps most of all, Jayson Tatum's performance has been phenomenal and causes Jon and Justin to revisit the Pierce comparisons to another Celtic great. The offensive burst from Terry Rozier and Marcus Smart in the second unit received a fair amount of discussion prior to a close...
Nov 13, 2017•46 min•Ep. 502
Jon and Justin are simply amazed at the Celtics performance as of late, and the fact that they possess the best record in all of the NBA despite the injury bug hitting hard at the outset of the season. The discussion surrounds praise for Kyrie being unselfish and buying into the system, credit due Brad Stevens for being such a masterful creator of culture, the play of the bench unit and the Lakers Pick/Jahlil Okafor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 06, 2017•46 min
If you thought the Celtics would be in first place just under two weeks after Gordon Hayward's injury, then you better head to Vegas. Jon and Justin figure out how the Celtics were able to make this leap, largely thanks to long and stretchy defense, Jayson Tatum man-child-ing, and Kyrie and Horford getting themselves some mojo. The nonsense going on in Philly with Markelle Fultz got the CSL Boys Hanes in a bunch and they look ahead to a very interesting week ahead with games against the Spurs, T...
Oct 30, 2017•46 min•Ep. 500
Jon and Justin make their first comments since the Hayward Injury discussing the waterfall effect it has had on the second unit rotations which was a point of contentious debate between the hosts in the preseason. This leads to emphasis on the need for the extra practice time that all teams are benefiting from this season. From there, discussions who will provide offense punch on the second unit (Rozier/Tatum) and the gaps they fill from last year's team in terms of rebounding and shot blocking ...
Oct 24, 2017•45 min•Ep. 499
Jon and Justin preview the season, make their predictions for the number of wins and compare the construct of this team versus last year, specifically in regards to the bench depth. Neither is certain that this team will be any worse defensively, especially with the flexibility so many players have to switch. However, the real debate comes when discussing whether Brown/Tatum can or should be expected to stay in the starting line-up and whether the second unit needs some veteran players to stabil...
Oct 16, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 498
Celtics Stuff Live gives Marcus Smart a new nickname, scratches their heads at the Embiid contract extension, and hypothesizes why the Celtics Org hasn't at least opened a dialogue with Marcus Smart with only a week left to extend his deal when you have to assume a larger contract would be key in future trades at the very least if they did not want to keep him around after this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2017•46 min•Ep. 497
Jon and Justin give their assessment of the overall performance of the roster in the first preseason game of action for a lot of new Celtics players. The guys have praise for Aaron Baynes, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart and Daniel Theiss. More focus on the end of the bench as Kyrie Irving's confidence, ability, and emerging leadership efforts are notable. Jason Tatum also rebounds in the 4th quarter against the Hornets' bench after struggling through 3 quarters. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Oct 03, 2017•53 min•Ep. 496
Jon and Justin go back to the well on Marcus Smart now that the pictures are out and this is no BS weight loss, the beast is noticeably lighter. While the early reports say that the weight loss = quickness Justin is more interested in seeing the impact on his leaping ability when the Celtics finally play a game this Monday evening. From there they catch up on late late late offseason action with the Carmelo trade to OKC and breakdown that gamble by Sam Presti with a number of expiring contracts ...
Sep 28, 2017•46 min
Jon and Justin can't wait another day for training camp. With Media Day just a week away the show is immediately derailed with Duck Boat Hot Takes and a really bad Christmas week analogy. Eventually, the show gets back on track in discussing Kyrie Irving's appearance on ESPN's First Take. In the second half of the show, a quick rundown of the roster gets the crew close enough to training camp that they can taste it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 19, 2017•50 min
Jon and Justin, like Ray Allen, can't help themselves and let that conversation die. Mostly cuz, that's the way Ray wants it. Isaiah Thomas excellent work in The Players Tribune and the awkward press conference also make their way into the opening segment of the show. But in the second half, the guys side step Marcus Smart (20 lbs lighter) and a rap writing Jaylen Brown in possible favor of Terry Rozier in the starting line-up because #3 is always the breakout year on Celtics Stuff Live. Guest a...
Sep 12, 2017•48 min
