[Highlight] One of the Celtics’ staff members refuses to give away the ball to Joel Embiid and is called for ‘delay of game’.
Why is Tatum dressed like Chairman Mao
“I got u today” Mao Zedong to Karl Marx, 10/1/1949
As a history teacher I’m loving this string of replies lmao
are you actually a history teacher?
Does a bear crap in the woods?
(But if you’re genuinely asking, yes I am.)
If you’re really a history teacher, prove it. What’s something happened in the past?
Yesterday.
Case closed, Johnson. This guy’s legit.
Yup, checks out
Now that’s the type of dry wit I’d expect from a teacher.
By george, he’s right!
Boston Celtics success
Talk your shit, you guys have earned it.
Respect!
Does a bear crap in the woods if no one is watching it?
Depends on how modest the bear is.
Why would someone lie about that on reddit?
you’d be surprised
Tatum hurt his knee trying to make the Great Leap Forward.
The Great Gather Step Forward
This is the funniest comment thread I’ve seen in a long time
My love of history and sports has brought me here.
The Long March to Cancun begins tonight.
The Great Leap Forward to Cancun
His legs aren’t gonna last that many miles
Confucius say man who do business in whorehouse gets jerked around
lMao
LeMao
He wants the Mandate of Heaven
That’s too fucking funny. What a pull.
Glory be
“You met me at a very Chinese time in my life.”
real theory knowers know it was the sun yat sen look first, fucking posers
Jaysonamir Tatumavich
Maybe a bit of Kim Jong-Il
Kim Jong-Illest
Don’t make me like him
Kim Jong Il has that same outfit
Anyone know what overshirt he’s wearing? I kinda like it.
That was fucking dumb
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What he say fuck me for?
LA can’t be talking about man buns.
Bruhh we have staches and mullets here now. Buns were last decade.
Don’t know the last time I saw one out here. We got mullets now
Ill take the man buns in LA over low IQ Boston fans anyday
And he deletes his account and comments.
6.5 million male in metro LA, all buns
Some of us have long hair 🤷♂️
on the sides too right?
I tell the barber to keep the sides long and shave the top.
Rocking the skullet like the good lord intended
Yeah, I’m too old (and white) for this fade business
Weird to judge someone based on their haircut
The manbun is the modern equivalent of “those damn long haired hippys!” of the 70’s, in that most women are neutral to positive on it, while it’s mostly insecure “macho” dudes who seem to hate the haircut with a passion.
It probably doesn’t get called a lot. The risk reward is worth it.
That’s actually a big part of Jaylen Brown’s MVP case. The Celtics are just so fucking good when he’s on the bench, so I think voters are pricing in stuff like that. There’s probably ways he can impact the game from the bench.
What’s the reward?
In theory you can impact the game a little. Slow down Sixers fast break, etc.
Yeah really just gives the defense time to reset, that’s the main reward.
That’s why Joker assaulted ant 😜
Here not so much. But teams absolutely will do little stuff like this to slow down the fast break of other teams after made baskets– hitting the ball away etc.
They did this constantly against the Pacers last year
Seems like the type of loser to be friends with Mazzula
Nah these sort of petty acts are the only way Boston will compete.
They’re not just missing Tatum, a lot of guys are slumping at the wrong time.
They won’t win a clean game. They need to drag the game into the mud and try to get Philly to play at their level.
The Celtics’ strategy will be bush league by design. Expect Joe Mazzulla or Jaylen Brown to pick up a tech or two for arguing with the refs.
Lisan al Gaib!
lol what was this idiot thinking?
That he could give it to the ref and not Embiid- guessing he thought he could slow them down “legally”
Very legal & very cool
Cause the offense wants to inbound as soon as possible to potentially catch the defense off guard. This lets the defense set in the back court by slowing them down.
I got that but once the player literally goes for the ball that is kinda the cue that the delay tactic is over.
Did they really suffer a consequence?
They got a delay of game warning so yes. Second one is a free throw.
Yea. Most games no one gets one. Highly unlikely that they will get a second one.
idk the timberwolves love delay of games from what ive seen
Do other teams not get one in every game?
I watch basketball and see one per gam…but come to think of it I always watch the Timberwolves.
So there was no consequence for the first one. It’s a freebie
I will literally laugh out loud if the Celts get one late 4th quarter
So it sounds like it worked and there were zero consequences?
if it works, it works - that’s the issue. Ball boys in the prem know all about this.
Yeah, I think it didn’t work this time because Embiid actually did what you need to do and yank it. Some are just going to ask and stare at the person which helps the delay.
absolutely
So he’s delaying the game
Homeboy saw the broccoli cut PSG ball boy in the Bayern match and thought it was the coolest thing he’d ever seen.
The close up of this douche bag confirms that for me. Man bun, chain, thinks he’s so fucking sick.
Manbun causes brain damage
First is just a warning, so could be trying to get in the Sixer’s head with little consequence
Been watching too much PSG
We call that the Matt Ishbia
Matt didn’t get a call though, and people wanted Jokic ejected
In his own arena, wasn’t surprising nothing happened but that shit was ridiculous lol
Didn’t they eject someone else instead of Ishbia?
No one wanted Jokic ejected lol
Here’s an article advocating that Jokic be ejected
Hahaha what a memory
Nah needs a flop for it to be a Ishbia
Eject him for this, bush league shit from a coach.
Ridiculous that this wasn’t a T, I know you get a delay of game warning but this is beyond that
One of those situations where a ref should absolutely be pulling rank and ejecting. Get outta here you no name bum.
I understand doing shit and trying to delay the game as a player but doing this as a part of the coaching staff should have heavier consequences
Yeah I feel like players should get a warning, assistant coaches should be an automatic T
agree
Why do teams even have this many assistant coaches on payroll?? What do they do all day? They nearly have as many assistant coaches as players at this point
EJECTED TO CANCUUUUUN
Guy got inspired by the PSG ball boys in the champions league match. I don’t think he knows it doesn’t do anything in the NBA
Hazard did nothing wrong
Embiid should’ve pulled an Eric Cantona
Who was inspired by Morocco. Need to root this out with bans
Lol, what a fuckn clown staff member…nobody wants to see the ball in your bitch ass hands
Just throw the ball at embidds shoes lol
Same result
You just know Mazzulla was rock hard when that was happening
Like a diamond in an ice storm, I too think of a mans genitals getting aroused when I see two large men wrestle over a ball
“When you get home Chadrick, there’ll be another story on your house.”
Guy looks like a major douche
Guy acted like a major douche
100%. Fuck that guy
Man bun ✅
He looks like a 2k Myplayer storyline character
Well he works for the Celtics so what’d you expect?
garza looks like shit so far
“why didn’t the wolves play him more”
I still can’t believe he was in the final minutes of game 5. He’s a great backup big. He is a terrible starting big for guarding the paint. Traffic cone
He’s the epitome of a Hail Mary. Embiid’s biggest weakness is guarding stretch 5s. He was a traffic cone today too, but he got two open 3s…and then missed em both.
Garza is a great vibes up by 20 guy. Idk why he’s getting meaningful minutes.
thats literally just all mind games. he saw Joel coming. he knew itd be a tech. Desperate times.
But they didn’t get a tech. Celtics always get the benefit of the doubt.
Delay of game always gets a warning first. Second time it happens is when the other team get to take a tech ft
This could very easily rise to unsportsmanlike and be an auto tech. It is purely ref discretion.
There is precedence in rulebook for harsher / stricter penalties for bench personnel and assistant coaches / trainers.
It was a delay of game. The first one isn’t a tech.
Refs can assess a tech to anything without warning if they deem it unsportsmanlike. It’s a delay of game because the ref decided that, not because there’s no flexibility to assess a tech here (which is what you’re trying to make it sound like).
It would be like saying well the ref didnt call a foul so it couldnt have been a foul.
Boston isn’t sending their best
Why were the Boston fans and some of the other staff members acting like Embiid was the one in the wrong in this situation?
Delusional idiots
Boston fans ESPECIALLY those in the front row are known for being delusional racists
Cool haircut bro
He told his barber to give him the douche Coachella bro cut
Eject that bozo
i legit dont understand why they are so mad LMAO they own us every year but it feels like they are more mad about it than we are even down to the staffers
Motherfkcer wanted to be the main character tonight.
who is that
Drew Moore their head athletic trainer
there’s a brown top 5 player psyop happening
Sixers started taking away his right side as soon as he started touching the ball
If the media weren’t disproportionately tied to Boston then his entire MVP candidacy would’ve been dismissed many months ago.
Celtics coaching staff filled with fucking weirdos
What is that guy thinking lol
“Nothing happened to Jeff Van Gundy when he did this to Jokic last year.”
Dumb ass
This should be a technical right off the bat. No second chances
Son what are we doing 😞🥀
That guy should get ejected from the stadium as well
Why was he not ejected? Is this a fucking joke? Lol
This is the sort of thing that is kinda amusing when some 14 year old ball boy at a soccer match does it. Not so much when it’s a full grown adult
Hate this mf
Wearing a man bum and a chain on the bench as staff
Act like you’ve been there before
Celtics staff moving like Morocco lmao
But why? Like just give him the ball
Thinks he’s a tough guy
Fuck is he doing dickhead
I know it’s not a rule, but why isn’t there one?
Why is that non-player not ejected for that?
That guy should be banned from the arena 100%. Any other normal person would be banned for life in a half a second
That sends a signal to your team that you are afraid to let them play.
… Doesnt the ref hand the player the ball to inbound it? Isn’t that like the entire point when there’s a change of possession?
Bitch work right there
What a douche bag
celtics being unlikable as in the whole organization
Lol @ Celtics fan complaining 🤣🤣🤣
I hope this guy gets roasted via the internet by halftime it’ll be a nice lil surprise for being a penis
soccer ball boy vibes
Fuck Boston
A real man doesn’t do this, a child does
that should’ve been a tech with no warning, very egregiously making a mockery of the game
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anybody else getting this?
And they lost, karma for that stupid idiot
What the fuck was that Boston staff guy doing anyways? Weirdo
Should have been a tech
Dumb of him. But also, the trend of players running up to people and trying to frantically rip the ball away from them like children is kinda weird too (talkin bout Joker)
Totally agree both are idiots but obviously the staffer is the bigger dumb ass. The official would’ve held the ball from the Sixers for a few seconds on a close out of bounds like that in case the Celtics wanted to challenge.
Easily a tech
Dude must be hoping Embiid got a tech for that.
Sore fucking losers fuck Boston
Guy is so cooked
How many coaches do the Celtics need? The game plan is chuck 3’s asap.
How is this not an ejection. Dude’s not in the game. If a random fan does this he might get banned. Who does he think he is? PSG ballboy?
Sokka didn’t want to give the ball away
I didn’t realize Boston was employing PSG ball boys.
#That bum deserves to lose. Take the fat L you random celtShit bum staff
Dude looks like a randomly generated 2k player in 2064
Tough time to be a sports fan in Boston right now 💯
Suns owner looking to hire that assistant coach as we speak.
Werent the Celtics like second best odds to win it all ?
Piss baby.
That’s gonna push them out of field goal range
Feeling main character?
Why would you do that to your team? On a game 7, too.
Bush league
Cornball
I hope they lose by 1
thats like half a technical free throw, a “staff member” egoing, directly and negatively influencing the game for your team, unacceptable.
Only in Boston!
That should be a tech on celtics coach. You should be forced to give the ball up to any player who first comes and asks for it. Even if it was a player on the bench, only if it is a player in game and they try to rip the ball then I understand not wanting to give it up.