Kendrick Perkins received a championship with Boston in 2008, however he has completely no subject with dissing them immediately.
Though the Celtics are heading into the 2024-25 season with principally the identical roster that received them the 2024 championship, Perkins believes the group 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 Right now. “I’m simply letting you already know this. Because of this the New York Knicks went out and obtained Mikal Bridges they usually upgraded their roster. Because of this the Philadelphia 76ers went out and obtained Paul George and upgraded their roster. They’re coming into coaching camp feeling nice.
“… Lots of people are trying into the trail that the Celtics went by 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 cause we’re on this streak proper now with groups haven’t repeated … groups are getting higher each offseason.”
Perkins declare got here across the similar time the Celtics held their media day.
And surprisingly, their head coach Joe Mazzulla defined why he didn’t benefit from the months after successful the chip.
“I believe attachment is one thing that you’ve got to concentrate on, proper? I believe one of many challenges of this offseason was detaching from the previous and having an understanding of when you’re hooked up to successful or a failure for too lengthy, that could possibly be actually harmful,” Mazzulla stated. “And the world tries to maintain you hooked up to the previous.
“The world tries to maintain you hooked up to your newest success or your newest failure, and that’s the place folks get caught the place they’re in — is attachment. And so it was a stability of, I can’t be hooked up to this previous success. It could be the identical as being hooked up 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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