Winning Plays | Celtics & Nba Podcast

Brian and Rich break down the first live action of the Celtics in over four months down in Orlando from the weekend, including the return of Kemba Walker to the court, Jaylen Brown's strong start and the battle for rotation minutes off the bench. The guys also go around the Eastern Conference and debate hypothetical first round playoff matchups.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich answer a mix of basketball and bubble questions about the Celtics and NBA as the season restart approaches in Orlando  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich debate and rank the five best and worst contracts Danny Ainge has given out during his tenure with the Celtics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich react to the NBA unveiling their revamped schedule for the Orlando bubble and the implications for the Celtics. The guys also debate how the team should handle the seeding games, what the NBA postseason will look like in the bubble and much more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich dissect 17 years of draft history with Danny Ainge at the helm of the Celtics and debate his worst five and best five draft picks during his tenure in Boston.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich discuss the reported new potential concerns of NBA players regarding playing in the bubble environment in Orlando. Will the two sides find enough common ground to finish the 2020-21 NBA season?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian and Rich discuss several Celtics taking part in protests and activism over the past week before getting into the full NBA restart plan that was just approved by the NBA. Will the format help or hurt the Celtics' playoff chances once the season resumes in July?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian and Rich discuss some of the pros and cons of the potential resumption of the NBA season, including a potential World Cup format, reseeding the entire playoffs, and weighing the current standings versus expanding the postseason field.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich join forces to look closely at Danny Ainge's tenure as Celtics president of basketball operations before debating what were the five best and worst trades of his time so far in Boston.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich finish up their draft series by selecting from the best Celtics over the first three decades of the franchise.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian and Michael take a trip down memory lane in this episode by giving their thoughts on the first few editions of the Last Dance documentary before revisiting opening night in 1997 when the Celtics beat MJ's Bulls in Rick Pitino's first game as C's head coach. A closer look at some of the memorable names from that night, and the constant missteps of the Pitino era that came afterwards.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich breakdown some Celtics draft developments and playoff scenarios following Danny Ainge's conference call (2:00) before holding a mock draft for the 1980s Celtics (12:00).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Rich and guest host Brendan Jackson face off in a Celtics trivia challenge covering Danny Ainge's draft record, opening night lineups and the 2008 Finals run.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich continue their Celtics draft series by holding a three-team draft featuring 8 rounds of picks to select the best group of players that suited up for the Celtics throughout the 1990s. (10:00) The guys also discuss Paul Pierce's appearance in the HORSE tournament and Ray Allen's recent comments about KG and his former teammates.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich discuss the career of Kevin Garnett on the heels of his induction into the Hall of Fame, do some KG trivia and continue with their decade draft series, drafting the top 30 players on the Celtics from 2000-2010.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich hold a three-team draft featuring 10 rounds of picks to select the best group of players that suited up for the Celtics from 2010-11 through the current season. Michael and Brian also settle the final round of their trivia showdown.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys discuss some quarantine stories before Brian and Michael face off in a Celtics historical trivia challenge put together by Rich (11:00) that ends up being a fight to the finish.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian and Rich discuss the departure of Tom Brady from the Patriots while comparing his situation to Paul Pierce and other one-team stars across the NBA landscape over time while reflecting on the end of Pierce's time in Green. Are NBA stars and NFL stars even comparable on this front given the differences on this front? Will Jayson Tatum be the next face of Boston sports? The guys discuss all of this and more  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Michael and Rich discuss the latest surrounding the suspension of the NBA season in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian, Rich and special guest Brendan Jackson from the CelticsHub podcast discuss the return of Rob Williams amid an uneven recent stretch of basketball for Celtics and what the team can realistically expect from him in the final couple months of the season. The guys also debate the bench rotation and who holds more importance to the Celtics in the postseason: Jaylen Brown or Kemba Walker? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices