I do think that we're playing tight.

I do think that maybe on the road it'll be a little bit lesser.

Maybe we can, down two, we have to play with desperation, and I still have hope.

Danny Ains this morning on TNR, he still has hope.

Do you miss?

Not really, no.

I mean, you know, look, of course it's on over until, you know, they win the next game,

then all of a sudden everything changes.

But I just think that they were exposed too much in these first two games to win four out of five. So I don't think they're going to come back and win the series. No, I don't have a lot of hope. You think it's over, Murray? I don't know. I still don't believe in this Bulls team,

and I think what we've seen here in these first couple of games is more about some of the tightness that you just heard Danny Aange talk about, and they haven't realized their potential. I refuse to believe that this team is that bad. I'm not getting chirped these last couple of games, but people say, not my number one seed, worst number one seed in NBA history. Like, yes, they're a little overhyped, but this, what we've seen in these first couple of games has been a pathetic embarrassment and a lack of effort, especially on the boards. I refuse to, as bad as the bigs are and as untalented as the bigs are. I told you that with that comment. I mean, you know, we look tight. We get to play with some urgency. Like, what he's saying? We haven't shown any balls in this series.

He doesn't want to use those words because he's the president of the team. But that's exactly what he's telling you. They look scared. Well, and the proof of it, too, is all that bitchiness that you saw at the end of game, too. And Marcus Smart flipping off the fan. You have IT John at Marcus Smart going back and forth. Like, what's that about? and you're going to do this at the worst possible time.

Like that, I think they can get under control. And maybe that comes with a win on the road. But it's been, I mean, this has been really pathetic. I can't believe how bad that they have played in these couple of games. You're enjoying it. I'm not enjoying it, but it is a bit of a... Comeuppance? It's a reckoning, I think, for a lot of the delusional Celtics fans that have overrated this team from Jump Street. You know, because, God forbid, we point out the flaws of this team throughout the year. Their lack of rebounding. They're too small. You've overrated Isaiah Thomas. His defense really isn't all that good. Guess what? what you saw in the playoffs last year. Same thing you're seeing this year. Jay Crowder, I myself have overrated that guy.

You all did too.

It's all... really isn't all that good. Guess what? What you saw in the playoffs last year. Same thing you're seeing this year. Jay Crowder, I myself have overrated that guy.

You all did too.

It's all come true in these first couple of games. Yeah, there's been a lack of effort and they've been tight. But everything else, they're just not that good. They're not that good. I just find it stunning that after what happened last year, people could get suckered in again and make the same mistake.

And listen, it's okay to be a fan of a team. I'm not, that's not the part I mean. I mean getting too far ahead, you know, because I felt like I said it all year long. Let's wait until the playoffs. Let's see what happens in the playoffs. Let's see when Isaiah gets in there and they start doubling him and he has to give up the ball.

Who's going to step up and make a shot with guys running at him and their hand in face all the time? Because to me, that's the deficiency on this team. They don't have guys that can make contested shots. Who's more to blame? Brad or Danny? Danny Aange, because he could have pulled the trigger to ship off some of these players or assets to help this team, whether it was getting another big or even of a defensive player in Nerlands-Noelle that it's a little of both because when I mentioned Nerlin's Noel, they're not going to get a player like that because he doesn't fit Brad's system and he doesn't shoot from the perimeter. God forbid. You need defense. You need help in the paint. But because a guy like that doesn't shoot the three, like get out of here. Fix your system. Don't be so stubborn. And I put this in the email. I wasn't joking. They get swept in this series. See you, Brad. Or at least consider it. Because what will the record then be? Two and 12 in the playoffs? Yeah, fine. Call the hot take police. What's it going to take? Because how much is going to change here? If they get swept in this series... It's time to call the Hot-Take Police 911 hotline or something. We've got to call on the authorities, Jimmy. He'll be 2 and 12 in the... The Hot Take Vortex. It's the Hot Take Cyclone. Bringing the lawn furniture. Head down to the basement, tape the windows.

Jimmy Murray says it again. Hold on. Let's just set it up.

If they lose the next two, what?

That Brad Stevens should be fired.

Well, is he going to change his system at all?

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