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Locked On Celtics - Daily Podcast On The Boston Celtics

BONUS Mailbag: Celtics-Sixers Adjustments, Worries, and Picking a Young Player to Keep

Locked On Celtics - Daily Podcast On The Boston Celtics

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4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Why do the Boston Celtics sometimes seem to “play down” to opponents, and is their playoff mindset a real concern? John Karalis of Celtics On SI tackles tough listener questions, busting myths about coaching tips leaking to rivals while spotlighting the nuances of Celtics' in-game adjustments, playoff preparation, and why scrutinizing both teams’ moves makes fans smarter viewers. Karalis breaks down Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s tendencies in high-stakes games, dives into the importance of not abandoning ball movement against defensive mismatches like Tyrese Maxey, and evaluates which Celtics young gun—Hugo Gonzalez, Jordan Walsh, or Baylor Scheierman—he’d build around for the future. With insight on Joe Mazzulla's coaching, rookie playoff psychology, and Boston’s roster-building dynamics, this rapid-fire mailbag episode equips fans with key perspectives ahead of the next Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers showdown.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A bonus mini mail bag.

0:03.1

What am I worried about in the playoffs?

0:04.9

And why am I always giving tips to the other team?

0:09.0

It's bonus content here in a Thursday afternoon here on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.

0:14.1

Thank you for making this show your first listen every day.

0:18.2

I'm John Corrales.

0:19.4

The way I'm doing this is one question per segment, boom,

0:23.0

boom, boom, rapid fire as a little taste of the mailbag. I have a mailbag, full mailbag

0:29.0

podcast coming up later. So the third segment will be about picking between Hugo, Jordan,

0:34.5

and Baylor. Second segment will be about playing down and something that I'm worried about with the team.

0:42.5

But let's just start here with a, by the way, questions come in at johncorales.com

0:50.2

slash mailbag.

0:51.9

Stelina J says, I can never understand why you give tips to the opposing team in the

0:56.0

playoffs on what corrections they should make. Why can't you let their own coach figure it out?

1:01.6

I got a second question, actually, from Chris Jay. What's with giving Philly all of the keys to

1:06.4

winning game two on your last podcast? How about this time you stick to what the C's need to do to adjust?

1:11.5

By the way, Stelina J, Chris J, are you both listening to this show in the car or something?

1:17.2

Is this a couple? Is the J the same last name here? I'm answering this question together.

1:23.0

I'm hoping that you guys are together again, John Krausecom slash mailbag so let me just start with there's

1:29.5

no way in hell the nick nurse is listening to me for advice uh i'm sure i'm sure that there are people

1:36.2

on the philly side that do listen somewhere in the lower levels i'm i know that there are people

1:41.6

on the celtic side that will listen.

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