I do not think, I do not think.

So what are you getting this? Do you even listen to yourself when you talk? Hey, hey, we're live. Woo-hoo! Turn off your radio before it's too late. Hate it, hated, hated, hated, hated it. I told you this was a bad idea. Velgar and Mass, 985, the Sports Hub. Why does this make you feel better? Oh, because I enjoy the pain of others.

The sports Chadenfreude aspect.

It's what keeps me bringing me back, Mike.

And Isaiah Thomas, while I was wrong on him too, all right, yeah, I got called out on that. I got whipped up in the green ooze like everybody else a couple of years ago. I knew, like Jimmy Stewart behind me, and anyone with a brain,

you could tell that there was a ceiling with this thing.

Y'all overrated this guy and this team.

It's why I mock them as the Bridges.

And you know what? It doesn't matter what I think. It mattered what Danny Ains thought. And he blew it up because he knew they got the max out of this guy. And you still want to talk about him like he's as good as Kyrie Irving. and he's not. And he went there, and it was toxic from the get-go in Cleveland,

and he's mouthing off, undermining and it was toxic from the get-go in Cleveland,

and he's mouthing off, undermining the coach,

undermining the best player in the planet,

and they shipped his ass out after he played 15 games.

I'm going to crow.

And enjoy getting bought out in L.A. too. Oh, maybe he can be back in Boston. No. He's not coming back here. And over my dead body, but I want him here. He'll be toxic here, too. Those are elite Isaiah Thomas thoughts. We'll cycle through these calls and we'll mix him to the Patriots and our developing opinions on that next segment as well.

Now, you've got a lead off thought before we go back to the phones?

Go ahead.

Nate in New Bedford.

Hi, Nate. Yeah, what's up? So I'm about to spew a lot of Celtics positivity right now, and I don't want to be confused as one of these Celtics green teamers because they know Lambeau Bruins and Pat's fan. but Danny Ains can't be disregarded in this whole thing as how great he is at picking coaches

because Danny Ains started with a Celtic in 03. He brought in Dr. Rivers in 04 as his first major move, and we know how great that worked out with KG, Rayall, and Rondo, Pierce, obviously. But how great of a coach is Brad Stevens? We know more than any other league the NBA is filled with prima donna-type players, and the players run the teams, as you could see in Cleveland with LeBron that message right now. IT was a shell of himself in Cleveland. Jay Crowder was literally a shadow on the court. If you want to go even further than the Cavs, the Pistons traded Avery Bradley because he was complete garbage this year, and how he's on a Clippers team that has no clue where they're heading. Brad Stevens is one of the greatest coaches in the league right now because he knows how to deal with all these personalities. Okay, so I'm going to stop there. We just mentioned this. It is staggering. What has become of these pieces that were here? And how they're just into, I mean, Bradley's still a good, valuable player, right? Yeah, absolutely. No question. But again, you get Marcus Morris out of him and the pistas don't even want them. They deal him. Now, he's part of Blake Griffin. He's part of the Griffin trade, right? So, I mean, they got a hell of a return on that. And just still, the point being that I think you can make the case that Brad Stevens has the mightest touch of being able to take bums and turn them into heroes.

And Danny Aange has the ability to not take the cheese on regular season performances or, you know, just sort of bridge level talent.

And he doesn't fall in love and he'll ship your ass out of here and thank God Danny Aange has that attitude.

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