Jaylen Brown ALL-NBA? | Joe Mazzulla COACH OF THE YEAR? | Jordan Walsh ELITE CEILING?

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Boston Celtics surge as Jaylen Brown claims Eastern Conference Player of the Week with dominant performances—can he secure a spot on the All-NBA First Team this season? In a new mailbag episode, host John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal rates Brown’s scoring and playmaking, debating whether five assists per game or a scorching 50% field goal mark is more achievable. The conversation highlights improving shooting from Derrick White and Payton Pritchard, plus breakout performances from rookie Jordan Walsh, whose surprising rise begs the question: could his defensive ceiling reach Shane Battier territory? Karalis examines Joe Mazzulla’s coaching evolution, draws compelling parallels to Erik Spoelstra, and weighs the Celtics’ coaching clinic against rising contenders in the East. Key topics include Mazzulla's Coach of the Year prospects, Al Horford’s regret in Golden State, and the future All-Star potential of White and Pritchard. Locked On Celtics breaks down Boston’s path to the top amid injury obstacles and elite competition—can they sustain this momentum?

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0:00.0	I'm answering your questions today about Jalen Brown, the player of the week.
0:04.4	Jordan Walsh, what's his ceiling?
0:06.2	Lots of questions about Joe Missoula and Al Horford's regret.
0:10.6	It's all right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:15.0	Uh-huh.
0:16.5	Yep.
0:18.5	Be town.
0:19.9	Be ever ready.
0:37.5	It's the C's. Who else can it be? What they're going to say now? Screaming like JT. Corralic. We kept a madness every game, every practice. Prime time, Deb and D. White on the sideline. Rain and Jace. How it started. Raised Ben, how we finish. Locked on Celtics Pod. Home of the winners. Be. me.
0:40.6	We're going to the lockdown podcast right here on the lockdown podcast.
0:54.1	Network, where does your team every day? Your team's the Boston Celtics and I talk about them every Monday through Friday plus bonus podcast when they play in the weekend. We get a lot of bonus podcasts coming up. So you got to subscribe. The show is free. It's available everywhere. It's on YouTube. Get into the comment section.
0:55.2	Share your thoughts with me. If you're new to the show, welcome aboard. I'm John Corrales, beat writer for Boston Sports Journal. I've been doing a version of this job for 20 years. Now I've been doing this podcast for 10. And I've written a couple of books about the Celtics as well. Today's show is brought to you by Fanduil.
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1:18.0	Let's open up the mailbag.
1:19.2	This week is about figuring out who these guys are.
1:21.7	Let's start it out with your questions, a mailbag where mailbags can be submitted, the questions can be submitted
1:29.2	at johncorales.com slash mailbag, Johncorales.com slash mailbag to get your questions in.
1:38.9	So later on, we'll get to Al Horford, we'll get to Jordan Walsh's ceiling.
1:42.5	The second segment is going to be all Joe Mozilla.
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