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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Can the Boston Celtics develop the grit needed to dominate the NBA? Host John Karalis and guest Tom Westerholm explore strategies to instill a tougher mentality in the team's "nice guys." The duo analyzes player toughness, from Jaylen Brown's potential to embody a "junkyard dog" attitude to Payton Pritchard's relentless work ethic. They also discuss Tom Thibodeau's surprise appearance at Celtics practice and its implications for Brown's defensive game. Karalis and Westerholm debate the balance between mental health and competitive edge in professional athletes. Tune in for unique insights on how the Celtics can transform their team culture and gain a crucial advantage in the upcoming NBA season.

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0:00.0	How does Joe Missoula squeeze some grit out of a bunch of nice guys?
0:04.6	And thank you to the New York Knicks for letting Jalen Brown fix himself.
0:11.1	It's all right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:15.7	Uh-huh.
0:17.2	Yep.
0:18.9	Be in town.
0:20.6	Be ever ready.
0:21.9	It's the C's. Who else could it be? What they're going to say now? Screaming like J.T. Corralic. Reckett. The madness every game. Every practice. Crime time. Depp and D. White on the sideline. Rain and Jace. How we started. Raised Ben is how we finish. Locked on Celtics Pod. home of the winners, baby.
0:38.2	Hey there, welcome back to the lockdown
0:39.6	cellist podcast, right here on the lockdown podcast. Raise a Ben, that's how we finish. Locked on Celtics Pod home of the winners.
0:41.2	Hey there, welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics podcast, right here on the lockdown podcast.
0:41.9	Now, record, is your team every day.
0:43.6	Your team is the Boston Celtics, and I talk about them Monday through Friday bonus
0:47.6	podcasts on the weekends when they play.
0:50.8	So subscribe wherever we get your podcasts.
0:53.1	You can watch a show on YouTube. Get into the comment section there. Share your thoughts with your fellow. Every dayers, the people who are with me five days a week and have some fun there in the comment section. I'm John Corrales, beat writer for Boston Sports Journal. I've written a couple of books about the Celtics and I've covered the team for about 20 years now.
1:11.1	Later on, we'll get to that New York Knicks just giving Jalen Brown an unprecedented
1:17.9	opportunity to improve himself.
1:22.2	But first, I went through practice and I was asking the, I think the biggest question for the Celtics this year.
1:35.7	And that is, how the heck is Joe Missoula going to take a bunch of guys who are finesse players,
1:43.8	basically, a bunch of nice guys,
1:46.7	and turn them into a gritty bunch with chips on their shoulders that has to play as hard as they do.
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