NAUGHTY OR NICE: Boston Celtics, Brad Stevens, and Jaylen Brown DOMINATE Early Season Surprises

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🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics fans get their Naughty and Nice lists just in time for Christmas as John Karalis and Tom Westerholm dissect the biggest surprises and disappointments on the roster. Is Brad Stevens leading an off-court masterclass, and has JaYlen Brown’s evolution pushed him to true superstar status? The hosts spotlight Joe Mazzulla’s Coach of the Year credentials, Neemias Queta's unexpected rise, and which young Celtics—including Jordan Walsh and Hugo Gonzalez—are outperforming expectations. Meanwhile, the Naughty List raises tough questions: what’s gone wrong with Sam Hauser and Chris Boucher? Can the Celtics count on their secondary shooters in pivotal moments? The conversation heats up with rapid-fire takes on the Eastern Conference landscape, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future, and why Trae Young remains a franchise dilemma. Stay tuned for candid analysis, smart stats, and a festive spin on the highs and lows driving the Boston Celtics’ season.

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0:00.0	It's Christmas Day, so we're doing our Celtics and Eastern Conference naughty and nice lists right now on the Locked-on Celtics podcast.
0:10.8	Uh-huh.
0:12.4	Yep.
0:14.4	Been town.
0:15.8	Be ever ready.
0:17.0	It's the seas.
0:17.9	Who else can it be?
0:19.0	What they going to say now?
0:20.3	Screaming like J.T. Corralics. Recap the man. It's every game., who else can it be? What they're going to say now? Screaming like JT. Corralic, we kept a madness every game, every practice. Crime time, deputy, white on the sideline. Rain and Jace, how we started, raise a business, how we finish. Locked on Celtics Pod home of the winners. Big. Thank you, very welcome back to the Lockdownics podcast right here in the lockdown podcast network.
0:38.2	Where is your team every day? Your team is the Boston Celtics and I'm talking about them every day.
0:43.3	Yes, it's Christmas Day. For those of you who celebrate Merry Christmas, those are you not celebrating.
0:48.7	If you're celebrating something else, I hope you have a great holiday. If you're not celebrating anything,
0:52.8	oh, happy Thursday, you know,
0:54.6	we're going to celebrate anyway.
0:56.3	We're going to do it Christmas style, though.
0:58.0	I've got the ornaments up on the YouTube page.
1:00.8	So let's just have fun today.
1:03.8	This show's free available everywhere,
1:05.5	Monday through Friday,
1:06.4	bonus podcast on the weekends.
1:08.5	I invite you to be coming every dayer.
1:10.2	Join me every Monday through Friday.
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