of talking to Mike Gorman and the small amount of downtime we had at Celtics Media Day.

Four hours of downtime.

Well, for you guys.

Two and change from me.

But I had an opportunity to talk to the man at length, and he's looking forward to coming on the show this year.

And it was the first preseason game, as I told you, gentlemen.

I am excited for the Celtics.

I am usually not. In fact, I told you, gentlemen. I am excited for the Celtics. I am usually not.

In fact, I never have been before.

But I am excited for the Celtics this year, in so much as yesterday on NBC Sports Boston.

I watched Brian Scalabrini awkwardly MC a talent contest talent contest or Sunday night, the open practice where they had like the three point contest. Yeah, whatever you call all that stuff. It was very weird. It was awkward. And there was a lot of not trying. It was. And a lot of that going on. But nonetheless, last night it was time to show and prove. Yeah. It was time to get this these Thice guy out. Thice! That you like so much. Vanilla Thice, man. The guy's going to be a stud this year. He's making the team, and you know what? He's going to be an all-star by the time that rolls around. People say, you know, Tommy, he doesn't travel with the team anymore. He's 100 years old.

You know, how much does he work does he put in? And I think last night, you got a pretty good idea. What did they say to Dennis Eckersley? What was the big problem that the players had with Dennis Eckersley? He wasn't around the clubhouse. He wasn't in the locker room. Right. He was not, he didn't spend some time. Well, that's obviously not the case with Tommy Hinesson. So last night they were discussing Aaron Baines,

who is a Rockroom. Right. He didn't spend some time. Well, that's obviously not the case with Tommy Hineson.

So last night, they were discussing Aaron Baines, who is a, just, he came from the Detroit Pistons. I believe he won a championship with the Spurs. Was he on that Spurs team that won the championship? I'm not sure. I'd have to look that out. Big Australian. And you know what? to be honest, we were saying this earlier.

People are going to love this guy because he's

a physical presence under the boards big Australian and you know what to be honest we were saying this earlier people are

going to love this guy because he's a physical presence under the boards that you have

not had since Kendrick Perkins he's a big man he's got attitude he's actually able to

physically move guys out of the way you want to have to worry about him being on the

court so much on a kind of foul out in five minutes it's the way, the way he plays, yes. I agree with him. He's going to get... Flying on picks, Fred. But, you know, you need sometimes a guy with a little bit of attitude. And apparently it's not just the attitude that impressed Tommy Heinzhen. This is one of those moments that when it aired, it's like a record scratch in a bar, I had to stop and go, hang out, what?

What?

And I pressed rewind and I listened.

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