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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Celtics' playoff hopes hang in the balance as roster changes shake up the team's dynamics. Will Boston's new lineup secure a postseason berth or face lottery odds? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal breaks down the Boston Celtics' evolving strategy, highlighting the impact of Chris Boucher's addition and the loss of key players. The discussion covers the importance of pace in the NBA, defensive adjustments, and how financial rules are reshaping team compositions. Tom Westerholm joins to offer insights on the Celtics' upcoming season and the challenges they face in a competitive Eastern Conference. Tune in for an in-depth analysis of the Celtics' path forward and discover how recent moves could redefine their season.

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0:00.0	It's a flash card Friday.
0:02.7	Freestyle podcasting.
0:04.1	You submitted all of these topics.
0:05.9	We don't know what's coming.
0:07.4	We're just going to answer your topics randomly right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:15.5	Uh-huh.
0:17.0	Yep.
0:18.7	Being town.
0:20.3	Be ever ready.
0:21.7	It's the C's.
0:18.5	Who else could it be? What they're going to say now? Screaming like J.T. Corralic. We kept a madness. Every game. Every practice. Crime time. Depp and D. White on the sideline. Rain and Jace. How we started. Raised Ben, how we finish. Locked on Celtics pod. home of the winners, baby.
0:38.9	Hey there.
0:44.5	Welcome back to the Lockdown Selvix podcast right here in the Lockdown Podcast Network.
0:46.4	Where does your team every day?
0:49.5	We'll be back to Monday through Friday in a few weeks right now.
0:50.8	It's Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
0:53.9	But bonus podcasts, if they happen, if they're necessary. So make sure you're subscribed right here. It's free. It's available everywhere. It's on YouTube. Watch the show there. Get into the comment second. Share your thoughts with me. I'm John Corrales. I'm a beat writer for Boston Sports Journal. I've been doing some version of this job. For about 20 years now, I've written a couple of books about the Celtics as well. Today's show brought to you by Fandul. Right now, new customers can get $150 in bonus bets when your first $5 bet wins. It's a Friday show. On Fridays here in the offseason, we do Flash Card Friday. I've got a pile. This is still the original pile. We've been whittling it down. You can hear it.
1:30.6	Random topics submitted by you on my Twitter feed and on Blue Sky.
1:36.2	We don't know what's coming. I'm shy. I constantly shuffle this thing up. I don't know
1:41.0	what topics there are. Whatever it is. And it's like a freestyle podcast.
1:46.3	We don't know what's happening. I'm going to get Tom Westerholm here because we always do this
1:49.5	with our buddy Tom. Tom, how are you? I'm good, man. How are you? I'm doing great. Tom continues to
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