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 contestor.

Sunday night, the open practice where they had like the three point

yeah whatever you call all that stuff it was very weird

it was awkward and there was a lot of

not trying

and a lot of that going on but nonetheless

last night it was time to show and prove

it was time to get this

these thice guy.

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 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 when 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, 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 up. Big Australian. And, uh, and, 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 won't have to worry about him being on the court so much on a foul out in five minutes. Well, listen, 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 Hineson. 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.

And Tommy Hineson was some of the most in-depth analysis of the evening regarding the newest, one of the newest Celtics, Aaron Baines.

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