This Reporter just CALLED OUT the Celtics...

This reporter just called out the Boston Celtics, folks, as we all saw what happened in the official season opener. The Celtics fell to the Detroit Pistons after having a major, major lead. But now a reporter, an NBA legend, in fact, has come out making a little bit of an interesting statement about the Celtics, to say the least, in particular about Jason Tatum. And now I do disagree with this claim. I heavily disagree with this claim. I think he is jumping to conclusions, but folks, here on today's episode of Celtics Digest with yours truly, Kellen Frangione, we are going to be breaking down what this reporter and NBA legend said about Jason Tatum, about the Boston Celtics following this really, really bad loss. I was extremely upset yesterday after the Celtics lost this game. By the time you guys are seeing this, the game, I believe, will be two days ago, but it was just bad. It was just bad, and it felt like the ghost of the old Celtics all of a sudden came back. you're up 20 blow the lead I mean we've seen it how many times have us Celtics fans seen us go up 20 and not even feel comfortable because we know that this team is always going to find a way to blow it whether it's with Joe Mazzulla and the team just chucking threes continuing to chuck threes even though you're up 22 you know get a little more physical get inside the paint it was just like all the nightmares that we've seen in the past rolled up into one but I still disagree with what this reporter had to say about Jason Tatum but folks before we get into that I do want to tell you guys about Howshie because folks if you're looking to place a little wager on something like the Celtics to get 45 plus wins 50 plus wins or even 55 plus wins this upcoming regular season we're starting off 0-1 so odds might not be amazing right now but if you wanted to do this folks you can do it on Howshie where you're trading directly against other users and not the house like traditional sports books because on Howshie you're buying yes or no contracts on the outcome of events across sports politics or even the weather for example if you did not want to do the celtics total wins you can instead look to them to be eastern conference champions where a little placement of 25 can pay out nearly 182 folks but that is only on Howshie so please if you are interested in trying out Howshie folks make sure to use our code right here as you see it on screen it is digest nba all caps and when you use it it's in the description in the pin comment of this video you will get 55 dollars added to your account instantly when you trade your first 25 but once again folks that is only on calci so thank you to them for sponsoring this video and without further ado let's get into it today folks who have i been talking about well vince carter is questioning jason tatum's number one role on this boston celtics team he said the following I do disagree I agree with parts of it but I disagree for the most part he said when you lose a guy a scorer like Jalen Brown I'm not going to use the word clutch but he was a guy when Jason Tatum was not playing well and rely on that guy tonight we saw PG be that guy who I was extremely pleased with Paul George and he nearly had 40 points most ever in a Celtics debut but tonight we saw PG be that guy and when they started to take away PG take away his looks now Tatum has that opportunity so for me it's who's going to be this consistent number two they have to stay healthy and but you know when you're in this position now we're always going to look at Jason Tatum as that guy and can he deliver now I think it's a little bit ridiculous of Vince Carter to be talking about Tatum not being the guy after he had one bad game yes it's the season opener yes it was when a lot of eyes were on him yes it's a horrible loss where you blew a lead it was a game they should have won 100%. But to call out Tatum as not being the guy because he shot poorly in one singular game at the very, very start of the season, that's where I have a little bit of a disagreement, a little bit of a debacle here with Vince Carter. Tatum played really bad, folks. There's no sugarcoating it. If we just look at the box score of the game, it's going to tell us what we need to know. It's going to show us. Paul George. Wow. What a debut for him. I was so pleased. 38 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 12 for 21, 7 threes. Extremely efficient. 5 steals as well. I mean, PG literally looks like he turned back the clock in this game. I couldn't have been happier with him. Derek White played pretty okay. Nothing crazy. Mitchell Robinson, not an amazing debut. Jordan Walsh started in this game, didn't do much. Pritchard, also solid, but kind of his typical production. Nothing really stood out. No other players really stood out, honestly, besides Paul George and then you look at Tatum yes he had 11 assists so his playmaking was really on display it wasn't a complete terrible no-show performance but 6 for 23 and 0 for 7 from if we take a look at Tatum's shot map from the game right here you can see really the only shots that were falling for Tatum were the ones under that three seven misses he didn't hit a single three point shot and it's that same thing with Tatum that it seems like we talk about all too much Tatum you're literally about six foot ten when your shot is not falling yes i know you're one of the best players in the world i know you're confident as you should be but i think once you get to the point of maybe 0 for 5 from three just change it up a little bit go when you're up 22 especially drive to the paint go in go inside you can get you can draw contact you're a big guy you can score through contact I don't understand stop thinking that you're Steph Curry please but Joe Mazzulla also had the following to say after the game I just want him to continue to make the right play if he's open shoot it I don't care if he's over 10 if you're open shoot fair enough Tatum also did own up to his performance a little bit obviously he said definitely not one of my best nights I just have to play better he's not wrong there's not much else to say you simply have to be more efficient than that it's been a problem in the past now folks Tatum made six of 23 shots as we know uh 0 of 3 that's not right it's 0 of 7 but he did have 11 assists Paul George scored 38 five steals we had three assists Detroit came from behind for the win as always Celtics could not hold Charles Patrick commented from our comments very true very moving on Paul George a 38 point debut gives Tatum help and it was a great debut from PG I was extremely extremely pleased as I already said I mean we saw the type of performance he had this is a scoring before Boston um you know we see he's had some good performances in the past but in this game I mean PG extremely impressive just absolute sharp shooting 7 for 12 7 for 8 from the line plus nine he was the best Celtic on the floor in his debut in this season opener Paul George kudos to you also not number eight it's glitched PG 13 right now but wow Paul George thank you for actually showing up and showing heart compared to Jason Tatum and folks I just want to go back to it though I mean I just I want to go back a little bit to what Vince Carter said I just disagree because I know that duo with Tatum and Brown it was good to have one guy to lean on when the other was not playing too well. But think about the multiple performances Tatum has had in the past 51 points in a game seven He won that game six in Milwaukee when the Celtics backs were against the wall he showed up he played fantastic He's had plenty of moments he's had that game winner in the 2020 season in the season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks, over Giannis Antetokounmpo. He has had these clutch moments. He has had moments where he showed up. But I don't completely disagree with Carter, as I was saying, because Tatum does a little bit too much sometimes like you got to stop chucking the shot I know Joe Mazzulla instills the confidence in him everyone has Connor he has the confidence in himself to keep shooting when it's not falling but like you simply have to pivot because you let the Detroit Pistons completely creep back into this game especially at the hands of Duncan Robinson folks I also want to say that the Celtics collapse in this game was bigger than Tatum shot it was not entirely Jason Tatum's fault the defense faltered i mean they just didn't have the best effort in this game Joe Mazzulla also said he's excited about the team that we may become 25 30 35 games from now the open-mindedness that the team has come in with the connectivity really excited about the opportunity of and um i'm excited as well it's important to not overreact it is the first game of the season after all and that's once again part of why i disagree with Vince Carter and his little sentiment it is one game it is the first game of the season the Celtics ended at the two seed in the eastern conference last season after starting the season extremely extremely poorly i believe they only had like two or three wins through 10 games at the start of last season it looked hopeless and they completely turned the ship around they rallied that was behind Jalen Brown of course but nevertheless folks looking forward uh besides Jason Tatum's struggles in this first game besides the amazing performance from Paul George what's next well the Celtics are going to be facing the Knicks in the first home opener the home test against the defending champions who fell to the new look Philadelphia 76ers in their first game of the season just for some context if you didn't watch the game or see what happened the Knicks fell at home at Madison Square Garden to this new Sixers team 106 to 100 Brunson led the way for the Knicks with 21 points he was not very efficient though Pat played well Andre Drummond surprisingly played very well I was actually I did not know Andre Drummond was only 33 by the way looking at him in this game I thought he was damn near 40 years old no he's 33 and he looked really good honestly Maxey had 28 leading the way for Philly Jalen Brown in his Philly debut 19-8-6 that's not as good as Paul George's debut I must say not as good as how PG played but this is going to be the next test for the Celtics Now, in the past, we know. We know what the Celtics do to the Knicks. We know it's belled most of the time. In recent years, that's shifted. The Knicks have been the better team. We saw that when the Celtics blew point leads in the playoffs. We've seen it. We've seen it. The Knicks have been a fantastic team. That is why they are the defending champions. so it's a big big game for the Celtics in this game too who's going to go one and one who's going to unfortunately fall to oh and two well it's not going to be the Celtics folks I think that they're going to have a much better bounce back performance against this tough Knicks team hey folks who's to say Brian Windhorst also chimed in on it he said he believes the Celtics are going to win the Atlantic division ahead of the Knicks Sixers and Raptors they're aligned to win a ton of regular season games the Celtics take a lot of three-pointers you know what they did they went out and signed one of the best offensive rebounders of this generation in Mitchell Robinson extremely true Tatum will be healthy from the start and if you look at their roster they're totally built out with depth I actually think the Celtics are going to win thank you Brian Windhorst for that support and I do have to you moving on folks what's next well from opener collapse to response we know this is the timeline blew a 22 point lead Detroit went on a 23-0 fourth quarter run Vince Carter is questioning whether Tatum can deliver as the number one option he can Vince Carter just it's too early to be talking like that next up Knicks are going to be playing TD Garden on Friday extremely excited for that game i hope that the Celtics can have a bounce back performance i know that they're going to come out hungry i know that Tatum wants to show that he can do better than he did in that first game we all know that he can but folks let me know your thoughts in the comments before we conclude today's video what is the right takeaway from Tatum's season opener from the Celtics overall season opener versus the Detroit Pistons was it just one cold shooting night is it a real number one concern or is it bigger issues with closing games now folks I personally I'm gonna lean with C it's a bigger issues with closing games we have seen it so so much in the past especially under Joe Mazzulla blowing the big leads it needs to stop he needs to figure out a way to stop the flow of the faucet don't let the other team go on such a huge run at such a crucial time in the game it can't happen it's unacceptable but it's early on it's early on it's a long season let me know your thoughts in the comments folks once again I'm Kellen Frangio and your host with Celtics Digest thank you all for watching today's video and I'll see you all soon thank you