I watched a different Pistons game 7 earlier today. Yes, my offseason is going great. youtu.be/jojy6-2y0Ng?...

The Celtics (potentially) having the last two NBA Social Justice Champion Award winners and trading both of them would not be a good thing, imo.

I wrote about Brandon Clarke open.substack.com/pub/mollyhmo...

May 12 is a very shitty basketball day.

reminder that one of the most promising emerging treatments for glioblastoma, the most lethal of all cancers, is customized MRNA vaccines, which HHS under Trump now refuses to fund: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

it feels intolerable to lose, keep losing, people who seem the most gentle, curious, kind. jason collins and the way he inverted decades of struggle into leadership & compassion; brandon clarke quietly giving difference-making money for kids literacy in memphis at what was, maybe, a really hard time

Rest in peace to Jason Collins, an unthinkably brave person and incredible leader for the LGBT community. Over a decade later and his coming out column is still an astonishing piece of writing. Wish the sport had caught up more and that he could have lived to see it.

life can be so cruel. it’s profound how humans have the ability to feel connected to strangers through the joy of shared memories. thank you for all of the beautiful memories, brandon. memphis will never forget you.

I also feel like I'm going to need to keep repeating "The Basketball is Still the Most Important Part of Basketball" to myself through this Celtics offseason for non-lottery reasons.

"Until the orange ball that matters most starts bouncing again and proves otherwise, there's still hope in the now to come despite the disappointment of now in this moment."

For me, it’s slightly less. I’d much rather see the Celtics lose a 7 game series early due to bad matchups, injury & bad shooting than advance and lose to the Knicks for two straight seasons in the playoffs. Ain’t no way in Hell.

lol. lmao even.

that should be US getting our ass kicked by the knicks out there

My plan to end tanking involves attempting to make a spectacle of the lottery.

What is the rationale for flying players in for the lottery?

happy mother’s day to all of the mothers and those expecting and happy draft lottery day to all those expecting (praying for) a promising young person to give us a purpose

Hmm.

Thanks to Bobby Krivitsky for helping me feel slightly less crazy about the last week.

Feel like I’ve heard this before somewhere…

Fun fact: In the five seasons since this game, Giannis has only played in TWO playoff games that his team won. And one of those games was because Jrue Holiday stole Marcus Smart's lunch money.

I have to say, it's weird that there have been Giannis to the Celtics rumors, because Al Horford ended Giannis' career five years ago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZYH...

Bobby Cox has passed away.

This is classic Mike and Tommy.

For people old enough to remember, this is real. This is exactly how I started to explain to my kid who Bias and Reggie were.

This will be way funnier after Brad signs Mitchell Robinson this summer

I try not to pass judgment on (non-agressive) fan behavior. There are many ways to be a fan. But I will judge you if you leave a home game early in a loss. Especially if it's a game with a sizeable population of opposing fans.

Free nuggets?? It's not even the fourth quarter. Celtics really need to up their game on the free food giveaway. Another very worrisome issue that needs to be dealt with this offseason.

The LeBron having the worst whistle thing is dumb. But buried in these comments is the same problem that Jaylen Brown has. Bigger stronger guys get hit all the time with no calls.

The Boston Globe sports page 40 years ago today. Arguably, the best quarter of the best team in Celtics history.

Happy Craig Ehlo Day

It’s the second round of the NBA playoffs. Should be a showcase for the world’s best athletes. There are storylines and new exciting players: Wemby, Ant. New York vs. Philly. Pistons resurgence. Lakers vs defending champs. They can’t stop talking about Jaylen Brown’s livestream.

Jaylen is out here trying to save humanity

I'm literally writing about a set of Tennessee segregationists in the 1960s at the moment. I swear to God, they were not *this* comically and overtly racist.

Cherished memories from my phone before bed

Just want to note that Jaylen specifically said that witnessing Tatum's comeback was one of the things that made this his favorite year.

But he wants to "quadruple down" that this is his favorite year. lol

For people not listening: Jaylen says he hates that Brad even had to respond to the comments about problems in the organization. He loves Boston. If it was up to him he would play in Boston for the next ten years.

Great news for those of us looking to implement the Paul George plan at our places of employment.

Celtics palate cleanser. We didn’t have cable yet, so I was listening to this on the radio in the family room, letting Johnny Most and the sounds of the crowd wash over me.

Life is suffering

Taking the train in for a work thing on Causeway Street tonight just…does not feel great.

Except for what seems to be the only surviving recording of Bird's 60 point game in Atlanta, which is always jarring for a Red Sox fan.

You see the difference is that Jaylen has won Finals MVP and so can do whatever he wants

Definitely felt like this: “Paul George shot 1,204% in the series. Okay, he shot 49% overall and 55% (22-40) from three. “

Surprising, over performing regular season. Surprising, underperforming post season. Lot of concerns going into the season were masked by high effort in almost every game but then surfaced in the playoffs. Wish it went a bit longer but this is pretty much exactly where I’m at.

Sorry folks, lot of fight in these but just not enough buckets.

Fought all season and fought tonight. Tough end for the third season in four and all without Tatum. But the fourth of the four makes it worth it.

Fall down Foul

Where were you for Ron Harper Jr’s first playoff start?

Oh boy. They had this on the Jumbotron and I thought they were just testing it.