Boston Celtics
“This metropolis, this franchise, this household. It is totally different right here.”
“Get knocked down, get again up. Get knocked down, get again up.”
That is the phrase that former Boston guard and fan-favorite Isaiah Thomas repeated within the Celtics’ preseason hype video launched Tuesday.
The Celtics host the Philadelphia 76ers of their season opener Wednesday night time, as they appear to proceed their 11-year playoff streak.
Thomas, who performed in Boston from Feb. 2015 via 2017, remains to be beloved in Boston. His most notable season got here in 2016-17, when he averaged 28.9 factors per recreation on his method to coming fifth in MVP voting.
The 36-year-old returned to offer vitality and pleasure within the video earlier than the season received underway:
“The surface noise? The predictions? Go forward and rely us out. We’ve been there earlier than,” Thomas stated .
The predictions that Thomas referenced come after Jayson Tatum ruptured his Achilles within the playoffs final yr, and lots of believed that he’d miss the entire 2025 season.
Tatum’s return is trying better than expected although, as he’s already posted movies dunking and saying there’s no certainty on whether or not he’ll or gained’t play.
Thomas continues the video by emphasizing how necessary being gritty this season might be.
“There are not any shortcuts, no days off. Each single night time, lay all of it on the road. Each time. That’s how we win.”
Behind these phrases are clips of present Celtics gamers like Jaylen Brown diving into the group to save lots of a ball, the sort of scrappy performs that might be the distinction for Boston this yr.
“This metropolis, this franchise, this household. It’s totally different right here.”
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