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I am: a graphic artist / runner / living with both Multiple Sclerosis and a giant slobbering dog named Wilfork - one of which I chose 🤷‍♂️.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@BarstoolBigCat Make them ahead of time, this is weird. Also you used to be a pats fan.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@PFTCommenter @BarstoolBigCat a pro jeffery Epstein joke is wild… hate on hank all day but the closest politics bullshit is wild. “We dont talk politics” = step on my my throat government daddy. Acab

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@SportsCenter Post the two plays prior when chet was hitting allen

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@BarstoolBigCat Travel. Travel. Travel.

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@BillSimmons who was in the fish tank this week….that was terrible

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@monistreams @GrandPOOBear Damn, cut out of the photo, ouch

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@gracecamille_ My twin was 7lbs at birth, I was 4…yet I’m three inches taller now so 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Adam Taylor @AdamTaylorNBA]

Six years? Let's go through it...

2017-18 - ECF - Primary playoff rotation
Terry Rozier
Jaylen Brown
Jayson Tatum
Marcus Morris
Al Horford
Marcus Smart
Aron Baynes
Semi Ojeleye
Greg Monroe
Yabusele

Kyrie Irving missed the entire playoff run after having surgery. Boston still made it to the ECF. This was also the season Gordon Hayward broke his leg on opening night.

Year 1 of 6 where the Celtics 'had one of the best-supporting casts,' yet their top-2 players at the time didn't even play in the postseason. The Celtics still go to the conference finals.
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2018-19 - 2nd round exit - Primary playoff rotation

Kyrie Irving
Jaylen Brown
Jayson Tatum
Marcus Morris
Al Horford
Gordon Hayward
Terry Rozier
Aron Baynes
Semi Ojeleye
Daniel Theis

This was a tough season. Tatum and Brown were ready for bigger roles, and Rozier was unhappy with his spot off the bench after his 'Scary Terry' run the year before. Multiple locker room issues and players-only meetings illustrated the Celtics' lack of connectivity. Boston has a disappointing exit from the playoffs.

Kyrie Irving bolts to Brooklyn. Al Horford leaves for Philly.

Danny Ainge starts to re-construct the roster with a focus on personality and fit.

Can't really pin this run on Tatum and Brown - this wasn't 'their team.'
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2019-20 - ECF - Primary playoff rotation

Kemba Walker
Marcus Smart
Jaylen Brown
Jayson Tatum
Daniel Theis
Gordon Hayward
Grant Williams
Brad Wanamaker
Enes Freedom
Rob Williams

The Bubble Year. Kemba's knee is already done, it started after the All-Star break and began to go downhill quickly.

This still isn't Tatum and Brown's team, as Kemba is there along with Hayward. Two aging stars, both far from their best, with two wings waiting their turn. Boston probably should have made it to the finals this season, but another ECF run made it 2 in three years.
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2020-21 - 1st round exit - Primary playoff rotation

Kemba Walker
Marcus Smart
Evan Fournier
Jayson Tatum
Tristan Thompson
Robert Williams
Jabari Parker
Aaron Nesmith
Payton Pritchard

Jaylen Brown missed the playoffs due to a wrist injury. Boston is nowhere near as deep as in previous years. This is as bad as it's been during the Tatum/Brown era. Doesn't help they faced a KD-led Nets that season.

Again, can't blame Tatum & Brown when one of the duo didn't play, and you're bench rotation included two rookies and Jabari Parker.

Big changes came that summer.
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2021-22 - NBA Finals - Primary playoff rotation

Marcus Smart
Jaylen Brown
Jayson Tatum
Al Horford
Rob Williams
Derrick White
Grant Williams
Payton Pritchard
Daniel Theis

This one hurt. Jayson Tatum was playing with a hairline fracture in his wrist. Rob Williams came back from surgery during the postseason but was miles from his best.

Boston's inexperience in the Finals saw them get outworked by the Warriors, with Tatum's injury getting the best of him. Multiple 7-game series also took their toll.

Also, Ime Udoka was a rookie head coach going against Steve Kerr.

Probably should have won this one.
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2022-23 - ECF - Primary playoff rotation

Marcus Smart
Derrick White
Jaylen Brown
Jayson Tatum
Al Horford
Malcolm Brogdon
Robert Williams
Sam Hauser
Grant Williams

Ime Udoka got suspended right before training camp. Joe Mazzulla comes in and has to implement a system on the fly. The Celtics lose Stoudamire and are short-staffed with assistants.

Tatum gets hurt in game 7 against Miami. Brogdon is playing through an injury, too. Jaylen Brown can't lead the Celtics past Miami; the Celtics lose.

Tough loss. Multiple factors why. Mazzulla gets heat for his three-point-heavy offense (I HATE IT), and the Celtics make more changes during the offseason.
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That's the six-year span where Boston apparently had 'some of the best-supporting cast.' Sure, on paper, it looked that way. But in reality, injury, age, and ego all got in the way at one point or another.

The Celtics have rarely had a healthy run - I get it; lots of teams can say that.

But we can't then bash a franchise that's made 3 ECFS and 1 NBA Finals in the last 6 years while their two best players have only been front and center for 2 of those seasons.

Tatum and Brown are doing great. They're going to keep doing great. And a championship isn't that far away.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@everymovieplug The poster, just like the movie, is mid af.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@NicholasPas5 The main star of the movie couldn’t promote it due to legal issues and the studio trying to hide them. It’s apart of a dying universe and was delayed for years. There’s a chunk of reasons it bombed and the director wasn’t one.

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@notorioustei 🧢🧢🧢

No chance. There's no way he stays healthy and engaged that whole time.

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Fuck.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

Tattoo artists liking my tattoo ideas might be the largest confidence boost.

[dash @thedigitaldash_]

i hate this shit so much. it literally doesn’t even make sense. whichever ux/ui person came up with this is horrible at their job, i don’t even know how this got past experimentation phase

[another Chris @CL_YO]

Have run in the morning two days in a row. Starting to realize why people do it.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@CultureCrave What made the mcu great was the interconnectivity and the forethought that went into it.
What has made the last phase so lackluster is the seemingly constant retcons and lack of planning to make things work together.
They tell us how things are “connected” without showing us.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

Bed time

Never mind, my friend sent me 100 tiktoks/reels.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

@Esenbek_Aliev @CultureCrave The show was mid as f*** but saying the cgi was bad is just a lazy argument. The cgi wasn't bad at all.

[another Chris @CL_YO]

Running up a mountain in the morning. Lfg