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[Frank Garza.eth @frankgarza57]

Another unforgettable moment at Luka’s basketball camps in Iowa: Boston Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla didn’t just come to support Luka; he showed up for our kids, our families, and our community.
He traveled to Iowa, stepped onto the court, coached, encouraged, listened, and made every young athlete feel seen, heard, and valued.
A heartfelt thank you to @celtics and Coach Mazzulla for doing something so unexpected and so meaningful.
Great leaders do what others wouldn’t think to do. They show up when they don’t have to. They go where they aren’t expected. And they make people feel that they matter.
This is why the Harvard leadership author, Linda A. Hill calls Coach Mazzulla one of the greatest leaders living today. I couldn't agree more.
Thank you, Coach, for giving Iowa and these young student-athletes a day they will never forget. 🏀❤️
💛🖤💚☘️🦚

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@GoodmanHoops JB never said he wanted to be #1 option…that’s a media sound byte

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@FCHWPO @BobbyKrivitsky Go get ‘em JB! Rooting for you!

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@AdamMKaufman Maybe Pritchard can? Hopefully.

[Adam Kaufman @AdamMKaufman]

Hahahhahahahahaha

[Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA]

A consistent theme from Jaylen’s comments tonight has been his connection to the city of Boston. It wasn’t just superficial. There are few players in the NBA who have invested so deeply into socioeconomic change in the way he has. He has gone way beyond giving money or even time. He took on the mission of evolving Boston and making it a more equitable place for minorities. So much of what he did in his new home served a bigger purpose. You could see it in how much time he dedicated to talking with kids when he put events together, or how he held meetings quietly behind closed doors with people in positions of power to advocate for policy change. Like, look at what he did with his extension signing at his Bridge program, or his sneaker unveiling at the museum of science that featured a panel on science education with Bill Nye. Him getting traded has a much bigger effect on the city than just losing a beloved player. I’ve been back in Boston this week and seeing so many people I know in the political and creative space be devastated by this trade because they valued him as much as a leader in the community as an athlete. And that’s why the character assassination stuff he called out on his stream was so prescient. I’ve seen him constantly put himself in rooms where it was clear his intent was to grow and to share, not to be the smartest person there. I remember when he spoke on the education system at MIT when he first got to Boston, struggled to get his presentation out cleanly, then kept improving and growing as a thought leader from there. From the beginning, he put himself out there trying to implement change in the community and he built a legacy few athletes have. It’s honestly the first thing I think of when I think about his time in Boston.

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@FCHWPO @celtics @NBA @741Performance We will miss you so much! Thank you for all you did for Boston and the @celtics . I hate to see you go! Best of luck JB, we know you are going to kill it!

[Donovan Mitchell @spidadmitchell]

Critique basketball all you want… but disease is insane… we gotta stop letting people just say whatever… cmon man!

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@spidadmitchell @UsherNBA Thanks Donovan for sticking up for JB!

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@TyreseMaxey @JustinmTurpin The 76ers and Philly are so lucky to get JB. You will love him there, be good to him!!!

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@FCHWPO I hate to see you go. Especially to Philly. Hope you whoop our asses when you play us. Thank you for all you did for Boston and the Celtics. #GoJaylen

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@_JakeSeymour Ugh

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@Celtics so glad we are NOT getting Giannis! Now, please keep JB!

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

Asked Jayson Tatum if — given how everything panned out — he still felt certain that he made the right decision to return this season after so much back and forth:

“100%. I'm very happy that I came back to be a part of this team, got back to doing what I love, to help give us a chance to compete for a championship, to prove to myself that I can get back to being the guy who I was, and hopefully better. And just to kind of defy what this injury means — not necessarily from a standpoint of, ‘I'm great look at what I was able to accomplish,‘ but to give other guys hope.

Obviously I don't want anybody to have to go through tearing their Achilles, but in the unfortunate event that it does happen, that I can be sort of inspirational — if you attack rehab a certain way if you follow these guidelines, or do it a certain way, that it's not like a career-ending injury, that you can come back, that you can be yourself, that you can be better, that it won't take 18 months, that you can come back, whenever is right for you.

So I'm happy and proud of the fact that I was able to do that, and unfortunately, if somebody else has to deal with this, they can look at what I was able to do and and have some hope and inspiration that it's not what people used to think it was. And, you can come back from this, and be who you were and hopefully be better.“

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@Marc_DAmico Too little too late. Had they played in the 3rd quarter the same way they played in the 4th, they might have won

[Tomek Kordylewski @Timi_093]

Brutal ending to one of the most fun seasons in recent Celtics history.

This team really fought and made the whole "Gap Year" exciting.

We'll be back. Why? Cause we're the Celtics. ☘️

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@AdamMKaufman And for a Red Sox fan that is truly nothing to be excited about

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@_JakeSeymour You are exactly right. I don’t get it.

[Jean @moonheadsc]

@KeithSmithNBA ….and it didn’t work, put in Walsh and Hugo

[Jack Simone @JackSimoneNBA]

The Celtics have given themselves a chance. Hugo Gonzalez changed the energy. Derrick White has been incredible. Jaylen Brown has steadily improved.

They just need to make shots. And get stops.

And stop fouling Embiid.