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It took them years — literally — but the Boston Celtics have finally silenced the doubters.
Joe Mazzulla’s team finally got over the hump and won their 18th championship after a 16-year drought.
More importantly, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum got over the hump, and being the most criticized and questioned duo in the league, that shouldn’t be overlooked.
That’s why former NBA star Rasheed Wallace wanted to tip his hat to them.
In the latest edition of his podcast, the Detroit Pistons legend gave the young duo their flowers, praising them for being able to shut down all the outside noise and take care of business.
Congrats to J-Tatum and Jaylen for tuning out the noise and securing the chip
Everybody don’t get to carry the belt pic.twitter.com/qQY3JXS0g2
— Rasheed Wallace (@UnderdogSheed) June 19, 2024
Wallace talked about the fact that Tatum and Brown had always dominated in the regular season, adding that they also like to get the job done on both ends of the floor, so there was no reason for them to draw that much heat.
The Celtics star duo had fallen short over and over, losing games and series they should’ve won and even losing in the NBA Finals.
Still, perhaps people forgot about the fact that they were two young players just making their way into the league, and they were always ahead of schedule in terms of development.
Young players usually go through growing pains in the regular season, but that wasn’t the case in Boston; they competed at the highest level right away.
Now, they’re officially NBA champions, and nothing or no one will ever be able to take that away from them.
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