Celtics Stuff Live | The Original Boston Celtics Podcast

Celtics Stuff Live welcomes Scott Souza from the MetroWest Daily News to the show.  Scott gave his take on the season, the draft lottery, and offseason possibilities for Jared Sullinger.  With water sufficiently poured on the Durant to Boston hopeful fires, we also looked forward to what could be an exciting Finals between the Cavs and Thunder.  After the interview, Jon and Justin answer questions from fans on twitter and debate the potential picks in June's draft as well as the importance that HYPE will play in positioning the Celtics to move the #3 pick for the best possible return.​   Powered by CLNS Radio (www.clnsradio.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Jimmy Toscano fills in for Jon Duke on this week's episode of Celtics Stuff Live.  Now that OKC is heading to the Western Conference Finals, we close the book on the courtship of Durant...or do we?  Diving more into the NBA postseason we also debate if the Hawks showing against Cleveland hurts the Celtics recruiting efforts or if the injuries will mitigate any negative effect.  Obviously, we must discuss the draft lottery coming Tuesday night and Justin goes all out cliche with his negative prediction of the outcome.  To close the show, Justin and Jimmy break down the players they do/do not want back  and who is the most tradeable this offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Grande joins Jon and Justin for the first off-season episode of Celtics Stuff Live.  Some crazy names get dropped, like Robert Swift..Marcus Banks..Brandon Hunter..and JR Bremer...see if you can handle it.  Sean emphasized how the lack of shooting and hitting open looks really hurt this team in the postseason, but especially because of the draw against the Hawks.  We discuss how the Celtics lost both tiebreakers for playoff seeding and draft position, which did not receive enough angst at the time.  Looking ahead at the draft, trades and free agency through the prism of Evan Turner's spectacles and the benefit of wet cement.​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Jon and Justin return from vacation to revisit their pre-series predictions for the Celtics match-ups against the Hawks.  Justin touts his prediction for a scrappy series and the fact that the Celtics let a crucial game 1 victory slip away.  Jon attacks the Marcus Smart nay-flopper critics and credit goes the way of Ryan Bernardoni who predicted that Jonas Jerebko would have a big impact on the series when he was our guest on the last show to preview the first round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celtics Stuff Live closes out the regular season with an early edition release previewing the playoffs and featuring first time guest Ryan Bernardoni from CelticsHub and Celtics Redditt who you can follow @dangercart on twitter.  Ryan discussed match-ups with Atlanta and what Celtics need to do to get through the defense with an eye forward to the offseason.  After the interview Jon and Justin followed up  on the interview and identified key match-ups and how far the first round series will go, with Justin predicting an unanticipated scrappy series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Bulpett joins Celtics Stuff Live as the final guest of the regular season.  With two games remaining, Steve places an emphasis on playing out the season and establishing or maintaining the team's rhythm in lieu of resting players and accepting the 6th seed to stay out of the Cavaliers bracket in the postseason.  Steve also discussed his belief that the extra cap room this summer will be a cause for even less free agent movement and that the Celtics are not willing to give a max contract to a player who isn't deserving for a number of reasons.  After the interview with Steve, Jon and Justin make their predictions for how the Celtics will finish out the year and the odds that Dallas could still fall out of the playoffs and possibly handover the 12th pick in the draft (the spot Devin Booker was picked in last year). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ian Thomsen from NBA.com joins Celtics Stuff Live this week to discuss his well-timed article on Isaiah Thomas just before the Celtics grabbed a win against the Warriors on Friday night.  Ian also praised the efforts of Mike Zarren and described his value in preventing the Celtics from falling into the trip of overpaying for a Free Agent in the offseason.  A look ahead at the playoffs has Ian as mystified as anyone else so to what is happening in Cleveland, but acknowledges they will be dangerous.  After the discussion with Ian, Jon and Justin go into more depth on the win against Golden State and snapping their home win streak, as well as a look ahead to the final 5-6 games of the season with tough match-ups against the other Eastern Conference 3-6 seeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Toscano from CSNNE joins Justin and Jon for this week's episode of Celtics Stuff Live.  We looked at the past week with four wins straight, the improved play of Amir Johnson and the increasingly positive contributions of Evan Turner in Jae Crowder's absence.  We didn't stop there however, as Lebron James has provided some cumulative material that should have the fans in Cleveland sweating.  There was some controversy in Boston a s well, with Bob Ryan all ready to give up on Marcus Smart and his future with the Celtics.  Jon and Justin ended the show agreeing to agree on Smart being deserving of more time before closing the book on a 22-year old with less than 2 years of NBA experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Forsberg from ESPNBoston joins Jon and Justin this week to discuss their lost episode, the NCAA tournament and the lack of lottery picks in the sweet 16, Kelly Olynyk's return to the line-up and the notable impact of Crowder's injury on the performance of the Celtics over the 4 game skid as they fall out of the 3rd seed.   All this on this week’s episode of Celtics Stuff Live.  Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and Harry’s.  Available for download on iTunes and Blog Talk Radio. Monday, March 21st, 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio.   ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS TICKETS NOW: Full details of list of games on facebook.com/celticsbeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celtics Stuff Live introduces a surprise new co-host to kick off the show, which will both shock and excite the listening audience.  Then, Scott Souza from the MetroWest Daily News joins the crew to discuss the biggest surprises of the year and why other teams haven't figured out Isaiah Thomas.  They recap and discuss Saturday's loss in Cleveland and what implications a rematch in the playoffs would have on off-season targets in free agency.  Jon and Justin pick it up after the interview with Scott further discussing the Cavs game and Jon predicts the Celtics can take Cleveland to 7 games if they have a chance to match up in the postseason. Closing out the show, they debate if the Celtics can get 50 wins and Jon previews the NCAA conference tournaments and offers up some teams and names to watch heading towards selection Sunday and March Madness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Celtics Stuff Live we pick right up where we left off last week with the Duke teaser.  While Jon didn't appreciate the cliff hanger last week, he was more than happy to talk about Duke Basketball and the players potential fit into Brad Stevens' system.  This led to wrapping the Okafor rumor trade deadline rumor and last week's discussion about that being a possible smokescreen which was fleshed out this week on CelticsBlog by Jeff Clark.  Mark Murphy from the Boston Herald was our esteemed guest to discuss the state of the team and the DISGUSTING play of Steph Curry on Saturday night in the OT matchup with the Thunder.  Mark and Justin gave ET props for his being a major factor on the second unit this season and how the team has responded as of late against taller and athletic line-ups with a rematch against Utah on the docket for Monday night! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon and Justin wrap up their post trade deadline thoughts and break down the the stinker against Utah and the team's bounce back game against the Nuggets.  The David Lee buyout and where the Mavs' pick this season might land once the season finally closes out.  Also discussed was the impact of losing Olynyk and gaining Mickey will have on the squad and how much pressure can they put on Toronto for the second seed in the final third of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CSL train keeps rolling along as Sean Grande joins the crew along with a special guest from Omaha (or was it Idaho?).  With the impending deadline, there was certainly trade talk and rumors to discuss, but Sean had many stats in his pocket.  Jon and Justin also announced the details for a ticket giveaway (follow them on twitter CSL_Duke/CSL_Justin and don't forget to #CSLReturns to enter the drawing).  The team  will be back along with Celtics Beat's Larry H Russell this Thursday with a live show from 2:30-4pm to tackle your calls in the heat of the deadline! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chad Finn from Boston.com  joins Jon and Justin to discuss the most/least tradeable players from the Celtics active 9 man rotation, the resurgence of Tyler Zeller, and the understated performance of Amir Johnson this season.  Chad also points to the fences (tongue in cheek) calling his shot that Kevin Durant will sign in Boston this summer.  Following Chad’s appearance, Jon and Justin discus the value of the 2017 pick versus this year’s pick and whether or not the Celtics can challenge Toronto in the Eastern Conference standings. Follow CLNS Radio on Twitter Follow Justin Poulin on Twitter Follow Jon Duke on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celtics Stuff Live comes out of a 5 year retirement in style with CSN Shot Caller, Mike Gorman!  Jon and Justin pick up right where they left off with this entertaining interview.  Mike puts Brad Stevens as a top 3 coach the league today and destined for Springfield due to the team taking on the identity of the coach, something generally reserved for the college ranks.  Marcus Smart as the future leader of the team, Isaiah Thomas the All Star, and trading the Brooklyn pick highlight other topics during the show.  Jon and Justin are happy to be back, thanks to CLNS Radio and are here to stay.  Follow us on Twitter CSL_Justin and CSL_Duke! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices