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From the Boston Celtics perspective, should the ‘Ewing Theory’ be renamed the ‘Kyrie Theory’?

At least one NBA analyst thinks so.

There is a theory that at times, certain star NBA players can make their team better by not playing. The theory is named for a historic run by the New York Knicks that took place after their star big man, Patrick Ewing, went down injured.

But at least one NBA analyst thinks that the theory could be better explained by a handful of more recent examples, including how the Boston Celtics took a step forward when star point guard Kyrie Irving got hurt. The 2017-18 NBA season ended in the Eastern Conference Finals’ Game 7 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers sans Irving, and shifted the focus of the team moving forward as a result.

The folks behind the “Andy Hoops” YouTube channel put together a video of five such examples from recent NBA history.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear their case.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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Gordon Hayward Boston Celtics recovery speech rated No. 9 most emotional NBA moment

Pretty much every fan of the Boston Celtics remembers the moment just minutes into the Celtics’ opening night tilt with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the start of the 2017-18 season with crystal clarity.

Pretty much every fan of the Boston Celtics remembers the moment early in the Celtics’ opening night tilt with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2017-18 season with crystal clarity.

This is of course not due to any on-court excellence or a massive victory, but the hard-to-watch freak accident that occurred about five minutes into the game. When veteran forward Gordon Hayward came down awkwardly on one leg, breaking it in a very ugly way, the course of the Celtics organization was forever changed.

In a recent video highlighting the 10 most emotional moments of recent NBA history put together by the folks behind the Hoopflix YouTube channel, the speech Hayward gave from his hospital bed made the cut at No. 9.

To see the segment for yourself or what other moments made it into the clip, take a look at the video embedded above.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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