Tag: 2018-19 Boston Celtics

Jayson Tatum confirms former teammate Gordon Hayward’s assessment of the 2018-19 Boston Celtics

“That (expletive) was terrible,” said Tatum.

The 2018-19 NBA season for the Boston Celtics was a tumultuous one, characterized by unfulfilled expectations and an early exit from the playoffs. Despite boasting a star-studded roster that included Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward, and Al Horford, along with promising young talents Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the team struggled to find cohesion on the court.

“That (expletive) was terrible,” said Tatum to the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach when asked about a recent podcast appearance by Hayward in which the Butler alum said that personal agendas derailed the season. “You guys saw it,” he added. “We’ve all talked about it. It didn’t work out how we wanted it to, and we were a very talented team, but it just didn’t mesh the way we wanted it to.”

“And that’s all right,” he related. “Guys learned and everybody’s moved on from it.”

“But what Gordon said was kind of right. Guys would come back from injury, guys were trying to prove themselves, like myself. I was trying to be better than I was last year, and it was a tough year.”

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

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

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On Gordon Hayward’s indictment of the 2018-19 Boston Celtics

Despite reaching the second round, Hayward acknowledged that the team never truly came together, and various players-only meetings failed to address the underlying issues.

Former Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward, in a recent podcast appearance with Paul George on the latter’s “Podcast P” show, shared his insights into the unexpected struggles of the 2018-19 Celtics. Specifically, the Butler alum pointed out that the team faced challenges due to individual agendas overshadowing the collective goal of winning a championship.

Despite reaching the second round, Hayward acknowledged that the team never truly came together, and various players-only meetings failed to address the underlying issues. The Celtics’ season is remembered as a disappointment given how stacked the team seemed to be on paper, beset with internal conflicts and a lack of cohesion.

NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg joined Tom Giles and Michael Holley on “Boston Sports Tonight” recently to talk the failed season for Hayward et al. over; check it in the clip embedded below!

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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‘We all had too many agendas’: Gordon Hayward on why the 2018-19 Boston Celtics flopped

“Not to blame anyone either because I think it was all human nature,” said the Butler alum.

The 2018-19 Boston Celtics were a stacked team on paper, but instead became an object lesson on why the games need to be played before one can truly anoint a ball club as elite.

For one thing, fit matters. So does health and chemistry. Even personal goals of the individual players comprising the team, and in the case of a Celtics squad led by Gordon Hayward, Kyrie Irving, and Al Horford with two up-and-coming wings in Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, quite a bit of the factors needed for a successful season did not align, as Hayward himself admitted on a recent episode of Paul George’s “Podcast P” show.

“In my eyes, it was just, we all had too many agendas, and the agenda to win the whole thing was not the main one,” said Hayward via Heavy’s Matt John.