After winning the NBA championship in 2024, the Boston Celtics surpassed the Los Angeles Lakers to become the most successful NBA team with 18 championships. In the 2024-25 season, Joe Mazzulla’s side stands a chance to become the first team since the Golden State Warriors in 2018 to win back-to-back NBA titles. Former NBA champion with the Celtics made a bold prediction that could frustrate the fans.
Sports analyst Kendrick Perkins used the examples of the NBA franchises strengthening their roster ahead of the 2024-25 season, including the New York Knicks acquiring Mikal Bridges and the Philadelphia 76ers signing Paul George. He claimed on ESPN, “No one in the NBA is scared right now of the Boston Celtics. I’m just letting you know this.”
He added, “At the end of the day, teams did stack up in the rest of the league, and especially in the Eastern Conference, to look at the Celtics eye-to-eye, and they are going to do that this season. It’s hard. Teams are getting better every single offseason.”
Celtics Fans Destroy Kendrick Perkins Over His Comment
Following his comments claiming that the Boston Celtics won’t have an easy time defending their title in the 2024-25 season, the fans flooded social media with comments. The Celtics fans trolled the former NBA champion over his radical viewpoint.
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The defending champions, Boston Celtics, will face Jalen Brunson-led New York Knicks in the NBA 2024-25 regular-season opener on October 22 at the TD Garden. The 39-year-old Perkins predicted that Tom Thibodeau’s New York Knicks could register the best record in the 2024-25 NBA regular season. He believed the Knicks could lead the NBA by playing “Julius Randle at the five position.”
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