Jayson Tatum He remembered his haters to send them a message after the Finals after seven years of putting up with them since he was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2017. He was within his rights as an NBA champion after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in Luka Doncic y Kyrie Irving.
“It feels unreal, I still don’t believe it. I enjoy the moment and (at the end of the game) I kept saying “Wow.” These seven years have been a roller coaster, ups and downs, listening to the shit that people talked about me… Oh God!”, said the ‘0’ exultantly at a press conference.
“I’m trying to process it, but we did it…” Tatum repeated, trying to assimilate the ring he just won. The star also remembered the pain he went through two years ago, when the Massachusetts team lost the Finals against the Warriors.
“Losing then makes me feel better now, losing at home and hearing the other team celebrating is devastating,” Tatum said. 31 points in this fifth and last meeting.
But no one has been through as much as Al Horford between criticism during these playoffs – he suffered a lot in defense especially in the series against the Cavaliers -, and all the time it has taken him to get here for his 38 years: no less than 17.
“It is something very special for me. I give the glory to God, because God has put me in this position, I am very clear about that and this is for my family, that support that has been with me and also for the Dominican people,” the interior highlighted.
Apart from the achievement itself, Al Horford becomes a hero in his country by becoming the first player of the Dominican Republic who is an NBA champion, culminating at the same time the family mission of putting the country on the basketball map: his father, Tito Horford, He was the first Dominican to play in the best league in the world with his time with the Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Bullets.
Al Horford is even more veteran than his coach, Joe Mazzulla, who has become the youngest coach to win a ring at 35 years old since Bill Russell in 1969.
“We can’t ignore the people who came before,” said the Boston coach. “They didn’t win but they are part of it,” Mazzulla added, perhaps also in a nod to Making Udokawho was suspended from his coaching duties in September 2022 after a consensual relationship with a franchise employee that violated its internal code.
It was then that Joe Mazzulla, an admirer of Pep Guardiolawas named interim coach to be promoted to full-fledged head coach in February 2023. During this time, the American coach has also had to deal with a lot of criticism.
“You have to understand criticism, if you don’t handle it well it is as dangerous as winning. But you need the criticism, the praise, it’s part of who we are as people and an organization,” Mazzulla said.
“The boys understood everything it takes to be a champion. It was a joy to see them grow as a team and work hard,” said Joe Mazzulla, who even after becoming champion did not deviate from his moderate speech despite how hard it is to lift the trophy. Larry O’Brien.
Derrick White, who will have to go to the dentist after breaking a tooth in the last game of the Finals, could not give a clearer example of what the spirit has to be to win the NBA:
“I will lose all my teeth for a championship.”
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