"The Celtics' current ownership spending spree will lead to the franchise's downfall" — Max

Take Slip·Jul 3, 2024

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The Celtics' current ownership spending spree will lead to the franchise's downfall

This is actually the downfall of the Celtics though, because they're just pay—this owner is just paying everyone a billion dollars and then he is like someone else deal with it... Things are going downhill. It'll look fine [now], but things are going downhill.

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The speaker predicted the downfall of the Celtics and that 'things are going downhill' due to ownership spending. However, the Celtics won the 2024 NBA Championship shortly before the take was made, and in the subsequent two seasons (2024-2025 and 2025-2026), they maintained strong regular season records, won their division titles, and made playoff appearances. This performance contradicts the prediction of a franchise 'downfall' or 'things going downhill' within the timeframe since the take was made.

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Big Cat

Paul George to the Sixers is destined to end in tragic heartbreak

Paul George is the big ticket in the NBA free agency and this is going to be so, so good when they flame out of the playoffs. I just don't see how this is gonna end in anything but tragic heartbreak for Max.

Prediction Basketball Medium

The 76ers finished 24-58 and missed the playoffs entirely. Embiid played only 19 games before knee surgery. The Paul George/Embiid/Maxey experiment was a disaster, confirming the 'tragic heartbreak' prediction.

Win

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Max

The Sixers must make the NBA Finals or beat the Celtics within the next two years for the Paul George signing to be a success

It's a two year window to at least make we have to at least make a finals. Make a finals play for. NBA finals beat the Celtics NBA finals. We have to beat the Celtics one of these next two years.

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Max stated that the Philadelphia 76ers needed to either make the NBA Finals or beat the Boston Celtics within the next two years (2024-2025 or 2025-2026 seasons). While the 76ers did not make the NBA Finals in either season, they did defeat the Boston Celtics in seven games in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs, fulfilling the condition of beating the Celtics within the specified timeframe.

Void

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PFT Commenter

James Harden was the primary problem during his tenure with the 76ers

[James Harden] is probably the problem, James. I've seen enough close up with my own two eyes to know that maybe I should not trust what you're saying about [the Sixers front office].