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Richard JeffersonChampionship teams don't need to be friends, they just need to respect each other
There is no championship team that are just holding hands and skipping their way to the finals. There's going to be moments where you don't want to talk to each other... you have to respect each other. You don't have to get along. I think that's been proven time in and time out.
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Big CatThe Pittsburgh Steelers are straight up frauds
The Pittsburgh Steelers are frauds straight up frauds. 11 and 0 to 11 and 3 losing as 14 point favorites to the Bengals. They are broken, they are hurt. They are damaged. And I don't know, like, has there ever been a team that's gone 11-0 and finished 11 and 5 and still going to the playoffs?
Big CatEli Manning had the best retirement strategy by leaving early rather than hanging on like Big Ben
Who actually is coming out the biggest winner, Phillip Rivers, Eli Manning. Eli Manning retired first. He was the first to leave the party. Now he was obviously, when he got bad at the end, it was bad, but our lasting memories are now going to be a bad, bad Big Ben... Eli's just sitting, eating, whatever, like sloppy Joes... and he's going to end up being like, Oh, remember Eli. He was awesome. He never got bad. He's like, it is a great lesson. Like leave the party, be the first to leave.
Big CatThe Steelers are going to limp into the playoffs and sputter out in the first or second round.
This Steelers team, it feels like they're going to limp in and probably sputter out in the first or second round.
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View profileRichard JeffersonGrant Williams is the key X-factor for the Celtics if the Warriors go small
I would say the two people... I mentioned Grant Williams, I think Grant Williams... he's going to be key because the Warriors just force everyone to play small... If he plays well, like he did in the Milwaukee series where he hit eight threes, 93, whatever it was, then, you know, Boston's going to be a problem.
Richard JeffersonBrad Stevens moved to the front office because he knew the Celtics needed a different voice to reach the next level
I want somebody that I believe can take these guys to the next level. ... It doesn't mean that Brad couldn't win a championship as an NBA head coach. ... It just means that this, he just wanted to be in a, in a different space. So he, but he's still there in a day to day.
Richard JeffersonMilwaukee would have won the East and reached the Finals if Khris Middleton was healthy
I think that Milwaukee was the best team this year. If they would have had Middleton, they'd be in final right now.