Fresh off a shooting competition down on the Boston Celtics’ practice court, these three 2008 champions reunite for a lengthy conversation that touches on a long list of subjects but centers around their greatest collective talent: talking trash.

 

Seriously, you’ve got to listen to these guys chop it up about the way they not only used to talk trash to opponents, but also to THEIR OWN TEAMMATES! Paul Pierce recalls a story of the NBA putting in a private call to Doc Rivers to request that the team dial back its trash talk on the floor. Spoiler alert: Doc didn’t exactly give in to the request.

 

The interesting tie between the three champs is that not only did they win a title together, but now, 15 years later, they’re all back and involved with the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce is serving in a team ambassador role, Sam Cassell is an assistant coach and Eddie House is an analyst for NBC Sports Boston. They discuss that and how their relationships are growing with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

 

Naturally, there’s also plenty of talk about the 2008 team. They discuss the unbreakable bond between all of the players who won that title, as well as the process of working Cassell and PJ Brown into the lineup after their late acquisitions during the season. House and Cassell talk about the fact that House wound up losing playing time because Cassell joined the team.

 

0:45 – The guys relive the shooting competition they just had on the court, while throwing some shade at Cassell

 

2:29 – All three being officially involved with the team 15 years after winning the title

 

8:52 – Joe Mazzulla inviting Celtics alumni back, and Cassell and Pierce on their time with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown in LA last summer

 

11:30 – The level of trash talk from the 2008 championship team

 

16:30 – Cassell tells the story of stealing the game ball after winning the title in 2008

 

19:54 – Cassell joining the team, and a return to more trash talk, including the Doc Rivers story

 

26:30 – Remembering the journey to the 2008 title

 

31:35 – More discussion on how they’re building relationships with Tatum and Brown

 

35:00 – The pursuit of an 18th championship

 

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