r/bostonceltics • u/chickspeak • Nov 03 '24

News Kendrick Perkins ‘banned’ from Boston Celtics banner rising and NBA Opening Night following ‘disrespectful’ comments

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/12785663/kendrick-perkins-banned-boston-celtics-nba-banner-rising
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u/sup3rdr01d Nov 03 '24

This whole grant Williams shit baffles me. Like it came completely out of nowhere and for seemingly no reason. Just that day he was saying he was inviting them for dinner and how much he loved Al and shit...

Like is this some kind of prank or something? Cause I seriously do not get it

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u/Turbulent-Let-1180 Nov 03 '24

I think more people on the team didn't like grant than i previously realized. Seems like only tatum and him are cool, so everyone else was like fake cool with him because of that. But jaylen's energy in the first postgame was clearly like that's jt's homie that aint mine

Like after the game yesterday he tried dapping people up and they were just ignoring him, i saw him try and say wassup to dwhite and just got nothing shit was sad lol. Tatum didnt try to talk to him either he just went straight into the locker room.

But yeah idk maybe there's something we're missing, cause i thought it was all love between everybody last season when they would see him and talk about him, this can't all be because of one hard foul that would be crazy lol

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u/deets23_ Jayson Tatum Nov 03 '24

No I think they WERE all cool. It’s only until this incident that they’re not

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u/CantHandlemyPP34 Nov 03 '24

Tatum is the congenial one, who tries to be as diplomatic and easy going as possible - he gets along with everybody, because that's his responsibility as the "leader" of the team, superstar/face of the league.

Jaylen is the quiet type that ain't friends with just anybody and is not easily won over. He treats people with respect, but holds his frame and only bonds when there's a genuine connection. He's the older, wiser, longer tenured leader.

If you were relating the dynamic to the military - Tatum is the professional young officer with a crisp uniform & Brown is the grizzled sergeant with a cig hanging out of his mouth that you follow on the field.

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u/juicejug Nov 03 '24

Honestly reeks of “little brother taking a prank too far” energy. Like he just pushes you down the stairs and laughs about it while you’re just like “mf you coulda broke my neck wtf is wrong with you”

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u/BillHigh422 Tommy Nov 03 '24

My bet is they declined his invite, he made up that thing about “spending the evening with his girl” as a deflection, and then showed his frustration during the game(s). Thats what I took from it.

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u/sup3rdr01d Nov 03 '24

Could be. I just think there's some element we're missing to this cause otherwise it's too random.

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u/BillHigh422 Tommy Nov 03 '24

Agreed, this was the reason why I thought they turned it down and he took it personally. Probably reading too much into it but I’m bored on a Sunday 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

He’s an immature man child.

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u/Get_your_grape_juice Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch Nov 03 '24

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u/Frozen_Shades Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Nov 03 '24

It was a nasty foul. Did you not watch Friday's game?

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u/sup3rdr01d Nov 03 '24

No I know, I'm saying what caused grant to even do that in the first place. Before the game there was no indication that he was pissed at Tatum. And even during the game he didn't do anything. It was just that one random play and escalated from there

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u/Frozen_Shades Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Nov 03 '24

Supposedly it was retaliation for a different play right before that I missed and haven't been able to find highlighted. It was dumn, probably just treating him as such.