Sep 19, 2026 · 39 min · 16 segments
The Big 3 NBA Podcast crew reacts to the Celtics officially introducing Paul George and Mike Conley and breaks down what both veterans could bring to Boston this season. The guys debate how much the…
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The Celtics, they had a press conference this week introducing Paul George and Mike Conley officially as Boston Celtics.
Mitchell Robinson's not in attendance due to a family matter, but his brother reportedly got hit while jogging on Tuesday.
uplifted and hopefully his family's okay but we're going to start with Paul George what are your expectations for him this season and did the pressure change or tweak your outlook especially looking at the the introductory press conference
I was just happy that Paul showed up, was in good spirits, said a lot of the right things that you're supposed to say at these press conferences.
And it just kind of gave, you know, I think those of us who listen, you know, a sense that he's in a good space, that he's cool with this.
I don't know what to expect from Paul George because, again, at this point in the summer slash fall, everyone's feeling good.
But when the games count, when you got to get out there, you know, crack a sweat, when you got to defend, when you got to deal with back-to-backs in three games and four nights, You know, load management.
I'm going to take a wait-and-see attitude with him because, again, I just don't feel good.
I'm indifferent about what to expect from Paul George because you know that his body of work as an NBA player is finite.
But where is he physically at this point? when it comes to being a championship-caliber team.
Now, the Paul George that we saw against the Celtics in the playoff, that dude was nice.
That's the Paul George that we have come to expect for the bulk of his career.
But am I going to get that Paul George just in the playoffs? Am I going to get that for 10 games? Is it 20? Is it 40? I have no idea.
The thing that I'm not worried about, but I'm cautiously optimistic about if I'm the Celtics.
If you can get him close to that level, I think you're feeling good about what you're going to get out of him.
Because other guys are going to step up and fill some of that void left by Jalen Brown.
The Celtics, they had a press conference this week introducing Paul George and Mike Conley officially as Boston Celtics.
Mitchell Robinson's not in attendance due to a family matter, but his brother reportedly got hit while jogging on Tuesday.
uplifted and hopefully his family's okay but we're going to start with Paul George what are your expectations for him this season and did the pressure change or tweak your outlook especially looking at the the introductory press conference
I was just happy that Paul showed up, was in good spirits, said a lot of the right things that you're supposed to say at these press conferences.
And it just kind of gave, you know, I think those of us who listen, you know, a sense that he's in a good space, that he's cool with this.
I don't know what to expect from Paul George because, again, at this point in the summer slash fall, everyone's feeling good.
But when the games count, when you got to get out there, you know, crack a sweat, when you got to defend, when you got to deal with back-to-backs in three games and four nights, You know, load management.
I'm going to take a wait-and-see attitude with him because, again, I just don't feel good.
I'm indifferent about what to expect from Paul George because you know that his body of work as an NBA player is finite.
But where is he physically at this point? when it comes to being a championship-caliber team.
Now, the Paul George that we saw against the Celtics in the playoff, that dude was nice.
That's the Paul George that we have come to expect for the bulk of his career.
But am I going to get that Paul George just in the playoffs? Am I going to get that for 10 games? Is it 20? Is it 40? I have no idea.
The thing that I'm not worried about, but I'm cautiously optimistic about if I'm the Celtics.
If you can get him close to that level, I think you're feeling good about what you're going to get out of him.
Because other guys are going to step up and fill some of that void left by Jalen Brown.
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