The Celtics’ championship parade was an all-out nod to their haters
NY Post
The Boston Celtics are living it up — and spiting doubters.
On Friday, the team took to the streets of Boston to rein in its record 18th title, which it won Monday night by defeating the Dallas Mavericks in five games.
Finals MVP Jaylen Brown received “MVP” chants while wearing a “State Your Source” shirt, an homage to his post on X in reference to a clip of ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith reporting doubts about Brown and his ego.
He was also seen partying with Chicago Sky guard Kysre Gondrezick on his duckboat.
The Celtics also sent out 18 victory cigars — a nod to their NBA-best number of titles — with inscribed messages from skeptics to be smoked up at the parade.
On the package it reads: “These are the same kinds of cigars Red [Auerbach] used to smoke. Each one of them comes with the words of all those who doubted a Celtic’s victory this year. We know how that ended. Congrats on banner number 18.”
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