Celtics celebrations power rankings – CelticsBlog

Over the previous season and 1 / 4, the Boston Celtics have gained 101 of 128 doable video games. Their point-differential was traditionally good en path to Banner 18 and so they’ve set an analogous tempo for themselves to start their climb to #19.

Any time a crew wins as a lot because the Cs do, there will likely be loads of room for celebration.

Followers have watched Jayson Tatum blow kisses, Derrick White search his pockets for threes, Jaylen Brown buckle up, and lots extra as Boston has risen to the highest of the NBA. However who does it greatest? Which participant’s celebrations are must-see tv (or streaming, it’s 2024 in any case)?

Let’s break it down.

Honorable Point out: Al Horford – The Timeout

Alright, so, if this celebration wasn’t useless, it could most likely be my primary choose, rating, no matter we wish to name it.

Al Horford’s timeout celebration was one of the artistic but easy methods I’ve seen a participant trash discuss one other crew — although Horford wouldn’t say it’s trash discuss.

“It brings me lots of pleasure, it brings me happiness,” he informed NBC Sports activities Boston’s Abby Chin final spring. “It’s simply one thing pure. I don’t actually know when this got here on. After I’m on the market within the recreation, I’m clearly so targeted, I’m locked in on the issues that I must do. However I clearly benefit from the course of. I’m not probably the most demonstrative individual at occasions, however typically I do stuff and the blokes type of catch on and like so I hold it going… After I’m doing all of that I’m actually having enjoyable with my guys. It’s not even actually concerning the different crew.”

Celtics followers would see the massive man bust this one out after the crew had poured on an avalanche kind of run, forcing opposing coaches to name for a stoppage.

It went arduous… till it didn’t.

Sadly, the celebration’s life got here to an finish throughout the 2023 Japanese Convention Finals. Horford had carried out the timeout movement within the first half of Boston’s Recreation 1 loss to the Miami Warmth. It definitely doesn’t assist that they misplaced the sport, however the actual nail within the coffin was Jimmy Butler’s use of it two video games later when the Warmth had constructed a 29-point lead en path to a 3-0 sequence lead.

There could also be no larger “salt within the wound” second than Butler’s use of the timeout making it into the NBA 2K24 online game trailer just a few months later.

Irrespective of how nice the celebration was at its peak, it’s fairly powerful to maintain utilizing it after it blows up in your face that unhealthy.

5. Payton Pritchard – “That’s What I Do!”

Payton Pritchard’s “That’s what I do” celebration is the primary one we’ll formally rank. Quick PP’s celly is straightforward, nevertheless it hits each time, largely as a result of he simply did one thing fairly insane.

We noticed this one for the primary time again within the 2022 NBA Playoffs, as the previous Oregon star drilled a 3 within the fourth quarter of a blowout Recreation 7 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.

He ran down the courtroom, pointed at his chest, and let everybody know that sinking threes is what he does.

What’s lots of enjoyable about this celly, is that Pritchard has gotten increasingly more alternatives within the time since. So as an alternative of constructing a shot when a recreation is all however over, now he’s grow to be the designated buzzer beater man for Boston.

And man… is it ever what he does.

I feel my favourite factor about this one, is that it ever so barely jogs my memory of Kevin Garnett simply going ballistic in avenue garments, after Ray Allen hit a recreation winner within the 2009 NBA Playoffs.

Principally the identical vibe, proper???

4. Derrick White – What’s in Your Pockets?

Derrick White’s “what’s in your pockets?” transfer is the celebration equal of being the most recent hit music on the prime of the charts. It’s taken the Celtics neighborhood by storm and followers can’t appear to get sufficient.

Anytime White has sank a giant three this 12 months, he’s checked his pockets to point out everybody he’s bought an limitless quantity of threes in them.

White’s rationalization of the unconvential celly is fairly easy.

“After I hit a 3, you simply really feel it. You hit a pocket three and also you look in your pocket.”

It’s one of many extra random issues I feel I’ve seen a participant do to have fun, however everybody appears to take pleasure in it.

It’s too unhealthy the NBA’s recreation shorts don’t even have pockets. It’d be fairly sick to see White actually pull out his pockets after a giant make.

3. Jaylen Brown – Buckle Up

Now, it’s not solely his, however Jaylen Brown’s “buckle up” celebration is lots of enjoyable. Historically, the seat belt movement is used to indicate that you simply’ve bought the offensive participant strapped in, after taking part in a possession of nice protection.

We’ve seen Brown use it for that objective, nevertheless it doesn’t cease there.

As he informed The Athletic’s Jared Weiss, he’ll put the seatbelt on anybody, together with him and even Weiss.

“I’m placing it on folks. I’m placing it on myself. I’m placing it on you if I bought to. All people.”

Certain, it won’t be totally authentic, however the seat buckle celly is probably the most versatile on this listing, so JB deserves so credit score for that.

2. Jayson Tatum (h/m Jaylen Brown) – Kiss of Dying

For a man who’s been criticized for being “corny” or “having no aura,” Jayson Tatum has one of the baller signature celebrations within the league. His “kiss of demise” is well-established at this level. Celtics followers have watched the star basically “name recreation” after drilling dagger photographs for the previous few seasons now.

Listed below are just a few examples:

Tatum’s kiss goodnight turned fashionable just a few seasons in the past. As soon as it took off, Jaylen Brown joked that it was really he who had been behind the movement.

“Jayson stole the kiss from me,” mentioned Brown again in 2022. “He watches me work out … after which pregame after I’m preparing for the sport, he watches my exercise and what I’ve bought happening.”

Even so, we’ve seen Brown, in addition to loads of different Celtics blow kisses through the years.

Even Grant Williams bought in on the enjoyable throughout his time as a Celtic… besides he wasn’t fairly as cool with it as JT.

1. No matter Luke Kornet Decides to Pull Out of His Bag That Evening

There is just one king of the celebration and his title is Luke Kornet. Like, once you consider Kornet, the very first thing you consider might very effectively be one of many ridiculous issues he’s carried out after scoring a bucket.

Within the phrases of Derrick White, “Simply let him do what he do… He’s the perfect.”

There’s at all times one thing to look at for from the massive man. We’ve seen him stir the pot, mime a unicorn horn on his head, make a dove together with his fingers, and lots extra throughout his time with the Celtics.

“You gotta love the Luke Kornet celebrations,” mentioned Jaylen Brown, who clearly respects his recreation. “The place would we be with out these? We like to have persona on our crew and have enjoyable, and Luke is the spirit of that.”

Kornet’s “bag” appears to be limitless when it’s time to have fun. Simply have a look.

There’s the remainder, and that’s nice, then there’s Kornet’s “Magnum Opus,” the “spazz dab.”

For the week after this occurred, it felt like that’s all anybody might discuss. Sports activities are about having enjoyable (and in addition profitable) and there’s no query that Kornet is all about that.

Even on the 2024 Championship Parade, the person didn’t miss.

What do you assume?

Which Celtics celebration is your favourite? (Sure, I do know you want watching them increase a trophy, previous heads).