Would 2024 C’s beat ’08 team in a series? Eddie House, Phil Perry debate

Would 2024 C’s beat ’08 team in a series? Eddie House, Phil Perry debate originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

If the 2023-24 Boston Celtics bring home Banner 18, they will join the 2007-08 championship squad as one of the most talented groups in franchise history. But which team would have the edge in a seven-game series?

That was the subject of great debate on Early Edition between our Phil Perry and a member of that ’08 Celtics team, Eddie House. Perry explained to House why he would pick the current C’s to take down the squad that brought Banner 17 to TD Garden 16 years ago.

“Let me preface this by saying, I love that ’08 team. One of my favorite teams locally of all time,” Perry began. “But I’m going with the 2024 Celtics in this matchup if they had to play a series. I like the Xs and Os favoring the current-day Celtics for a couple of reasons. Too much shooting and then on the defensive side, too many versatile defenders to throw at the (2008) Celtics’ best scorers.

“I also think this iteration of the Celtics has slightly more depth in terms of high-end All-Star-caliber talent than the ’08 team did. We obviously know about the big three. You can even throw Rajon Rondo in there, he became an All-Star later in his career. I think the Celtics right now have five guys who are All-Stars or borderline All-Star-caliber players. So that’s why I’m going with this year’s team versus ’08.”

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House hesitated to have the debate, stating that the 2024 Celtics have to finish the job before the discussion can be had. He did, however, run through the ’08 Celtics roster to remind Perry just how much of a problem they could be.

“Who’s dealing with KG (Kevin Garnett)? Nobody,” House said. “Who’s dealing with Paul (Pierce)? We’ve got the best closer. Nobody. Ray (Allen) is also a closer. Nobody. Rondo spearheading the ship. We’ve got Leon (Powe) coming in, we’ve got Perk (Kendrick Perkins), we’ve got James Posey who everybody forget about, we’ve got myself that could make some things happen. I mean,…

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Publish date : 2024-06-05 23:42:21

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