[NBC Sports Boston] Sam Cassell: Celtics’ goal is to be NBA’s ‘hardest-playing team’
October 1, 2025
[NBC Sports Boston] Sam Cassell: Celtics’ goal is to be NBA’s ‘hardest-playing team’
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From Sam Cassell’s interview on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Zolak & Bertrand:”
“We’re having a hard training camp. I’ve been in this business for 34 years, my 34th training camp, and this is the hardest training camp right now. It’s only one day, but it’s a lot. But our players are embracing it.
“… Joe (Mazzulla) wants to push the envelope. He wants to force the issue. He wants to, not break them, but take them to a point where, ‘Man, this is hard,’ you know what I’m saying? And that’s how we’re going to have to play this year.”
That’s what every team who lacks talent says before the season starts 😭😭
I do think we will get consistent effort night to night since lots of the bench guys will be trying to prove themselves and earn a permanent spot in the rotation
Good, back to the roots of Celtic culture. We became to lazy relying on our talent.
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From Sam Cassell’s interview on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Zolak & Bertrand:”
“We’re having a hard training camp. I’ve been in this business for 34 years, my 34th training camp, and this is the hardest training camp right now. It’s only one day, but it’s a lot. But our players are embracing it.
“… Joe (Mazzulla) wants to push the envelope. He wants to force the issue. He wants to, not break them, but take them to a point where, ‘Man, this is hard,’ you know what I’m saying? And that’s how we’re going to have to play this year.”
[Read more here](https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/nba/boston-celtics/sam-cassell-joe-mazzulla-training-camp/735534/).
That’s what every team who lacks talent says before the season starts 😭😭
I do think we will get consistent effort night to night since lots of the bench guys will be trying to prove themselves and earn a permanent spot in the rotation
Good, back to the roots of Celtic culture. We became to lazy relying on our talent.