{"id":561704,"date":"2023-10-27T09:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/?p=561704"},"modified":"2023-10-27T09:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:46:21","slug":"mike-gormans-final-season-is-motivation-for-title-craving-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\/mike-gormans-final-season-is-motivation-for-title-craving-celtics\/561704\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Gorman's final season is motivation for title-craving Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BOSTON &#8212; The 2023-24 Boston Celtics don\u2019t require any additional motivation in the pursuit of elusive Banner 18. But if they needed just one more little bit of inspiration there is this: These Celtics really need to send broadcast legend Mike Gorman into retirement with a parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gorman\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\/nbc-sports-boston-announces-comprehensive-coverage-celtics-2023-24-nba-season\/560975\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\/nbc-sports-boston-announces-comprehensive-coverage-celtics-2023-24-nba-season\/560975\/\" target=\"_blank\">43rd season of calling games at TD Garden<\/a> launches Friday night when the Miami Heat &#8212; the team that derailed Boston\u2019s title quest last season in the Eastern Conference Finals &#8212; visit in Boston\u2019s home-opener. Gorman will broadcast all the home games for NBC Sports Boston during his final season on the mic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty special. I&#8217;ll be sad when he&#8217;s not calling our games any more,\u201d said Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens. &#8220;I know that he&#8217;ll be excited to try new adventures and live life, but we need to make a run. And so I&#8217;m hoping that this is a special year for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stevens may be a transplant from Indiana, but like anyone else who ends up in this organization, he quickly learned the legend of Gorman and his longtime broadcast partner Tommy Heinsohn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nbcsportsboston.app.link\/new-nbc-sports-boston-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/media.nbcsportsboston.com\/2023\/10\/celtics-app-promo_v2.gif?w=800&#038;resize=800%2C100&#038;quality=85&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8979240\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo matter how good the team is, no matter how much opportunity you have to compete in the playoffs, you knew you could turn the TV on and hear his voice, and Tommy alongside him, for all those years,\u201d said Stevens. \u201cTo me, that&#8217;s pretty special. It&#8217;s not just special to those of us that are around him, that know him, that know the kind of person he is, but (also) to every kid that turns on a Celtics game that 30 years later is still listening to the same person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many his age, head coach Joe Mazzulla doesn\u2019t know a Celtics television play-by-play voice other than Gorman. The 35-year-old Mazzulla, a Rhode Island native, grew up listening to Mike and Tommy as the voices of Celtics basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Just a distinct voice. I love that guy,\u201d said Mazzulla. &#8220;He always has a wisdom, especially last year, just getting to know him by sharing stories about the books we were reading and the things that we were learning. Just a great guy, a graceful presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking for the Celtics is probably the best thing there is, but nothing is permanent, right? 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class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/tag\/celtics-pregame-live\/\">Celtics Pregame Live<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post__date post__date--has-category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-10-25T22:45:12+00:00\">Oct 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-lpos=\"inline-recirc-module\" data-lid=\"Mike Gorman on final season: \u201cI want one more parade\u201d\" class=\"post__title--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\/celtics-videos\/mike-gorman-on-final-season-i-want-one-more-parade\/561350\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Gorman on final season: \u201cI want one more parade\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Celtics players don\u2019t get the Gorman experience in real time. But he is ultimately the narrator for so many of their career highlights, his call further elevating those moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And some of the longtime players feel a responsibility to send him out the best way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s have a great year. I think just wishing him well as he goes into his next phase. Let\u2019s let this year be a great one,\u201d said Jaylen Brown, the longest-tenured Celtics player. \u201cThen he gets to go have some fun and spend time with his family \u2026 But his career, he definitely contributed to the Celtics and the culture. It predates me or anybody else, so I give him my respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Brown and Co. just needs to give him that parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As legendary broadcaster Mike Gorman enters his final season, the Celtics seem determined to send him out on a high note, writes Chris 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-- The 2023-24 Boston Celtics don\u2019t require any additional motivation in the pursuit of elusive Banner 18. But if they needed just one more little bit of inspiration there is this: These Celtics really need to send broadcast legend Mike Gorman into retirement with a parade.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<p>Gorman\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\/nbc-sports-boston-announces-comprehensive-coverage-celtics-2023-24-nba-season\/560975\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\/nbc-sports-boston-announces-comprehensive-coverage-celtics-2023-24-nba-season\/560975\/\" target=\"_blank\">43rd season of calling games at TD Garden<\/a> launches Friday night when the Miami Heat -- the team that derailed Boston\u2019s title quest last season in the Eastern Conference Finals -- visit in Boston\u2019s home-opener. Gorman will broadcast all the home games for NBC Sports Boston during his final season on the mic.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<p>\"It's pretty special. I'll be sad when he's not calling our games any more,\u201d said Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens. \"I know that he'll be excited to try new adventures and live life, but we need to make a run. And so I'm hoping that this is a special year for him.\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<p>Stevens may be a transplant from Indiana, but like anyone else who ends up in this organization, he quickly learned the legend of Gorman and his longtime broadcast partner Tommy Heinsohn.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/image","attrs":{"id":8979240,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"custom"},"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nbcsportsboston.app.link\/new-nbc-sports-boston-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/media.nbcsportsboston.com\/2023\/10\/celtics-app-promo_v2.gif?w=800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8979240\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<p>\u201cNo matter how good the team is, no matter how much opportunity you have to compete in the playoffs, you knew you could turn the TV on and hear his voice, and Tommy alongside him, for all those years,\u201d said Stevens. \u201cTo me, that's pretty special. It's not just special to those of us that are around him, that know him, that know the kind of person he is, but (also) to every kid that turns on a Celtics game that 30 years later is still listening to the same person.\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<p>Like many his age, head coach Joe Mazzulla doesn\u2019t know a Celtics television play-by-play voice other than Gorman. The 35-year-old Mazzulla, a Rhode Island native, grew up listening to Mike and Tommy as the voices of Celtics basketball.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<p>\"Just a distinct voice. I love that guy,\u201d said Mazzulla. \"He always has a wisdom, especially last year, just getting to know him by sharing stories about the books we were reading and the things that we were learning. Just a great guy, a graceful presence.<\/p>\n"},{"blockName":"core\/paragraph","attrs":[],"namespace":"core","rendered":"\n<p>\u201cWorking for the Celtics is probably the best thing there is, but nothing is permanent, right? And so you see a guy like him leave the Celtics in a better place \u2026 you're grateful for kind of how he moved the organization and the brand forward. And you try to do the same. So it's inspiring. 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