Jets star Garrett Wilson says NBA Finals "doesn't count this year" as Celtics take home record-setting 18th title
Garrett Wilson is still waiting for his first playoff appearance. As such, the wide receiver hasn't even started the long windy playoff road to his first championship. However, the wide receiver claimed the NBA Finals doesn't count in 2024 in a post on Twitter/X shortly after the Game 5 conclusion.
"NBA Finals doesn’t count this year," he wrote.
Those who watched the series could interpret his comments to mean that the fifth-seed Dallas Mavericks were out of their depth and served up as easy pickings for the veteran Celtics squad. Boston won a record-setting 18th title on Monday.
Another piece of information that could be gleaned from that is he is either specifically anti-Celtics or simply a fan of another team. With the Celtics' decorated history of domination on a level perhaps only matched by the New England Patriots in the NFL, one could argue that Wilson has lumped the two franchises together.
As a member of the Jets, one of his biggest rivals is the Patriots which are based near Boston. As such, Wilson appears to be taking a stance against all Boston franchises.
Garrett Wilson on a quest to deliver New York's first major championship in over a decade
Of course, while Boston won it all, the New York Knicks fell short in the playoffs. This season, Garrett Wilson could avenge New York in the NFL. He has seemingly one of the best ways to do it with Aaron Rodgers on the squad as well.
However, the wide receiver has yet to catch a positive pass from the quarterback. Rodgers missed the 2023 season due to injury. If Wilson's quarterback can be ready for the 2024 season and live up to the hype, a playoff berth could be in his future.
That said, a playoff berth is quite different from a Super Bowl berth. To get the latter, he will need to find a way to get through Patrick Mahomes in all likelihood. Mahomes won the Super Bowl in each of the past two seasons, so one can expect him to be waiting like Darth Vader in the carbon-freezing chamber in "The Empire Strikes Back."
Wilson will need a 1000-yard season at a bare minimum to get the team in position to potentially earn home-field advantage for the contest. Luckily for him, the wide receiver has managed to earn that much yards in each of his two seasons thus far in his career.
Will Garrett Wilson spawn a similar dissenting post on Twitter/X after the Super Bowl?