“Proud daddy of the Boston Celtics”: Steph Curry roasts Celtics, Grant Williams at ESPYs

BOSTON — The Golden State Warriors are NBA champs and might just about say no matter they need. Steph Curry took full benefit of that luxurious Wednesday night time when he hosted the ESPYs, utilizing the chance to roast the Boston Celtics.

The Celtics had been in Curry’s crosshairs even earlier than the annual awards present started, with the Warriors celebrity and four-time NBA champ poking enjoyable on the Boston franchise in a promo for the present.

Within the clip, Curry launched himself because the “Proud husband of Ayesha Curry, the proud son of Dell Curry, and the proud daddy of the Boston Celtics.”

Curry’s smirk on that final line actually twisted the knife for Boston followers.

If solely he had been carried out. Curry continued to deliver up the Celtics in his opening monologue, taking part in to the Los Angeles crowd.

“You are by no means positive coming down right here how an L.A. crowd goes to really feel about you, however then I remembered we simply beat the Celtics,” mentioned Curry, which was met by applause. “There’s nothing L.A. loves greater than beating the Celtics, so we’re all on this collectively.”

A short while later, Curry noticed Grant Williams within the crowd and locked his insult missiles on the Celtics reserve huge man. Williams has been fairly outspoken because the Celtics fell to the Warriors in six video games, and through an look on “The Lengthy Shot” podcast with Duncan Robinson on Wednesday, he confidently proclaimed that the Celtics had been the higher workforce within the Finals.

That remark clearly caught the eye of Curry, and he used his ESPYs platform to roast Williams. 

“Grant Williams, I see you within the constructing. It is nice to see you once more, my man. I do know you want this colour, I am going to allow you to borrow it after I am carried out,” mentioned Curry, who was sporting a pleasant mint inexperienced go well with. 

“I would even allow you to put on a hoop,” Curry added. We’ll see.”

Ouch. Sadly, the Celtics have to sit down again and take this trash speak. 

However it’s a must to consider that all the pieces being mentioned in regards to the workforce this summer time is making its option to a bulletin board contained in the Boston locker room.