Mike James: “Boston Celtics would win Panathinaikos by 30 points”

He was hosted on Shane Larkin’s podcast and argued that if he played against the Boston Celtics he would lose by 30 points difference. At the same time American also spoke of Dimitris Itoudis. Mike James was found a guest at Shane Larkin’s “Off The Recourt” Podcast and Elijah Bryant, where he spoke about several issues of basketball and his career. One of the most interesting points of the debate concerned the possible duel between the EuroLeague and NBA champions, namely Panathinaikos and the Boston Celtics. James, although he did not clearly mention who would prevail, referred to the quality and differences between the two events, offering an interesting debate on players’ abilities and teams in this hypothetical scenario. Mike James’ words “The Celtics would beat them by 30. That would be bad. It’s just a bad match. What Panathinaikos does is he has top guard. The Celtics have the best defense guard in the world. Drew Holliday is amazing. After we’ve solved this, we’re going to position three. Who’s gonna mark Tatum and Brown? Grigonis? Lesor or Mitoglou will mark Porzingis? Nan’s gonna mark Tatum? He’s athletic, but he’s short for this branding. He’d stop him sometimes, but… And if Nan is there, then who’s gonna mark Drew and Derrick White? Because that counts. I think the Celtic size in Europe would be crazy. Their nearest player is Drew, who is 1.93m. And the attack would be crazy. If the Celtics were playing change, then Mitoglou should post Drew? Good luck. Holliday is the strongest man I know. Panathinaikos can take some victories against someone else. The good EuroLeague teams could get 20-22 wins in the NBA, under NBA rules. They would only win because they would play harder. If you play loudly in the NBA you can get 15-20 wins, only because you play loud.” About his relationship with Itoudis: “After the end of my partnership with Armani Milan, Kyle Hines called me and asked me how it would look to me to compete in CSKA Moscow. I thought it would like that on Itudes. I won’t even talk to him now. I’m not even gonna look him in the face right now. I come from old school. If you have something to tell me, say it to my face.”