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The dumbest Celtics merch for sale at the NBA Finals
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Causeway Street was wild Thursday night before the Celtics' complete dismantling of the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
- There were street parties, dancers, marching bands and plenty of weird T-shirts and other merchandise for sale from official — and not-so-official — vendors.
Here are the best, worst and dumbest things for sale outside the arena during the finals:

Kyrie/Dončić sucks shirts
- Two Mavericks players were singled out on T-shirts before the game: Luka Dončić and former Celtic Kyrie Irving.
- The question is, who sucks more?
"Definitely Kyrie," one street vendor told me when asked which shirt was selling best.
- There were also shirts giving Irving the Roger Goodell red clown nose treatment.
Tatum plush buddy
- Take Jayson Tatum home for your kids in convenient plush form.
- It's also a great addition to any man cave that will make it clear that you are, in fact, a toddler in an adult body.

Flamin' Hot BBQ Jayson Tatums
- Ruffles claims the recipe behind these finger-staining hot chips was designed by Tatum himself.
- They are not good.
Big Celtics logo bling
- Nothing shows off team pride like an obnoxiously large logo and fake gold (or green) chain from the Flavor Flav collection.

Green balloon octopi
- The colors are right, and I know balloon animals are an arena-sidewalk tradition, but the noble octopus has no connection to the Celts that I know of.

Tatum/Brown '24 campaign shirt
- Massachusetts does love itself some politics, but pairing Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown together as a historic presidential ticket might be a bad idea. Their economic plan is unclear and they probably can't get on the ballot this late.
"Certified beer-powered f--k machine" T-shirt
- I don't know if this is a reference to something. I was too afraid to Google it on a company computer.

Optimus Prime fighting Megatron outside the TD Garden
- This is a masterpiece. No notes.
