CNN's John Berman talks this year's team and HBO's "Celtics City"

Will and Greg welcome in CNN's John Berman, host of CNN News Central. John is a Boston native and lifelong Celtics fan who has never stopped rooting for his hometown team.

(00:15) Green With Envy x HBO "Celtics City" watch party

(3:00) John Berman joins the show

9:00) John's memories of Larry Bird's rookie year

(14:00) Celtics Mount Rushmore

(18:00) Memories of Reggie Lewis, Len Bias 

(21:00) The current team and the current state of the NBA

(25:00) Payton Pritchard's rank as an all-time bench player

(28:00) Sports media vs political media

(31:00) Celtics as future politicians

(34:30) The importance of Jrue and Porzingis

(37:00) John's interest in working in sports media

(40:00) John goes through the Green With Envy "Fastbreak"

Full John Berman Bio:

John Berman is an Emmy-award winning CNN anchor/correspondent and currently co-anchors CNN News Central weekdays from 7am-10am ET. He previously served as co-anchor of New Day and a number of other CNN broadcasts. Since joining CNN in 2012, Berman has been at the forefront of the most pressing news events, including elections, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine (for which CNN’s coverage was acknowledged with a DuPont-Columbia Award.)

Before CNN, he worked at ABC News for nearly 17 years, and appeared on television there since 2001. He was a regular contributor to all of ABC’s broadcasts, including World News with Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America, Nightline, and 20/20. In 1999 and 2000, Berman worked as an off-air reporter for ABC News covering George W. Bush’s presidential campaign. He logged more hours with then-candidate Bush than nearly any other reporter, following Bush to 45 states.

In his career, he has interviewed everyone from Barack Obama to Mike Pence to Mitt Romney to MC Hammer. He was embedded with the Marines for the U.S. Invasion of Iraq in 2003, and has covered countless hurricanes and natural disasters. From 1997 to 1999, Berman was the head writer for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.

He has also been part of teams winning the Edward R. Murrow Award for best broadcast, and was awarded a James Beard Award in 2010.

Berman started at ABC News as a desk assistant working the overnight shift in 1995. A native of Carlisle, Mass., he graduated from Harvard University, where he was president of Hasty Pudding Theatricals. He likes the Red Sox. Have a problem with that?