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The offseason addition of the All-Star, All-Defensive, and one-time champion, Jrue Holiday, has left a slight shadow over the All-Defensive, Derrick White, but his preseason performances have given him an argument as to why he should be a Boston Celtics starter next season. Why does White merit a starting spot for the Boston Celtics? There …
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First, he got the bag. Then, he went deep in it. Just hours after Payton Pritchard signed a new four-year extension with the Boston Celtics, he sets TD Garden ablaze in the preseason opener against the Philadelphia 76ers. The weather may be beginning to get colder in New England by the day, but the former …
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Boston Celtics (-8.5) vs. New York Knicks – Madison Square Garden – 7:30 pm (ET) An excelling showing from the Boston Celtics in our first preseason game against the Philadelphia 76ers was enough to secure the victory in our opening preseason matchup. The game was stacked with notable moments like consistent scoring and highlight dunks …
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The Boston Celtics have plenty of roster questions to have answered during the NBA preseason having completely re-tooled their roster in a whirlwind of offseason player movement — one that started a week before free agency with the Marcus Smart for Kristaps Porzingis (plus picks) trade and concluding just ahead of training camp with the …
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While painful for everyone involved, trading Robert Williams III “had” to be done by the Boston Celtics according to CelticsBlog’s Bobby Manning — who made the case that the team’s floor is higher but their ceiling is lower now that the Time Lord (plus Malcolm Brogdon and draft picks) has been turned into Jrue Holiday. …
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A veteran Boston Celtics trade piece the front office can offer the Portland Trail Blazers in a Jrue holiday trade, Al Horford, could offer the Rose City’s NBA franchise an ideal long-term benefit in the modern cap climate: cap relief. Blazers Edge’s Jeremy Brener explained how acquiring Horford could be a major positive if there …
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Boston Celtics point guard and Oregon native Payton Pritchard is “definitely” on the radar of the Portland Trail Blazers following their acquisition of Jrue Holiday in the three-team Damian Lillard trade and given the guard’s preferred teams list inclusion of the Cs according to Yahoo Sports’s Jake Fischer — who said as much on the …
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With a little over a month until the Boston Celtics tip-off at Madison Square Garden, Brad Stevens confirmed the final player that will make up the 15-man roster ahead of training camp. After spending three seasons in Cleveland with the upstart Cavaliers since coming out of Penn State, Lamar Stevens moves to Boston with an …
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Ooo, look. The Boston Celtics are showing interest in a free-agent shooter. Again. This time it’s former Cleveland Cavaliers Lamar Stevens, a six-foot-six swingman known more for his defense than his shot (28.1 career 3-point percentage). If the Celtics do sign Stevens to a contract, he would be the 50th wing player on the roster. …
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It’s “pivotal” the Boston Celtics resolve their bad blood with nearly-traded veteran floor general, and the league’s reigning Sixth Man of the Year, Malcolm Brogdon, before the start of the season according to NESN’s Gio Rivera; who believes it must be done following Brogdon’s pulled involvement in a Kristaps Porzingis trade. “It’s unknown how much …
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There are officially no more two-way spots for the Boston Celtics to fill this summer. On Saturday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that Boston had reached an agreement to sign former Sacramento Kings fan-favorite center Neemias Queta for their third-and-final slot. “Free agent 7-footer Neemias Queta is finalizing a two-way NBA contract with the Boston Celtics, sources …
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As the 2023-24 season approaches, Celtics fans are eagerly anticipating the preseason as a way to fuel their excitement and get their Boston basketball fix. Let’s take a look at the Boston Celtics’ upcoming five preseason games and offer predictions as to how I think things might unfold. The preseason schedule is as follows: Boston …
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A proposed trade from NBA Analysis Network would send a former trade deadline splash from Danny Ainge’s final season running the Boston Celtics, Evan Fournier, and German big man Isaiah Hartenstein to the Cs for reigning Sixth Man of the Year Malcolm Brogdon. NBA Analysis Network’s James Piercey believes Boston could use the cap relief …
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The Boston Celtics “would surely take” 20 point-per-game scoring wing Kelly Oubre Jr. on a minimum contract to close out the free agency period according to MassLive’s Brian Robb — but the former Kansas star is likely looking for a bigger role with an accompanying higher salary elsewhere. “The Celtics would surely take him for …
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There’ve been many a Damian Lillard trade proposals involving the Boston Celtics, but the latest from NBA Analysis Network would keep all of the projected starters ahead of the 2023-24 season and add the seven-time All-NBA point guard — creating a Big Five starting lineup of Lillard, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Kristaps …
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As per their annual tradition, Bleacher Report named their top 100 players heading into the 2023-2024 NBA season. Notably, this time around, six Boston Celtics stars secured their place on this list. How is the Bleacher Report top 100 determined? Well, in order to compile their list and determine the rankings, Bleacher Report tasked their …
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After signing Svi Mykhailiuk to a one-year deal on August 31, the Boston Celtics have one full-time roster spot left. The prevailing theory nowadays would be that Blake Griffin would be their preference for said spot. Both CLNS Media’s Bobby Manning and NBA Insider Marc Stein reported in August that the Celtics want Griffin back, …
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The Boston Celtics have been feel-good since Brad Stevens took over in the 2021 offseason — seeing Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown go to the NBA Finals in the first season of his reign as President of Basketball Operations and seeing countless reunions with former fan favorites. Al Horford’s return is the most prominent, but …
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Whether it is in the Drew League, or a Pro-Am, nothing has stopped former Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas from playing the game he fell in love with. Just watching highlights of him knocking down shots and finding cutters, like this week at the Championship Game of the CrawsOver Pro Am brings Boston fans like …
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The Boston Celtics are in a more profound “win-now” mode than any team in the NBA. Sure, LeBron James’ career is winding down, and thus, the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship window could be as well. But the “king” has a ring. Boston hasn’t hung a banner in more than a decade and a half. “Titletown” …
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A proposed trade from NBA Analysis Network would send the Boston Celtics 24-year-old Anfernee Simons, who’s due $77 million from the Portland Trail Blazers, for the team’s backup backcourt of Payton Pritchard and Malcolm Brogdon and a pair of future first-round draft picks in 2025 and 2027. NBA Analysis Network’s James Piercey believes that as …
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Throughout his career with the Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum has been a clutch player. In fact, he has been one of the most clutch players in the NBA during his career and he is on pace to be one of the most clutch players in NBA history. Tatum is currently the only player in NBA …
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The Boston Celtics took a big swing this offseason to acquire Kristaps Porziņģis from the Washington Wizards. This was a very telling move by the organization. They likely believed a big change needed to happen, as it kind of felt like the team had plateaued. Whether you want to believe that or not, the change …
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The Boston Celtics may have no choice but to succumb to a Miami Heat team that will have traded for Kawhi Leonard in a proposed mock trade scenario pitched by Clipperholics’ Tyler Watts — one that would see another nightmarish Big Three formed in South Beach alongside Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. The rest of the …
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