Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports What do we have here? Welcome back to the Anatomy of an Inning. In this rare, offseason edition, Jacob Roy takes you through the highs and lows of Lucas Giolito’s 2023 season. It’s easy to be upset about the Red Sox signing yet another “reclamation project”, but I think in the …
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Notable NBA writer for The Ringer’s Michael Pina thinks Kristaps Porzingis’s importance to the Boston Celtics is “more essential than originally expected.” “Porzingis poses some fascinating and perhaps more meaningful basketball questions,” Pina prefaced before saying, “Where and how often will he get his touches? Who does he fit best next to? Boston’s success hinges …
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Kristaps Porzingis has not always been the healthiest of players, but Yardbarker’s Ethan Scott was a tad “the sky is falling” with his fears about the marquee Boston Celtics offseason addition’s future with the team. “Based on Porzingis’ extensive injury history, Boston would be negligent and careless if it didn’t have concerns over his availability,” …
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Malcolm Brogdon not ending up on the Los Angeles Clippers after the franchise was in talks to land the Boston Celtics’ reigning Sixth Man of the Year will lead to LA being a perennial postseason disappointment, as they have been, according to NESN’s Gio Rivera. “Los Angeles was so undecided about whether or not Brogdon’s …
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Liberty Ballers’ Bryan Toporek has a grim outlook about the 76ers facing the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals’ No. 2-No. 3 matchup on May 12 — believing that a loss for Philadelphia could mean the end of the current era of Sixers basketball. “But if the Celtics beat the Sixers …
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For reasons unbeknownst to just about anyone else on the planet, FS1 host Colin Cowherd concocted a mock trade proposal — with mock never being more apt than in this scenario — which would see the Boston Celtics send Jaylen Brown and Malcolm Brogdon to the Warriors for Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins. No draft …
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Heavy’s Adam Taylor had a brutal message regarding the coaching job Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has done during the 2023 postseason — rattling off a laundry list of things he has done or has failed to do during his first playoffs. Mazzulla’s offensive plan has sucked throughout the post-season. The team is 2nd-bottom …
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The Boston Celtics would be comically swindled if the front office was ever slacking on the job and somehow accepted an offer concocted by NBA Analysis Network that would send Robert Williams III, a 2025 first-round draft pick, and the right to swap picks in 2029 to the Nets for Nic Claxton and Patty Mills. …
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The Athletic’s Boston Celtics beat reporter, Jay King, took a shot at the idea that Draymond Green was only suspended for Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals’ No. 3-No. 6 matchup due to his “incitement” of the Golden 1 Center crowd after an altercation with Domantas Sabonis — one that appeared as though he …
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MassLive’s Brian Robb had high praise for the job Brad Stevens has done as Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations — calling him a “man of action” and lauding him for acquiring two of the team’s current starters since taking over in June 2021. “Brad Stevens has been a man of action since taking over …
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MassLive’s Souichi Terada believes that the totality of what the Boston Celtics front office has done to fortify the C’s roster — or, in so many words, the team’s depth — is what makes Boston a title contender during the 2023 NBA playoffs. “The Celtics’ depth is what makes them title contenders,” Terada wrote. “They …
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The Boston Celtics were down by double-digits in the first quarter of their 119-106 Game 2 win over the Hawks, but once they tied things up and eventually took over, it was smooth sailing for the Cs — who never led by less than nine for the entirety of the second half. Things were so …
Boston Celtics beat reporter Jay King of The Athletic spoke too soon on April 16 ahead of the final game of the NBA’s first day of the 2023 NBA postseason slate — saying the Kings would get “flattened” by the Warriors before defeating Golden State 126-123 in Sacramento. This is amazing. Sad they’re all about …
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MassLive’s Brian Robb sent a strong message about the chances the Boston Celtics have of landing Joel Embiid in a trade — theorizing that only the franchise’s pillar, Jayson Tatum, would get Philadelphia to consider it. “An ugly exit to the Celtics in Round 2 could set the stage for that and the Sixers won’t …
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The Boston Celtics do not own their own 2023 first-round draft pick due to last summer’s Malcolm Brogdon trade, but they could end up with a “consolation prize,” aka a high second-round draft pick, during the upcoming offseason according to NBC Sports Boston’s Darren Hartwell. “While the C’s dealt their 2023 first-round pick to Indiana in …
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8 Points, 9 Seconds’ Joe Lyon was correct in asserting that the Boston Celtics cannot offer Jaylen Brown in the future what the Pacers, and for that matter, any other rebuilding team, can offer the 26-year-old Marietta native — that being the chance to be the undisputed No. 1 option on his own team. “It …
According to MassLive’s Brian Robb, Payton Pritchard is an “obvious” offseason trade candidate for the Boston Celtics. Robb revealed as much in his latest Celtics Mailbag while answering a reader’s question about what kind of player Boston should target with their MLE this offseason. “For mid-level extension next year, I haven’t taken a long look …
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Locked’ On Celtics podcast host John Karalis had a brutally bearish take on Jayson Tatum taking clutch shots for the Boston Celtics during late-game situations — shots he hasn’t been making during the C’s post-All-Star break malaise that has seen them go 8-6. Karalis isn’t a fan of Tatum shooting step-back 3-pointers, his preferred created …
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Jaylen Brown’s recent comments regarding the Boston Celtics fanbase will “add to speculation about his future” according to CBS Sports’ Jack Maloney — though the writer did still maintain the position that Brown is still more likely to stick around than bolt in 2024 free agency. “His next contract was always going to be fascinating due to …
With the postseason approaching and the Boston Celtics in flux about how to fill the last roster spot, the team will continue to be without their marquee offseason free-agent addition, Danilo Gallinari, per MassLive’s Brian Robb. During his latest Celtics Mailbag, Robb answered a reader’s question about the possibility of the 34-year-old’s return in the …
MassLive’s Brian Robb recently revealed during his latest Celtics Mailbag who he believes has been the biggest underachiever on the Boston Celtics during the 2022-23 season — and to the surprise of no one, he listed Grant Williams. Williams, an impending restricted free agent this upcoming offseason, was notably a healthy scratch against the Cavaliers …
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If either Luke Kornet or Blake Griffin saw playing time for the Boston Celtics in the postseason it’d be nothing short of an upset — this, at least, according to MassLive’s Brian Robb in his latest Celtics Mailbag. Kornet and Griffin have played in 54 and 27 games, respectively, of the 64 games the Celtics …
According to Stephen A. Smith, Jaylen Brown wouldn’t be on the Boston Celtics if Kevin Durant had requested a trade to the Cs instead of the Suns. Smith revealed this opinion on the March 1 edition of First Take. Smith resurrected the KD for Brown trade rumors before the trade deadline, but Phoenix stepped up to …
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NESN’s Keagan Stiefel, like many of us, couldn’t believe Stephen A. Smith’s reckless spewing on the February 24 edition of ESPN First Take when it comes to his opinion that the Boston Celtics promoted interim head coach Joe Mazzulla to the permanent head coach prematurely. Smith believes that the Celtics organization should’ve waited to see if …