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Possible Payton Pritchard future plans for Boston Celtics pitched by analyst

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One of the biggest surprises of the trade deadline in 2023 for the Boston Celtics was Payton Pritchard sticking with the team — this despite comments indicating he wanted a bigger role and has discussed that with Celtics management. That won’t be coming this postseason unless Marcus Smart, Malcolm Brogdon, or Derrick White suffer an …

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Former Boston Celtics starting point guard signs deal in Italy

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Former Boston Celtics starting point guard Kemba Walker, who was a starter in the NBA All-Star Game his first season with the Cs, will be leaving the states to sign a deal with the Olimpia Milano basketball team Eurohoops reports. Walker was most recently a member of the Dallas Mavericks after being waived by the …

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Boston Celtics: NAN’s Christian Wood proposal is quite reasonable

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The Boston Celtics have a big man problem — just as they did in 2019-20 and 2020-21. At last season’s trade deadline, Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens plugged the hole with Daniel Theis, but this past offseason he parlayed the German big man and other assets for Malcolm Brogdon. The current campaign’s issues …

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Payton Pritchard has created a good problem for the Boston Celtics

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The Boston Celtics are red hot, riding a seven-game win streak into Wednesday’s match-up with the Atlanta Hawks. Boston has won its last four games (three and a half really) without offseason acquisition, and former NBA Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon. Brogdon has had to miss time due to tightness in his right hamstring. …

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Boston Celtics won’t engage in trade talks for 6x All-NBA First Teamer

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Though he was heavily linked to the Boston Celtics over the summer, the odds of Kevin Durant being acquired by a Cs front office led by President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens are currently astronomical. At this point, that’s the best course of action. Durant is making the rounds right now for calling out his …

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Boston Celtics: 3 takeaways from dominant road victory over Hawks

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The Boston Celtics improved to 12-3 with an emphatic 126-101 road victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. This victory is the Celtics’ eighth in a row, and they dominated the game. The Cs led throughout the game, and they received contributions from everyone. The bench stepped up as Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and …

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Boston Celtics injury news: 5x All-Star out for Cs against New York Knicks

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The Boston Celtics will be without 5x All-Star Al Horford on Saturday, November 5 when they travel to Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Knicks on the second night of a back-to-back. Friday night, the Cs defeated the Chicago Bulls 123-119 despite shooting 29% from the 3-point line on 31 attempts from …

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Boston Celtics: Longtime top target could be back on trade block eventually

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Per the Brooklyn Nets starting off the season in near-disastrous fashion, it’s likely that top Boston Celtics trade target Kevin Durant could be back on the market eventually — this at least according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Durant has been averaging 32 points through the first nine games of the Nets’ season, but his efforts …

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Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers prediction, odds, TV channel

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This past Monday was a unique experience for Boston Celtics fans in 2022 — their team was beaten up on the glass and had their lunch taken from them after building a 19-point lead in the first quarter of an eventual 120-102 loss to the Chicago Bulls. Nikola Vucevic looked like a Montenegrin Shaquille O’Neal as …

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Believing in Kornet: Fans should have faith Kornet can do the job

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Luke Kornet may have only played 85 total minutes in the regular season for the Boston Celtics, but with all of the injuries, and his high rating by the coaching staff, Kornet is going to be tasked with a much more significant role compared to what he was given in the previous campaign. The former …

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Boston Celtics: Veteran’s presence could preclude Draymond Green trade, analyst says

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Following the recent trouble in paradise in the Bay Area involving the defending champion Warriors core quite literally going at each other’s throats, Golden State forward and the owner of a lethal straight right, Draymond Green, is on the trade block. Along with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, and Brooklyn Nets, the …

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Boston Celtics: A grim update on suspended head coach Ime Udoka and Nia Long

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Things aren’t looking good for suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka in pretty much every aspect of his personal and professional life after he was found to have had an affair with a member of the Cs organization. The prospect of Udoka ever returning to an NBA sideline in a head coaching capacity — …

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Boston Celtics: Insulting proposal would land Jaylen Brown on Dallas Mavericks

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There could be a time in the not-so-distant future when the Boston Celtics may have to dangle Jaylen Brown in trade offers because the 2021 NBA All-Star wants to be the primary leader for a new franchise. Brown’s involvement in Kevin Durant trade rumors this past summer certainly seemed to have done damage based on …

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Boston Celtics: Sixth and seventh-year forwards tabbed to make team out of training camp

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The Boston Celtics training camp roster, according to NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg, is all set. So for those that were holding their breath for Carmelo Anthony replacing Danilo Gallinari after the latter’s ACL tear, stop doing that. You’re going to pass out eventually if you haven’t already. Beyond the starting lineup (Marcus Smart, Jaylen …

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Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum hints at Cs adding Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony

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Boston Celtics All-NBA First-Team forward Jayson Tatum has been dropping hints all over his numerous social media accounts about what he’d like to see his employer do as the offseason concludes and training camp and the preseason loom. A week and a half ago, Tatum liked a tweet from a fan who mentioned buying a …

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Former Boston Celtics fan favorite signs overseas contract

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Former Boston Celtics fan favorite Tacko Fall is already out of the NBA, having signed a one-year deal in the Chinese Basketball Association with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers — marking the end of a three-year career split between the Cs and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Fall, a former member of the UCF Knights of the American Athletic …

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Boston Celtics: HH trade proposal adds $125 million future All-Star big man

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Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens likes to win the trades he participates in, having done so to nab Derrick White for a draft pick and expendable pieces at this past February trade deadline and then again on July 1st when the Cs acquired Malcolm Brogdon the same way. Perhaps that’s why he …

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Boston Celtics: Multi-team blockbuster proposal sends Kevin Durant to Raptors

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Here we are in late August, and if you wouldn’t believe it, Kevin Durant has still not been traded from the Brooklyn Nets despite putting in a trade request last June. According to the Boston Globe, league sources have insisted for weeks that the Boston Celtics have not had ‘any real discussions of substance with …

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Boston Celtics: The biggest reason Jaylen Brown doesn’t want to be traded

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There are many reasons why Jaylen Brown doesn’t want to be traded from the Boston Celtics — whether it be in a long-talked-about Kevin Durant trade or in a deal for someone like Bradley Beal or Donovan Mitchell. Brown has proven indispensable for the Cs, having helped lead the team to the NBA Finals, and …

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Boston Celtics: Two former top 15 picks predicted to make roster out of training camp

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Will the Boston Celtics put the Kevin Durant speculation to bed one way or another and move on with the rest of their roster sometime soon? Well, Hardwood Houdini can only hope that’s where this is headed. KD has had the NBA on hold for several months, slowing free agency to a crawl. The Celtics …

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Boston Celtics: Kevin Durant lands with Cs, Jaylen Brown traded to Heat in HH mock

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It feels like Groundhog Day every morning when we all wake up and tune into the NBA news wire to see more Kevin Durant speculation but no deal. Things were agonizing through the first weeks of July when the Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat continued to remain in a holding pattern of not giving up …

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