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Former NBA journeyman Delonte West was arrested in Boynton Beach, Florida on Tuesday night after a rather odd encounter with the police. According to the report, West was banging on the doors of the police station while yelling profanity with an open can of beer and a bottle of vodka. West continued on as he […]

After making his best run with the Boston Celtics last season, Jayson Tatum is now focused on becoming a complete basketball player. Having recorded a career-high of 26.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 4.3 apg last season, it appears as if Celtics talisman Jayson Tatum has no holes in his game at the moment. However, he […]

Expectations are high for the New York Knicks entering this season after they raced to the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference last year. New York added valuable pieces like Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier in the offseason, both of whom played for the Boston Celtics last year. As fate would have it, the […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is looking ready for the upcoming NBA season. Too ready that, according to Donovan Mitchell, he needs to get drug tested. After a series of photos of a swole Jayson Tatum went around on social media and literally broke Twitter (you get it), the Utah Jazz star poked fun at […]

Move over Jayson Tatum, the Boston Celtics have a new king shooter in second-year guard Aaron Nesmith. Nesmith made the proclamation himself as he revealed that he broke Tatum’s practice record for the most 3-pointers without missing two in a row. According to the 22 year old, he just made 244 3-pointers during Monday’s practice. […]

Jabari Parker hasn’t found his NBA home with the Boston Celtics after all. The former No. 2 overall pick of the 2014 NBA draft was waived by the Celtics on Sunday, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and STADIUM. Sources: The Boston Celtics have waived forward Jabari Parker. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 17, […]

The Boston Celtics are coming off a disappointing .500 season that saw them finish seventh seed in the Eastern Conference before losing to the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the playoffs. Brad Stevens went from head coach to president of basketball operations and added new pieces to complement the system of newly hired […]

Things certainly got chippy during the final preseason tilt between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. Heat frontman Jimmy Butler and Celtics new addition Dennis Schroder got tangled up during a rebound sequence, with Schroder ending up trying to trip Butler as he tried to run down the court. Schroder tries to trip Jimmy […]

The Boston Celtics are entering the 2021-2022 NBA campaign with a rejuvenated sense of urgency after a subpar performance last season. Newly-hired head coach Ime Udoka is bringing a different environment and system to this young squad, as his previous assistant coaching stints will prove to be an integral aspect of his first head coaching […]

Gabrielle Union is a pretty nice lady. As it turns out, however, the Hollywood actress can get pretty fierce when it comes to defending the honor of her husband, Dwyane Wade, and his Miami Heat superteam with fellow Big 3 members LeBron James and Chris Bosh. On a recent appearance on JJ Redick’s Old Man & […]

With all the big free agent signings and player movement that took place this offseason, there’s bound to be a ton of teams that are re-tooled and determined for a turnaround season during the 2021-22 NBA campaign. Now that training camp is officially under way and another exciting season of professional basketball is fast approaching, […]

After an abysmal 2020-2021 season for the Boston Celtics, the franchise went through a revamp with their players and coaching staff. They promoted Brad Stevens to the President of Basketball Operations, while hiring well-renowned assistant coach Ime Udoka to lead the charge for the Beantown Boys. They also acquired key additions in Dennis Schroder, Josh […]

The Boston Celtics will suspend guard Marcus Smart for Friday’s road preseason game against the Miami Heat after breaking team rules. Per The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Smart and the team have “discussed” and “resolved” the matter. The Celtics will suspend guard Marcus Smart for Friday's preseason game vs. Miami due to breaching team rule, sources […]

Boston Celtics big-man Al Horford has joined his All-Star teammate, Jaylen Brown, in COVID-19 protocols after testing positive for the virus. Horford and Brown will miss the Celtics’ preseason matchup with the Orlando Magic set for Wednesday. #NEBHInjuryReport for tomorrow vs. Orlando: Jaylen Brown (Health & Safety Protocols) – OUTAl Horford (Health & Safety Protocols) […]

Former Boston Celtics big man Glen Davis is facing some serious allegations pertaining to an alleged health insurance scam that defrauded the NBA of up to $4 million. As it turns out, however, Big Baby isn’t sweating the issue one bit. Davis, along with 17 other NBA personalities are facing criminal charges for allegedly falsifying […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Sure enough, the situation raised concerns on whether he’ll be ready for the start of their season on October 20th. Fortunately, Celtics head coach Ime Udoka quickly erased the worries of the fans and confirmed that Brown is well on track to return before […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum certainly did not make a mistake joining Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this past summer. After all, he got to learn from one of the best in Kevin Durant, according to his head coach Ime Udoka. During his media availability on Friday, Udoka discussed how Tatum’s Olympics stint […]

Jaylen Brown contracted COVID-19, dealing the Boston Celtics a big blow in their preparations for the 2021-22 season. Brown tested positive for the dreaded disease and is now quarantining. According to the Celtics’ latest update, though, the 24-year-old is asymptomatic. No further details on how and when Brown got the virus were provided. Jaylen Brown […]

If there’s one thing that has stood out so far in the early days of this season for the Celtics, it’s Ime Udoka’s leadership. When Udoka took over the head coach role in Boston, he had one important task to do: rebuild the winning culture the Celtics once had. This also meant having to lead […]

Marcus Smart has a tendency to become chippy with other players, and a recent Boston Celtics practice proved that his jawing doesn’t discriminate. Jay King of The Athletic revealed that Smart and Celtics teammate Grant Williams got into an argument during practice. According to center Robert Williams, the reason was because: “Grant was flopping and […]

The NBA offseason has been loaded with news – but most of it has been for things outside of basketball. The latest to make headlines was the bombshell report that 18 former NBA players were accused of defrauding the NBA’s health insurance program. At the center of it all was former Boston Celtics player and […]

NBA legend Walt Williams thinks Len Bias, the deceased Boston Celtics pick in the 1986 draft, was better than Michael Jordan. In the 80s, North Carolina’s Michael Jordan squared-off with Maryland’s Len Bias inside the basketball court. MJ then entered the NBA in 1984 and Bias followed suit in ’86. However, just almost two days […]

The Boston Celtics are looking for a fresh start. They’re poised to get that based on Jaylen Brown’s latest injury update. The Celtics wing has been on the road to recovery ever since he was forced to end his season prematurely. Brown suffered a wrist injury that required surgery kept him out of their final […]

The Boston Celtics are only going as far as their dynamic duo of Jays can take them. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are the two stars steering the ship for their franchise. Both Celtics stars have a ton of on-court similarities. They have a similar frame, can play and defend the same positions, and alternate […]

Dennis Schroder became the butt of every joke during the offseason after facing an ice-cold market for his services. He ended up settling for a $5.9 million deal with the Boston Celtics, adding even more fuel to flames against him on Twitter. The Celtics guard was brutally honest on what he thinks about all the […]

The Boston Celtics are a truly iconic franchise. They’ve won 17 championships, which is tied for the most in NBA history with the Los Angeles Lakers. Unfortunately for Celtics fans, their teams have not been championship contenders for about ten years. While the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown duo has been really good, they still […]

The Boston Celtics‘ title hopes now lie on the shoulders of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. No more Kemba Walker. The Kyrie Irving ship has sailed away a long time ago. Al Horford is no longer the star that he was years back. Brown and Tatum have managed to grow alongside each other, despite playing […]

Although there was a belief that Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart would test the waters in Free Agency next summer, he ultimately signed a four-year, $77 million extension with the team in August. However, Smart had it in his mind that he would get around $90 million in 2022. In the end, though, he weighed […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum was one of many NBA players who missed time last season because of COVID-19. Unfortunately, the after-effects of the virus hit him harder than others, with Tatum even having problems breathing and revealing that he had to use an inhaler for a short period. During media day on Tuesday however, […]

The NBA is just right around the corner with media day kicking off on Monday and training camps set to begin. The Boston Celtics, in particular, look to bounce back from a rather disappointing 2020-21 campaign. Boston went just 36-36 last season and bowed out in five games in the first round of the playoffs […]

The Los Angeles Lakers offered Dennis Schroder a four-year, $84 million contract extension midway through the 2020-21 season. Schroder turned it down and bet on himself to raise his value in the playoffs. Throughout the season, he oft-stated a desire to test unrestricted free agency for the first time in his NBA career. He claimed to […]

Enes Kanter is a devout follower of his religion. The Boston Celtics center is a Muslim by faith, and he makes sure to follow the traditions of the Muslims to the T. He believes in all the core beliefs his religion preaches So when Kanter was asked about players citing religious beliefs as reason to […]

Pull up betting odds for the MVP of the upcoming 2021-22 NBA season, and you’ll find many of the usual suspects: young stud Luka Doncic is the betting favorite for the second year in a row on Fanduel, followed by Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel embiid, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry, three of whom have won the […]

The Boston Celtics had a turbulent season last year. After trying to find a permanent third star in Kemba Walker, it was visible that the former Charlotte Hornets guard was not up to the task. Thus, he was traded after the season ended and center Al Horford was brought back to be a veteran presence […]

The Boston Celtics have a very peculiar roster right now. The team is led by the likes of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, but the true quality to compliment these two is not visible. While Marcus Smart, Josh Richardson, and Al Horford have their own advantages, however, they are not enough to truly compete with […]

Boston Celtics wingman Jaylen Brown is one of the more socially active players in the NBA. He’s a big proponent of the Black Lives Matter movement, even joining the protests in his hometown of Atlanta last year. That’s why Brown was very happy to see that seven new African-American coaches have been hired by NBA […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown missed the end of the 2020-21 regular season and the playoffs due to a left wrist injury that required surgery. It was painful for Brown to not be out there on the court with his teammates as the Celtics were stomped by the Brooklyn Nets in five games in the […]

John Wall and the Houston Rockets have reportedly agreed to try and find a way to trade the 6-foot-3 point guard out of Houston. However, doing so may prove to be a near impossible task for the Rockets because of Wall’s sizable deal. Wall is set to make $44.3 million this upcoming season and has […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was just giving a fan some tips on becoming a better defensive player, but an interesting part of his tweet pushed the conversation to stray off topic. After a fan named Denzel asked Smart what he can do to improve defensively, Smart willingly answered minutes later with a rather passionate […]