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Apparently, Marcus Smart is a big Star Wars buff. The Boston Celtics guard showcased his fandom on Twitter recently by quoting the great Jedi Yoda to stake his claim for this season’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Smart retweeted a post by The Athletic running down their picks for this season’s DPOY. The Celtics […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart scored just a total of five points during Wednesday’s contest against the Utah Jazz, but he was one of the most impactful players in the contest with his contributions on other areas. In fact, Smart finished with 13 assists in the contest, nine of which came in the first quarter […]

The Boston Celtics are tied with the Los Angeles Lakers as the winningest franchise in NBA history. Both teams have won 17 NBA Championships, even though five of the Lakers titles actually came when the franchise was still in Minneapolis. So technically, the Los Angeles Lakers only have 12 titles. But most people still count […]

The NBA regular season continues with games on Wednesday. The Utah Jazz will hit the road and take on the Boston Celtics. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Jazz-Celtics prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had very similar seasons so far. The Utah Jazz have been dominant and […]

The Boston Celtics have completely turned their season around. As recent as Christmas, people were calling for Ime Udoka to be fired as coach, and calling for either Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown to be traded, saying “they can’t play together.” Boston quietly has been easily the best team in basketball since then. Many people […]

Drake’s recent $200,000 Flawless binge hunt for the elusive Triple Logoman has placed the spotlight on this wicked card. While his search has resulted differently, another Logoman has surfaced in another part of the world, China to be exact, and with the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum on it. With the hobby’s attention being focused more […]

The Boston Celtics had a slow start to the 2021-22 season, routinely blowing big leads and looking like they would possibly not even make the play-in tournament. The Celtics hit rock bottom on Jan. 6 when they choked away a massive lead against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden to drop to 18-21. […]

Jaylen Brown knows his seasons. After the Boston Celtics hacked out a convincing 20-point win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night, Brown was asked about a rather profound tweet. On Twitter, he posted a short quote, seemingly alluding to the Celtics’ positive turnaround. Winter always turns to spring 💯 — Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) March […]

The Denver Nuggets suffered their fourth loss in six games after getting trampled on Sunday night by the Boston Celtics at home, 124-104. After a decent start, the Nuggets got limited to only 16 points in the second quarter, as the Celtics broke the game wide open. His wards’ lethargic performance wasn’t lost on Nuggets […]

The Boston Celtics are on the third of a four-game road trip heading to the Rocky Mountains to take on the Denver Nuggets in a Sunday night showdown. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Nuggets prediction and pick. The Celtics demolished the Sacramento Kings 126-97 in their Friday night battle in […]

At just 27 years of age, Marcus Smart is already entering his eighth season in the NBA with all of them in a Boston Celtics uniform, He has been a consistent contributor ever since his rookie season as a spectacular defender and consistent role player who has been part of several iterations of the Celtics […]

The Boston Celtics are currently one of the hottest teams in the Association, with star duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown playing a huge part in their success. On Friday night, it was another standout game for the both of them, finishing with 30+ points. In the process, they passed a couple of Celtics legends […]

Much has been made about Stephen Curry’s most recent foot injury and the role Marcus Smart played in the same. The Golden State Warriors superstar is now looking at a lengthy layoff and some folks have taken out their pitchforks against Smart. For his part, however, Stephen A. Smith does not agree with the notion […]

The Boston Celtics’ massive win over the Golden State Warriors was tainted with controversy. During a loose ball situation, Marcus Smart dove for the ball, undercutting star point guard Stephen Curry in the process. The Warriors star would come up limping, and was later ruled out for a significant chunk of the season. NBA fans […]

Former NBA star Paul Pierce will forever be a hooper. Even in retirement, he makes sure he stays in the game. Just recently, he attended the jersey retirement ceremony of former Boston Celtics teammate Kevin Garnett. But sometimes, Pierce also makes himself relevant by spewing hot takes about various NBA topics. On Thursday, in a […]

San Francisco, CA – The Golden State Warriors lost to Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. The defeat hurt the Warriors in the standings, but the biggest loss of the night was Stephen Curry leaving the game with an injured foot. Marcus Smart dove for a loose ball and rolled into Curry’s leg, forcing him […]

San Francisco, CA – On Wednesday night, things changed for the worst in a blink of an eye. One minute, Golden State Warriors fans were celebrating the fact of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green sharing the court again. The next moment they were sighing in disbelief because Curry had limped to the locker […]

The Golden State Warriors losing to the Boston Celtics by a score of 110-88 was hardly the biggest takeaway from the game. A wild second-quarter sequence from Marcus Smart is what this game will be remembered by. After diving for a loose ball, removing Stephen Curry from the game due to foot soreness in the […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr understands basketball is a physical sport, but he definitely thinks what Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart did to Stephen Curry was reckless and, well, not so smart. Kerr made sure to let Smart know that as he confronted him after his play that injured Curry. Midway through the […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is always ready to take on the challenge of guarding Stephen Curry, but that doesn’t mean it gets any easier going up against the Golden State Warriors superstar. Smart admitted as much heading to the Celtics’ Wednesday showdown with the Warriors, highlighting that Curry will always make his defenders run […]

The Boston Celtics will head into California to take on the Golden State Warriors as two of the league’s hottest teams square off on ESPN tonight. Both of these teams are coming into this game very healthy, so there should be some very good matchups tonight. The Celtics are currently in fifth place in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in a world of hurt right now. On Monday night, LeBron James and the rest of the squad got off to a troubling start against the visiting Toronto Raptors. At one point, the score was 22-2. Unsurprisingly, the pitchforks came out again on the mean streets of Twitter and for […]

The Denver Nuggets’ game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday was supposed to be a showdown between Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid. While fans did get that, Bones Hyland stole the show from the MVP frontrunners, so much so that even Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum couldn’t help but be in awe. Hyland went bonkers […]

Ray Allen’s feud with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce are well-documented. After the superstar shooter left the Boston Celtics to join their rivals in the Miami Heat, his former teammates did not like that move. As a result, Allen was repeatedly left out of celebrations of the Big 4, and was scorned by Garnett and Pierce. […]

The Boston Celtics are paying tribute to one of their best players in recent history. Kevin Garnett will be honored for his contributions to the franchise by having his number-five jersey retired. Garnett helped the Celtics win their most recent championship in the 2007-08 season. He played in Boston for six seasons, winning the Defensive […]

Kevin garnett is without a doubt one of the greatest players in Boston Celtics franchise history. The fact that he led this team to their first title in over two decades back in 2008 is a clear testament to his fact. Right now, the organization is rewarding Garnett’s invaluable contributions to the franchise by hanging […]

Boston Celtics vet Marcus Smart is confused by the lack of guards being considered and voted for Defensive Player of the League. When talking about the DPOY, the usual names that pop up are Giannis Antetokounmpo, Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert. Of course Smart doesn’t like this as he highlighted how guards are often overlooked […]

Tonight at TD Garden in Boston, the Boston Celtics, with legends Larry Bird and Bill Russell, honored many Celtics greats as a part of their 75th-anniversary celebration. welcome home guys ☘️🥰 pic.twitter.com/oO4hvtjZP5 — Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 12, 2022 In addition to tonight’s “Welcome Home” celebration, the team recently announced the roster for its 75th […]

The Boston Celtics are one of the hottest teams in the NBA right now. They’ve won six out of their seven games after the All-Star break and will be looking to mark their fifth consecutive victory on Friday against the Detroit Pistons. The Celtics have been on such a tear of late that even Paul […]

The Boston Celtics’ legendary big three featuring Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen enjoyed a great deal of success during their time together, bringing a long-awaited championship to the franchise. However, things weren’t always good between the three, as Allen, who was a free agent at the time, departed from Boston to join LeBron […]

Kevin Garnett’s stint with the Brooklyn Nets didn’t exactly go as planned. The star-laden Nets were supposed to immediately compete for a championship after they sent an unprecedented trove of future first-round picks to the Boston Celtics in exchange for the aging Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry. Instead, Brooklyn won just a single playoff […]

The Detroit Pistons travel to Beantown to take on the Boston Celtics on Friday Night! It’s time to continue our NBA odd series with a Pistons-Celtics prediction and pick. This is the fourth and final matchup between the Pistons and the Celtics. So far this season, the Celtics have won two of the three games, […]

Kevin Garnett is about to receive one of the biggest honors of his decorated career when the Boston Celtics retire his jersey on Sunday. As it turns out, the Celtics are also looking to use this opportunity to end the decade-long beef between KG and former teammate Ray Allen. According to Gary Washburn of the […]

The Charlotte Hornets suffered their second straight loss at the hands of the Boston Celtics 115-101. Plus, it was the second straight night that they gave up 40 or more points to an individual. The night before, it was Kyrie Irving who put up 50 points on 19 shots and led the Brooklyn Nets to […]

The NBA regular is in full swing and continues with games on Wednesday. The Boston Celtics will hit the road and take on the Charlotte Hornets. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Celtics-Hornets prediction and pick. These two teams have had somewhat similar seasons so far. The Boston Celtics are […]

On Tuesday night, Kyrie Irving played arguably the best game of his career. He scored 50 points on 13 for 19 shooting from the field, leading the Brooklyn Nets to a much-needed victory over the Charlotte Hornets. The win snapped the team’s four-game losing streak. Most importantly, it reminded everyone how great Irving is and […]

Jayson Tatum has emerged as a dark horse MVP candidate following a difficult beginning to the 2021-2022 season. The young superstar has led the Celtics back into contention and they are currently one of the NBA’s hottest teams. It has been quite the ride for JT this year but everything is starting to work out […]

The Charlotte Hornets are 2-0 since signing Isaiah Thomas to a 10-day contract. No, Thomas hasn’t played 40 minutes a game or anything like that, but he’s been a key piece in the locker room. Everyone knows the importance of having veterans in this league. However, IT isn’t just any ordinary veteran. He put his […]

The air smelled wonderful in the Windy City in the first half of the NBA season. The souped-up Chicago Bulls surprised many with their strong play and even sat atop the Eastern Conference for a good stretch. All of those, however, have been waylaid in recent weeks, as the Bulls’ campaign has spiraled into a […]