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Los Angeles Clippers · 5 years agoErik Spoelstra believes Kawhi Leonard-Paul George duo can make Clippers as good as Big 3 Celtics

Erik Spoelstra has long been an admirer of Doc Rivers’ systems, even back to his starting days as coach of the Miami Heat, where he was intimidated by the Boston Celtics and their Big Three. Now many years later into the job, Spoelstra sees the same scary potential with the coalition of Kawhi Leonard and […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Danny Ainge claims he's happy with where Jaylen Brown negotiations stand

In wake of the reports that Jaylen Brown rejected contract extension offers from the Boston Celtics, general manager Danny Ainge expressed confidence that the team can re-sign the promising forward ahead of Monday’s deadline. Danny Ainge tells @Toucherandrich that the Celtics have made multiple offers to Jaylen Brown and feels good about where negotiations are […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoJaylen Brown wants more than the 4-year, $80 million offer on the table from Celtics

The Boston Celtics have offered Jaylen Brown a four-year, $80 million deal, but the 22-year-old wingman is reportedly seeking more. Chris Haynes laid out the details in his recent article for Yahoo Sports: But even with history not on Brown’s side, the Celtics have extended the 6-foot-7 swingman an offer of four years and $80 […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoEnes Kanter takes another shot at LeBron James amid China controversy

Boston Celtics big man Enes Kanter decided to take another shot at LeBron James in light of his recent statements about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. Kanter sent out a tweet that was clearly aimed in James’ direction on Wednesday morning. In the caption, the Celtics center wrote, “I am MORE than an athlete.” […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCarsen Edwards should get rotation minutes with Celtics after bonkers 3-point barrage

Carsen Edwards has just begun to pour salt on his flamethrower performance on Tuesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers, pacing the Boston Celtics with 30 points in an incandescent shooting display at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. The 6-foot rookie canned 8-of-11 from deep in a span of six minutes of the third quarter, shocking teammates and […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoVideo: Celtics' Carsen Edwards does his best Stephen Curry impression with 8 3-pointers in a quarter

Boston Celtics rookie Carsen Edwards lit the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on fire with a scorching third quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The point guard buried eight 3-pointers in the period in a tantalizing performance that saw him net 26 points and go 8-of-11 from beyond the arc, a feat only the likes of Stephen Curry […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Jaylen Brown claims contract situation is 'not something that’s keeping me up at night'

Boston Celtics small forward Jaylen Brown is eligible to sign a rookie-scale extension with Boston. If he doesn’t sign a deal before Oct. 21, Brown will become a restricted free agent next summer. Brown, a key player for the Celtics, says his contract situation is “not something that’s keeping me up at night.” “Everybody says […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics coach Brad Stevens speaks out on sleep deprivation within the NBA

ESPN published a story this week about sleep deprivation within the NBA. Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens says it’s something that’s just part of the life of an athlete. Players often get into a city around 1 a.m. By the time they get into their hotel rooms, it’s already around two in the morning. […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoBrad Stevens explains why nearly all of Boston's important players didn't make trip to Cleveland

The Boston Celtics are going to be extremely shorthanded for Tuesday night’s preseason matchup against the Cavs. In fact, several Celtics players didn’t make the trip to Cleveland at all, as Brad Stevens has given them the night off. According to a report from Spencer Davies of BBallInsiders, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Enes […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Jaylen Brown talks trash to Marcus Smart in practice to ramp up the intensity

The Boston Celtics have an outside chance to make the NBA Finals after losing Kyrie Irving and Al Horford this summer, with Kemba Walker coming in. Celtics incumbents Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart are looking to boost the team’s chances by getting into better shape. How are they stepping it up? Trash-talking. Brown explained their […]

Los Angeles Lakers · 5 years agoEnes Kanter responds to LeBron James' statement on Daryl Morey, China situation

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James spoke out about the situation involving Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey and China. His comments drew up a firestorm on social media, with fans everywhere chiming in and calling him out. James then explained and clarified his statement in a couple of tweets. Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter, who […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoJaylen Brown blossoming into a star is the key to the Celtics contending in the East

The Boston Celtics are assembled to be a playoff team in the Eastern Conference that can perhaps get to the second round, but they don’t seem like a legitimate title contender right now. However, if Jaylen Brown blossoms into a star, the Celtics could move into that contender tier. For the Celtics, the summer of […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics exercise options on Jayson Tatum, Robert Williams

The Boston Celtics have exercised options on Jayson Tatum and Robert Williams, according to multiple reports. Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium broke the news on Tatum, while Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports relayed the Williams tidbit: The Boston Celtics have exercised forward Jayson Tatum's $9.9M fourth-year team option, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoKemba Walker actually wants his usage rate to go down with Celtics

Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker is hoping that his usage rate will go down a bit in the coming season, according to a report from masslive.com. Walker joined the Celtics this summer, agreeing to the terms of a four-year, $141M maximum contract. He’d spent the rest of his career with the Charlotte Hornets, but […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoVideo: Celtics' Enes Kanter shares clip of Tacko Fall driving him around

The Boston Celtics have two terrific big men in Enes Kanter and Tacko Fall. And based on video evidence, it seems like the two bigs are getting along just fine in Beantown. NBA on ESPN shared the Turkish center’s video of him sharing the same car with the 7’6″ Fall on the way to a […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoBrad Stevens plays down injury to Celtics' 2019 lottery pick Romeo Langford

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens doesn’t appear to be too concerned with soon-to-be rookie guard Romeo Langford and his continued injury troubles. With Langford recently leaving a preseason game after spraining his right knee, Stevens commented on the former Indiana Hoosiers superstar’s latest setback and appeared frustrated yet a bit optimistic about the severity […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoBrad Stevens says Celtics players are 'flying under the radar' except Tacko Fall

Boston Celtics center Tacko Fall has become all the rage in Beantown. After going undrafted this summer, Fall landed a spot in Boston’s Summer League team in Las Vegas, eventually earning a non-guaranteed contract with the Celtics. And just on Sunday, Boston converted Fall to a two-way contract, which means he will spend the majority […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoReport: Celtics converting Tacko Fall to a 2-way contract

Boston Celtics fans, brace yourselves. The Celtics fans have officially converted rookie center Tacko Fall to a two-way contract, according to ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. Fall can spend up to 45 days with the Celtics, but he will spend the majority of the season with the team’s G League affiliate in Maine: Celtics are […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Kemba Walker back in the lineup after missing last game with a sore knee

Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker will play in Sunday’s preseason matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers after missing the team’s last contest with a knee issue, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps: Brad Stevens says Kemba Walker (knee) is going to play today against the Cavs, and will start with Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Gordon Hayward […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoMax Strus' 2-year NBA contract could lead to 2-way deal for Tacko Fall with Celtics

The Boston Celtics are signing former DePaul University standout Max Strus to a two-year deal with a partial guarantee for this season, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Strus was initially signed to a two-way deal in the summer: The Boston Celtics are signing two-way guard Max Strus to a two-year NBA deal, with a […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Marcus Smart looking to level up offensive game, develop into a knockdown shooter

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart wants to become a better offensive player this season. In an interview with A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports, Smart said he plans to assert himself more on the offensive end this 2019-20 campaign. “This year I want to be more aggressive on the offensive end, as much as I […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoReport: Celtics had talks with Nets, Hornets to execute 3-team trade to keep Al Horford and acquire Kemba Walker

The Boston Celtics had talks with the Brooklyn Nets and Charlotte Hornets to execute a three-team trade which would have sent Kyrie Irving to Brooklyn, Terry Rozier to Charlotte and Kemba Walker to Boston, according to Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald. The deal might have convinced Al Horford to stay with the Celtics. Horford […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoMarcus Smart says Boston trying to be a 'professional team' with so many young players

Marcus Smart is doing his best to make the Boston Celtics a professional team despite the abundance of youth in their roster. Per Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports, Smart admitted that the team veterans are looking forward to the challenge of taking care of the young guys this upcoming season. Marcus Smart on this year: […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Jayson Tatum defends Kobe Bryant amid criticisms of his 2018-19 performance

Boston Celtics rising star Jayson Tatum is rebuffing the criticisms thrown at him and Kobe Bryant. To recall, the 21-year-old forward had an offseason workout with Bryant in 2018, but he failed to take the next step in his development the following season as the Celtics struggled. Now, in a recent story by Tim Bontemps […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Brad Stevens optimistic about Gordon Hayward, says he's confident and stronger this year

Gordon Hayward took an entire year to recover from the gruesome injury he suffered in the 2017-18 season. However, it seems like the wait was worth it as Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens believes that the small forward they signed to a lucrative contract has finally returned to form. Keith Smith took a bit of […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoREPORT: Kemba Walker out for Celtics vs. Magic with sore knee

Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker won’t play on Friday against the Orlando Magic. Walker is dealing with a sore knee. The All-Star went through shootaround, but he has since been ruled out. Kemba Walker out tonight vs Orlando with knee inflammation, according to #Celtics head coach Brad Stevens. — A. Sherrod Blakely (@ASherrodblakely) October […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years ago3 numbers for Celtics PG Kemba Walker to target in 2019-20

The Boston Celtics may have lost Kyrie Irving this offseason, but they replaced him with the next best thing in Kemba Walker, a player who is probably more similar to Irving than any other point guard in the NBA. Walker spent the first eight years of his career with the Charlotte Hornets (previously the Bobcats), […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoGordon Hayward says China controversy not affecting his relationship with Anta

Thank to a single tweet from Houston Rockets GM Darryl Morey, the NBA and their relationship with the CBA and China itself was put in jeopardy. This directly affects plenty of NBA players who have endorsement deals in the foreign country, like Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward. Hayward signed a four-year deal with Chinese shoe […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Brad Stevens backs Adam Silver in supporting free speech

The NBA is currently embroiled in a tough diplomatic situation as China is looking to ban the league and the Houston Rockets for a tweet by Daryl Morey calling for Hong Kong’s independence. The league maintained that they are fighting for freedom of expression, and a couple of voices in the association expressed their appreciation […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoEastern Conference GM expects Celtics' Jaylen Brown to get an extension but not the max

The Boston Celtics are in line to work out an extension of Jaylen Brown’s rookie-scale contract, but while an Eastern Conference general manager expects the two parties to come to terms, he doesn’t think the fourth-year wing will merit the max. Via Frank Urbina of HoopsHype: “I would guess that the Celtics will try to […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoVincent Poirier shares funny story how he learned that Celtics are a 'big, big, big team'

Boston Celtics center Vincent Poirier wasn’t aware of how big his team is until he played NBA 2k. Per Chris Forsberg of NBCS Boston, Poirier admitted that he wasn’t fully aware of how much of a legendary team the Celtics are. “When I first played NBA 2K, the main game was Lakers vs. Boston. That’s […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoSixers' Al Horford admits 2018-19 Celtics wouldn't be able to coexist had they stayed together

Philadelphia 76ers big man Al Horford believes that the 2018-19 Boston Celtics squad wouldn’t be able to co-exist if they had stayed together. To recall, the Celtics team of last year was showered with criticism, mainly about their rumored lack of chemistry which translated into their poor on-court performance. After the season, Kyrie Irving — […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoAl Horford claims his free agency decision 'would have been totally different' had he known Kemba Walker was signing with Celtics

Al Horford says his free agency decision “would have been totally different” had he known Kemba Walker was coming to the Boston Celtics. Horford signed a four-year, $109 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers this summer, ending his three-year run with the Celtics. Walker, as part of a sign-and-trade deal with the Charlotte Hornets, agreed […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Brad Stevens wants fans to appreciate Tacko Fall as a person, not as a mere gimmick

Tacko Fall is one of the feel-good stories of this year. After becoming a sensation during the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Fall went undrafted this summer. The Boston Celtics signed the former UCF star to participate in the NBA Summer League, and Fall capitalized on his opportunity, earning a non-guaranteed contract with the Celtics. Fall–who towers […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoMarcus Smart, Celtics trusting Brad Stevens 'more this year than ever'

Brad Stevens was an unproven commodity when Danny Ainge hired him to man the Boston Celtics bench in 2013. The former Butler University coach had proven that he could win at the collegiate level, but league personnel wondered whether or not the success would translate in the NBA. While the Celtics struggled in his first […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoBrad Stevens says 2019 Celtics training camp has been Jayson Tatum's best 'by far'

Boston Celtics swingman Jayson Tatum is entering the ever-important Year 3 in his career, and head coach Brad Stevens has liked what he has seen from Tatum during training camp. Stevens told Tim Bontemps of ESPN that Tatum has been assertive throughout the course of camp, and that his improvements in focused areas speaks to […]

NBA · 5 years agoAl Horford opens on why he left Celtics and signed with Sixers

Al Horford signed a four-year, $109 million contract with the Sixers this summer, ending his three-year run with the Boston Celtics. The Celtics underachieved as a team last season and were dysfunctional. Horford, one of the leaders in Boston, knew that big changes needed to be made if the Celtics wanted to run it back […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoCeltics' Kemba Walker claims Jayson Tatum 'is going to be a star'

Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker has no doubt small forward Jayson Tatum “is going to be a star” in the NBA. With All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Al Horford gone, the Celtics are going to be expecting a lot more from Tatum this season. The talented swingman is ready for a bigger role in Boston, […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoJaylen Brown working with agent Jason Glushon

Boston Celtics small forward Jaylen Brown is reportedly working with agent Jason Glushon, according to Jackie MacMullan of ESPN. Brown has been hesitant to hire an agent, opting for specialists and advisors to help with career decisions. However, it looks like the Celtics swingman is finally going to retain an agent. Via Bryan Kalbrosky of […]

Boston Celtics · 5 years agoLarry Bird credits Dream Team for growth of basketball around the world

Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird credits the “Dream Team” for the growth of basketball around the world. The 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the “Dream Team,” was the first American Olympic team to feature NBA players. That team took the world by storm and was a national phenomenon, on and off the […]

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