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The offseason for the Boston Celtics has been a mixed bag. It would be better if new draft pick Romeo Langford can genuinely reconstruct his game so that he can provide considerable production in the coming NBA season. Though the team nabbed one of the best available free agents on the market in point guard […]

Kemba Walker, Al Horford, and Jimmy Butler all stayed in the Eastern Conference, but they all changed teams, spicing up the 2019-20 NBA season. There is no denying that Brooklyn Nets made the biggest splash in free agency so far, locking up Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to four-year deals, but they aren’t the only […]

Kara Lawson joined the growing list of female assistant coaches in the NBA after agreeing to a deal with the Boston Celtics. But before signing with the Celtics, Lawson revealed that she had talks with other teams. According to Jay King of The Athletic, Lawson admitted that other teams expressed interests in hiring her before, […]

Former Charlotte Hornets guard and current Chicago Bulls TV analyst Kendall Gill says “there’s going to be some hard feelings in the beginning” after Kemba Walker signed with the Boston Celtics. Gill believes Walker wanted to return to the Hornets, but that the opportunity to win with the Celtics was too great for the All-Star […]

Boston fans may be upset at Kyrie Irving for leaving the Boston Celtics to join the Brooklyn Nets, and when a top-tier player leaves one team for another, people often burn their jerseys to show their anger and frustration. But for NBC Sports Boston, burning Irving’s jersey is a waste of time and money, so […]

Let me start this off by saying that I am a Boston Celtics fan. Diehard. Bleed green. All of that jazz. The problem is, many fellow Celtics fans are probably not going to like what I am about to say. It’s about Kyrie Irving. Yes, the guy who is public enemy No. 1 in Boston […]

The Boston Celtics are re-signing free agent guard Brad Wanamaker to a one-year deal, per Adrian Wojanrowski of ESPN. Wanamaker, who turns 30 years old on July 25th, signed with the Celtics originally last summer after playing six seasons of professional ball in Europe, then making him the league’s oldest “rookie.” Before that, Wanamaker, a […]

Boston Celtics assistant coach Scott Morrison says small forward Gordon Hayward is getting stronger, faster and leaner this summer. Morrison is coaching the Celtics’ 2019 Summer League team. He says Hayward has been in the gym all offseason and is poised to have a great 2019-20 season: Scott Morrison said Gordon Hayward is getting stronger, […]

The Boston Celtics have agreed to re-sign big man Daniel Theis on a two-year contract worth $10 million, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Theis is coming off a 2018-19 campaign in which he played 66 games and averaged 5.7 points and 3.4 rebounds over 13.8 minutes per game while shooting 54.9 percent from the […]

The idea of DeMarcus Cousins in Boston is certainly interesting, but it does not look like the Celtics want to take the risk. According to Mark Murphy of The Boston Herald, the Celtics are not interested in signing Cousins due to the “potential drama” that the big man could bring with him. Deals for Enes […]

The Boston Celtics may have signed Enes Kanter, but they lost Al Horford and Aron Baynes, and with the probable loss of Marcus Morris also on the horizon, it seems safe to say that the Celtics still need frontcourt help. Enter DeMarcus Cousins, who is reportedly set to meet with Boston, along with the Miami […]

The Boston Celtics were right on the cusp of greatness. Ever since Danny Ainge took over, the Celtics have found themselves in contention. During his tenure, the C’s have won a title and been to another NBA Finals. Great strides but all is not well. You see, those teams were constructed over 10 years ago […]

Damian Lillard refuted a previous text statement from former teammate Enes Kanter, who claimed he got six minutes to decide whether he’d be willing to re-sign with the Portland Trail Blazers or not. The Turkish big man claimed to feel pressured by the front office and not given time to reach out to his family […]

The Boston Celtics have made plenty of headlines already during the 2019 NBA free agency period. Although the Celtics lost some notable players — including Al Horford, Terry Rozier, Kyrie Irving and Aron Baynes — they have also picked up two notable free agents in Kemba Walker and Enes Kanter. While Walker and Kanter are […]

Five-time NBA All-Star Al Horford made one of the most surprising moves so far in 2019 NBA free agency by eschewing his former team, the Boston Celtics, in favor of division rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers on a 4-year, $109 million deal. According to a story by Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald, while the money […]

Kemba Walker is already making friends in Beantown as the new point guard of the Boston Celtics. After agreeing to a four-year deal with the Celtics on Sunday, Walker landed in Boston on Monday and took some pictures and signed autographs for Boston fans. Kemba Walker signed some autographs for fans on Newbury St. this […]

Kemba Walker was recently spotted wearing Boston Celtics colors, less than 24 hours after he signed a four-year, $141 million max contract with the team. .@KembaWalker in the Celtics green for the first time ☘️ (via @Chad_Amaral) pic.twitter.com/szUheJSTrw — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 1, 2019 Walker spent the first eight years of his career playing […]

There was some belief that Kyrie Irving could reunite with LeBron James by joining the Los Angeles Lakers this summer, but it’s looking like that was never even a possibility. According to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, Irving and James spoke after the season ended, but during those talks, James never tried to convince Irving […]

New Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter spoke about his decision to turn down a return to the Portland Trail Blazers after a rousing stint in the postseason that saw its end in the Western Conference Finals. The 6-foot-11 center told Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated via text about his reasoning for leaving Rip City […]

The Boston Celtics have agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal with free agent center Enes Kanter, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The deal will have a second-year player option. His acquisition will help make up for the loss of center Al Horford, who opted out of the $30.1 million remaining in the […]

Yes, the Boston Celtics agreed to sign star point guard Kemba Walker as free agency opened up on Sunday evening, but as great as Walker is and as much as he will bring to the locker room, the move felt hollow. Not because Walker would be replacing Kyrie Irving, who agreed to join the Brooklyn […]

Following his recent decision to sign for the Boston Celtics as the new face of the franchise moving forward, Kemba Walker was quick to show his appreciation to his former team, the Charlotte Hornets. In a write-up he penned for The Players’ Tribune, Walker shared how much love he has for the Hornets. At one […]

The Boston Celtics may have lost Kyrie Irving, but they have replaced him with the next best thing, agreeing to sign former Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker to a four-year deal. Walker played his collegiate basketball at the University of Connecticut and led the Huskies to a national title, so he is very familiar […]

Al Horford, who has agreed to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers, was offered a similar deal by the Boston Celtics but with ‘significantly less’ money. Speaking on The Jump, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnaworski revealed that the Celtics also gave Horford a four-year deal, but they lost to the Sixers who paid the veteran big man $109 […]

For Isaiah Thomas of the Denver Nuggets, Kemba Walker will definitely thrive with the Boston Celtics. Per NBCS Celtics as transcribed by Jared Weiss of The Athletic, Thomas was asked how Walker will fit in with Brad Stevens’ system. “(It’s) an open opportunity system. Brad puts you in position to be successful no matter who […]

The Boston Celtics are doing a lot of work ahead of free agency with the hopes of building a championship contending team next season. One of their priorities is to re-sign veteran forward Al Horford. The Celts are reportedly making moves to put them in a position to bring him back. Sources: The Boston Celtics […]

Heading into the 2018-19 season, the Boston Celtics were the presumptive favorite in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics had already come within a single game of reaching the NBA Finals despite injuries to Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, and with both players looking healthy before the start of the regular season, another deep run appeared […]

All-Star point guard Kemba Walker is signing a four-year, $141 million max deal to join the Boston Celtics, Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Free agent Kemba Walker has agreed to sign a four-year, $141M maximum contract to join the Boston Celtics, Excel Sports agent Jeff Schwartz tells ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2019 Walker decided […]

Kyrie Irving has agreed to sign a four-year, $141 million max-level contract with the Brooklyn Nets in free agency, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Kevin Durant and DeAndre Jordan will be joining Irving in Brooklyn: Sources: Durant will sign a 4-year, $164M deal with the Nets; Irving will sign 4-years, $141M. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) […]

With Kyrie Irving to the Brooklyn Nets and Kemba Walker to the Boston Celtics all but official, the Celtics are looking to facilitate a three-team deal to sign-and-trade free agents Irving, Walker, and Terry Rozier, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. The talks are “exploratory” thus far: Sources: Boston's showing interest in a 3-team sign-and-trade w/ Kyrie […]

Despite the Sacramento Kings’ reported pursuit of free-agent big man Al Horford, the Philadelphia 76ers have “real interest” in the five-time All-Star, per The Athletic’s Sam Amick. The Sacramento Bee reported on Sunday that the Kings are prepared to make Horford a “massive” offer when free agency kicks off, though Amick noted the franchise currently […]

Boston Celtics free agent Al Horford is set to hit the open NBA free agency market this evening and there are quite a few teams that have expressed interest in signing him. There have also been quite a few reports about a “mystery team” that would like to sign Horford. That mystery team hasn’t been […]

The Boston Celtics — widely expected to sign point guard Kemba Walker when free agency opens — will not renounce their qualifying offer to restricted free agent Terry Rozier “until they have to,” per Yahoo Sports’ Keith Smith. Rozier, being a restricted free agent, can sign an offer sheet with any team, but the Celtics […]

According to a recent report, Charlotte Hornets All-Star point guard Kemba Walker has already agreed to terms on a summer move to the Boston Celtics once he officially hits free agency within the next couple of days. He is set to take the place of Kyrie Irving, who himself appears to be on his way […]

The Boston Celtics are not extending a qualifying offer to point guard P.J. Dozier, thus making him an unrestricted free agent, Tim Bontempts of ESPN reports. The Boston Celtics are declining to extend a qualifying offer to PJ Dozier, who’ll become an unrestricted free agent, league source tells ESPN. — Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) June 29, […]

The Boston Celtics may have seen the last of Al Horford in Beantown green, but they haven’t lost out on other reliable and significantly more economical big man options. And according to Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix, among those is Robin Lopez, who was last seen wearing a Chicago Bulls jersey. As Mannix noted, Boston may […]

The Boston Celtics will renounce the rights to Terry Rozier, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, making him an unrestricted free agent. Boston will renounce the rights to guard Terry Rozier – to open up a max slot for Kemba Walker – and he’ll become an unrestricted free agent, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. […]

Kyrie Irving will begin free agency by meeting with the Brookyn Nets on Sunday night, at which time both sides are optimistic they will agree on a four-year, $141 million contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Free agent Kyrie Irving is meeting with the Brooklyn Nets in New York on Sunday and both sides are […]

Kemba Walker is reportedly joining the Boston Celtics, and we’re starting to understand why. According to Jeff Goodman of Watch Stadium, the primary reason Walker is leaving the Charlotte Hornets for the Celtics is because the All-Star guard feels he can go on a deep playoff run in Boston. Walker is also excited to play […]