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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 […]

Kemba Walker has informed the Charlotte Hornets that he plans to sign with the Boston Celtics in free agency, according to Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer. .@KembaWalker has conveyed to the @hornets he intends to sign with the Boston Celtics once free-agent contracts are allowed July 6, multiple sources say. — Rick Bonnell (@rick_bonnell) […]

The Boston Celtics have extended a qualifying offer to big man Daniel Theis, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. This makes Theis a restricted free agent and gives the Celtics the ability to match any offer he receives. Given the fact that Boston traded Aron Baynes and is also likely to lose Al Horford in […]

The Boston Celtics are pursuing bigs with their $4.8 million room exception such as Enes Kanter and Kevon Looney, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Both Kanter and Looney become unrestricted free agents on Sunday. Kanter played with the New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers this past season, while Looney was on the […]

The Boston Celtics have extended a qualifying offer to point guard Terry Rozier, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. This makes Rozier a restricted free agent and gives them the right to match any offer he receives. Of course, the Celtics are not expected to bring Rozier back, as doing so would prevent them […]

The Boston Celtics are about to completely make over their roster this summer, as Kyrie Irving and Al Horford seem to be surefire goners, Aron Baynes was traded and the Celtics will also have to renounce rights to Marcus Morris and Terry Rozier in order to clear enough cap room to sign Kemba Walker, which […]

Kyrie Irving was reportedly upset some players on the Boston Celtics went out partying in Miami in January after the team got to their hotel after 2 a.m. in the middle of back-to-back games, according to Jackie MacMullan of ESPN. The Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers on Jan. 9. They played the Miami Heat the […]

After recently deciding to decline his player option for the final year of his contract with the Boston Celtics, Al Horford’s stock as a free agent continues to rise significantly. Right now, two other teams have emerged as new suitors for the signature of the 6-foot-10 big man, with the Sacramento Kings and the Philadelphia […]

At this point, it’s all but certain that Kyrie Irving is on his way out of the Boston Celtics once he officially hits free agency within the next few days. There appears to be no hard feelings for head coach Brad Stevens, who stated that he hopes his star point guard finds success wherever his […]

Kyrie Irving’s two-year tenure with the Boston Celtics has been filled with a lot of intrigue, especially his second season, which brought many of his issues afloat. Among them was an anecdote of how the organization catered to Irving, yet the star point guard would have his moments. Per ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan: “Could the Celtics […]

The Boston Celtics’ 2018-19 season was a disaster, at least relative to expectations, as the team scuffled through a drama-filled regular season before getting blitzed by the Milwaukee Bucks in five games in the second round of the playoffs. There were plenty of reasons for the failure, but Celtics head coach Brad Stevens admitted to […]

Former Boston Celtics player and radio analyst Cedric Maxwell spoke to the clear turmoil in the locker room this season, claiming this 2018-19 team was the most dysfunctional he’s seen since 1983. While a lot of the blame is falling on soon-to-be-former Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving, Maxwell urged this wasn’t just an Irving matter, […]

The Washington Wizards are set to enter into 2019 free agency without a full-time general manager, but the team is still making moves and preparing for more big decisions coming their way. According to a story by Chase Hughes of NBC Sports, the team’s starting point guard in 2018-19, Tomas Satoransky, can expect to get […]