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Kyrie Irving has decided to bet on himself by not taking on contract extension talks this summer with the Boston Celtics. The move makes sense, as he stands to make a whopping $80 million more by waiting until next season, where he could make $188 million over the next five years, much like other free […]

The Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes have been on even before the fissure between the San Antonio Spurs and their star became truly evident, as the Boston Celtics took the first swipe by pitching a trade offer for their lauded defensive ace. “The Boston Celtics made a trade offer to San Antonio before the February deadline, but […]

Dennis Rodman was eight years away from melting down on live television while being interviewed on CNN the last time a LeBron James-less team had represented the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. The year was 2010. The same year the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLIV; clay court demigod […]

The Boston Celtics despite not having the services of their two All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward were able to push a win away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time in eight years. It was charge led by their young core group that has brought forth much optimism about the future that […]

In the days that have followed the end of the 2018 NBA Finals, there has been much chatter surrounding All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving’s long-term future with the Boston Celtics. Irving is set to enter the fourth year of his five-year, $94.3 million deal that has a player option for the 2019-20 season that could see him […]

The Boston Celtics came awfully short of making an NBA Finals appearance this year, as they were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in an Eastern Conference Finals series that took seven games to conclude. Now that the Celtics and the entire NBA is in the offseason, it’s a convenient time for players to recover from […]

Since the conclusion of the 2018 NBA Finals, there has been constant chatter surrounding All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving’s long-term future with the Boston Celtics. All of this noise has surrounded his largely non-committal stance about working out a new extension with the franchise. This has created a sense of uncertainty from the Celtics about […]

LeBron James will have nearly every team looking out for potential options to lure him to a new destination, but only a few boast the roster and disposition to do what it takes to acquire him during free agency. According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Boston Celtics should be able to make a run for […]

Just recently, Kyrie Irving made a lot of Boston Celtics fans a little bit wary of their team’s future when it was reported that the star point guard might consider leaving Beantown via free agency in 2019. While that free agency is an entire year away from when the rumor first surfaced, it has certainly […]

LeBron James has a big decision to make in the summer. Should he waive his player option with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he’ll be a free agent who’s definitely going to attract an inordinate amount of attention from plenty of teams. After all, he remains as the planets’ best player even though his Cleveland Cavaliers just […]

The Boston Celtics are coming off a rather impressive 2017-18 NBA season. The fact that they did it without point guard Kyrie Irving and small forward Gordon Hayward means some major changes could be on the horizon. Irving is set to become a free agent after next season. According to Chris Mannix of Yahoo Sports, Boston is […]

Kyrie Irving got a lot of people talking when he first presented his theory about the world being flat. He recently opened up more about his idea of the world with the New York Times, and it appears there could just be a little trolling going on. Irving was asked why he originally brought this up, […]

The emergence of Boston Celtics rising star point guard Terry Rozier in the second half of this season was easily one of the best stories of the 2017-18 NBA campaign. With such a huge improvement in his play, especially during the absence of Celtics star point guard Kyrie Irving due to his knee injury, many […]

When it comes to Boston Celtics rookie small forward Jayson Tatum, the 20-year-old rising star put together quite an amazing first season in the NBA after being selected No. 3 overall in the 2017 NBA Draft out of basketball powerhouse Duke University. Tatum’s former teammate in four-year shooting guard Grayson Allen, who is expected to be […]

He just got there it seems but Kyrie Irving’s long-term future with the Boston Celtics is already being questioned by some. This sprouted up initially in the playoffs as the Celtics made it to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals without Irving before being ousted by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now it’s […]

LeBron James is bound to have perhaps his most pivotal offseason, likely choosing the team with which he will spend the rest of his prime with, following this grueling postseason. According to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith (via Clevis Murray of The Athletic), James is bound to have conversations with many of the heavy-hitters, including the […]

The Boston Celtics had to play this postseason without Kyrie Irving, but things are looking up for the guys in green. They were able to make the Eastern Conference Finals without Irving or Gordon Hayward and they also have a lot of young players to build around and try to reach the NBA Finals next […]

Though they lost Gordon Hayward on opening night to a gruesome injury, then later Kyrie Irving to knee surgery, the Boston Celtics managed to persevere. In fact, the C’s made it all the way to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals before seeing their season come to an end. Now, with the 2017-18 season […]

The Boston Celtics will have some major decisions to make with their personnel over the next month. While the likes of Marcus Smart and Shane Larkin will be fishing for long-term deals and impending extensions are due for Terry Rozier and Jaylen Brown, the team could be looking for a major re-shuffle. Legendary TV voice […]

New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis has been rumored to be a Boston Celtics target for the past season in a quest for the next superteam in the East. Yet legendary TV voice Mike Gorman thinks the only way the Celtics could trade for the all-around big man would be to swap stars. “Again, if […]

It’s not safe to bet on Shane Larkin’s chances of donning Boston Celtics colors again next season. According to a report by Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe, Larkin is preparing to pursue a multi-year deal with another team, as the Celtics have other more pressing concerns than trying to bring back Larkin. The Celtics […]

Last week, rumors started to float that the Boston Celtics are willing to deal one of their rising stars if it meant moving up high enough in the upcoming 2018 NBA Draft to snag Texas Longhorns product Mo Bamba, who is considered as one of the best big men in the pool, per Sean Deveney […]

As the Boston Celtics look to solidify their roster for next season, and try to make a run back to the Eastern Conference Finals, there is one guy for sure that isn’t expected back, Greg Monroe. https://twitter.com/Sports___Throne/status/1003751963941527553 According to the Boston Globe, Monroe probably won’t be back because of his struggles on the defensive side […]

By now, everyone on the planet has talked about the final moments of regulation in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. J.R. Smith, the Cavs’ unpredictable shooting guard, has been cursed by every Cavs fan, in every way imaginable– in every nation’s language and dialect. LeBron […]

The Boston Celtics suffered a tough Game 7 defeat at home at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and their already-injured star in Kyrie Irving was not in attendance for the team’s final eventual home game as he was undergoing minor surgery on his nose for a deviated septum. Irving was already missing time due […]

Jayson Tatum’s iconic Game 7 dunk over LeBron James will likely go down as the best moment of his rookie season. He spoke about it at length during an interview in ESPN’s Get Up! “It doesn’t get any better than that,” said Tatum. “I got to dunk on him. That felt pretty good, but obviously […]

Gordon Hayward just took a big step towards regaining a 100 percent health status. According to Marc J. Spears of ESPN, the Boston Celtics forward went under the knife recently to take out the plate and screws from his leg. Celtics say Gordon Hayward had surgery to remove the plate & screws implanted following the […]

Although the Boston Celtics were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, the future looks very bright for the young team. Without superstars Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, the Celtics were able to pass their tests in the first and second round against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers, respectively, and […]

Facing Al Horford one-on-one at the top of the key, LeBron James gave a slow right-to-left crossover through his legs to size his opponent up, then burst to his left for the right-handed layup. To see what hopes the Cleveland Cavaliers might have in the Finals, it’s important to look at how the East was […]

The Boston Celtics surprised a lot of people with their play this season. Coming into the year, the team was faced with lofty expectations, but when Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving these expectations changed. Although it hurt this season having those two guys out, it might actually be best for the long-term success of this team. Hall […]

Brad Stevens is going through a tough time right now. After failing to close out LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, it’s back to the offseason. At least he has one legend in his corner. New England Patriots mastermind Bill Belichick has taken notice of the […]

In 2013, the Boston Celtics sent Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for a couple of first-round picks in 2014, 2016, 2018. Five years down the road, the Celtics are clearly reaping the benefits of the deal. As reported by David Aldridge of NBA.com, the aforementioned deal is a “gift […]

The pain of choking a 3-2 series lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the recently-concluded Eastern Conference finals is not going to wear off anytime soon for the Boston Celtics. But for Celtics big man Al Horford, the 87-79 loss to the Cavs in Game 7 of the series last Sunday, he would rather look […]

The Boston Celtics’ fantastic run in the playoffs came to a screeching halt on Sunday when they absorbed a gut-wrenching 87-79 loss at the hands of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at TD Garden. To rub some more salt to the wounds of the Celtics and their supporters, particularly to Boston legend Paul Pierce, […]

If you were tuned in to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics, you, along with a whole lot of others, just formed part of history as that game tied ESPN’s high recorded NBA rating. According to ESPN Media Zone, Game 7 logged in a 9.1 metered […]

The Boston Celtics failed to get over the hump that was the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals, as they lost to LeBron James and company in the third round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. Although they were not able to reach the NBA Finals, the Celtics gave birth […]

The Boston Celtics saw their season coming to another disappointing end in the Eastern Conference Finals for a second straight year this time falling short in Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. This has immediately pushed the front office toward what lies ahead in the offseason with eyes toward exceeding their finish from this past […]

The Boston Celtics have fallen just a win shy of reaching their first NBA Finals in nearly a decade after coming up short against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of Eastern Conference Finals. Boston was able to make a deep playoff run without the services of their All-Star duo of Kyrie Irving and Gordon […]

With Kyrie Irving out the end of the regular season as well as the entirety of the postseason for the Boston Celtics, it gave other players on the team a chance to step up. One of the guys who took full advantage of his opportunity was Terry Rozier who made himself a lot of money with […]