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Derrick Rose was supposed to be the savior that brought the Chicago Bulls back to their glory days and put them back on top of the NBA landscape. However, after eight up and down years in The Windy City, the Bulls elected to go into full rebuild mode and traded Rose to the New York […]

Kevin Durant will not be paying a visit to every team that wants to speak with him. Durant has decided to set up a place where teams can come to meet him, since he is in demand. According to The Vertical’s Woj , he and his team has decided to host his free agent meetings in […]

It’s been clear for awhile that Dwight Howard will not return to play for the Houston Rockets next season, but the question of where he’ll end up is yet to be answered. There were rumors about him making a return to the Orlando Magic, but it’s a different pair of Eastern Conference organizations who have […]

Center Hassan Whiteside is going to be very sought after this summer. With teams like the Lakers and Mavericks, and Trail Blazers expected to offer Whiteside a max contract, the 27 year old will have the biggest decision of his life to make starting July 1. Although teams can start signing players on July 7th, […]

It is no surprise Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant is a hot ticket among many free agents this summer. Ever since being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics back in 2007, Durant has always made a constant effort to lead his team into the postseason, completing this task numerous times. This is why many teams have […]

Bill Simmons has always been a big Boston Celtics fan. Simmons is primarily known as the Boston Sports Guy, is a Massachusetts native who moved to Los Angeles years ago, but still avidly follows the Celtics from their biggest rival city. That includes the NBA Draft, which he avidly follows every year and has written various […]

The Boston Celtics had three first round picks in Thursday night’s NBA Draft, but some Boston sports fans ended the draft with an overall sense of disappointment after watching their team makes some unexpected decisions regarding their draft choices. The Celtics may have reached a bit with the third overall pick when they took Jaylen […]

In the wake of the Derrick Rose trade, there has been a bounty of rumors about the Chicago Bulls possibly moving their best player, Jimmy Butler, as well. On Bill Simmons’ podcast a couple weeks back, Butler was quite confident that he would remain in Chicago, and he insisted that he’s been able to block […]

Even if the Philadelphia 76ers are unsuccessful in their pursuit of the Boston Celtics‘ number three pick in the NBA draft, they have a couple other teams lined up behind them. As reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, the Sixers are still in talks to acquire the third overall pick from Boston, but they’ve […]

The start of the NBA draft is rapidly approaching, and trade rumors are running hot. The Boston Celtics and their number three overall pick have been commonly discussed, but a new potential trade partner has just been cited. The Milwaukee Bucks, who’ve been discussed mostly with regards to their hope to move big man Greg […]

The Philadelphia 76ers haven’t given up on their pursuit of having two of the top three picks in this year’s NBA draft. Along with the number one pick that they received in the lottery, the Sixers have made a series of offers to the Boston Celtics for the third overall selection. Most notably (as reported […]

Danny Ainge has made it very clear to the rest of the league that the Boston Celtics‘ third overall pick is on the table for the taking, for the right price. It was reported over a week ago that the C’s are aggressively shopping their heralded number three pick (not to the surprise of anyone), […]

We are now just three days away from the 2016 NBA Draft. The Boston Celtics have the 3rd overall pick, but are looking to see if there are any teams around the league that are interested in a trade.  The Sixers have the first overall pick in the draft, but are looking into dealing for […]

The Golden State Warriors are currently facing immense disappointment, becoming the first team in NBA history to blow a 3-1 lead in the Finals. Warriors fans do have something to look forward to however, as Vegas sportsbooks place Golden State as the early favorite to win the 2017 title at 7-4 odds. Newly crowned champion […]

About a month ago, we had heard of reports saying that Kris Dunn did not want to go to the Boston Celtics in the NBA draft. Dunn was a spectacular point guard at the University of Providence for the past two years. He averaged 16 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds this past season. His […]

The tables have been turned in the ongoing NBA Finals. After the Golden State Warriors looked every bit like the 73-win regular season team that they were in the first four games, the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, have willed themselves to a step away from immortality. After being on the […]

At least one member of the Cleveland Cavaliers hasn’t exactly enjoyed the team’s comeback to force a Game 7 against the Golden State Warriors. Supposedly a member of their big three, Kevin Love has been left in the dust while LeBron James and Kyrie Irving do the heavy lifting for the Cavs. In Game 6, […]

Oaklahoma’s Buddy Hield has given the Boston Celtics something to think about this week. He was able to complete his work out for the Celtics on Monday, going through a series of drills, and managed to impress, sinking 85 of 100 3-pointers before calling it quits. Hield shot 45% from from three point land at The […]

Danny Ainge is waiting to strike once again. Nine years ago, the Boston Celtics‘ general manager and president was able to bring both Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to Boston, capitulating the C’s to a title. They got back to the Finals two years later, enjoying their best run of success since the Larry Bird era […]

Kevin Durant is the top free agent this offseason, and both the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers – among other teams – are going after him. But these teams are also looking at another free agent: Hassan Whiteside. While Whiteside and Durant may both stay with their respective Heat and Thunder teams, it’s hard […]

The list of NBA stars not playing for Team USA this summer seems to longer than the list of players who are playing. DeMarcus Cousins is in, and so is Paul George, but many others have opted not to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics. Isaiah Thomas of the Boston Celtics is another story. The […]

With so many big-name players potentially entering free agency this summer, teams and fans alike are doing whatever they can to try and convince their favorite free agents why their city is the best place to come play. The most highly touted of those free agents will most likely be Oklahoma City Thunder star, Kevin […]

The Boston Celtics ended up with the third overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, but they haven’t narrowed down who they want quite yet. In fact, there are many players they’re considering. Head coach Brad Stevens recently told reporters of the team’s draft plans: “I’ve got a good idea when I talk to Danny […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens has been a tremendous replacement for now-Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers. It was a rough start at 25-57 in his first season coaching the NBA in 2013-14. Since then, Stevens has gone nowhere but up with a team that was expected to be a rebuilding team for […]

Since being selected second overall in the 2010 NBA Draft, Evan Turner has not evolved into the proficient superstar that the Philadelphia 76ers thought he would be at the time. Turner currently finds himself as a role player on the Boston Celtics, with the majority of his scoring coming from the rapidly depleting mid-range game. Turner, however, […]

Count the Boston Celtics as one of the many teams that will recruit Kevin Durant this summer. The Celtics are clearly a team on the rise. They were one of just several teams to defeat the 73-9 Golden State Warriors during the regular season and they also clinched the fifth seed just two years after […]

The Boston Celtics have seamlessly transitioned from the Doc Rivers era with the Big Three to the new regime under head coach Brad Stevens. The constant has been president of basketball operations, Danny Ainge. This season, the Celtics finished with their highest win total since 2011 despite suffering a number of injuries. They finished fifth […]

In the immediate aftermath of Monday night’s Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors, the Boston Celtics‘ Isaiah Thomas subtweeted Kevin Durant about coming to Boston in free agency before quickly deleting it, realizing it might be viewed by the league as tampering. Although Durant claimed he personally hasn’t thought about his […]

With the Golden State Warriors set to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second straight year in the NBA Finals, it only becomes appropriate that we take a look at recent rematches in NBA Finals history. You don’t have to look too far back for the most recent back-to-back NBA Finals rematch. It took […]

It’s no secret that a multitude of teams will be going after Kevin Durant this offseason now that he’s a free agent. Although he said after the Thunder‘s Game 7 Western Conference Finals loss to the Warriors that he hadn’t even thought about it yet being just minutes removed from the defeat, that didn’t stop […]

The Boston Celtics have acquired a staggering collection of assets entering this summer. Their franchise consists of quality players, great picks, and possibly even a large salary cap space depending on how their off season is spent financially. Celtics president Danny Ainge has positioned his team to not only make it past the first round of the playoffs, […]

After years and years of compiling draft picks, often trading talented young guys in their second or third seasons for more picks, it finally appears that the Philadelphia 76ers are going to invest their time in actual players. Or, so we thought. According to The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, the Boston Celtics, who have the third […]

Now that the NBA Draft Lottery has come and gone, the order of which team is picking when has been established. With the Philadelphia 76ers grabbing the first pick and the Los Angeles Lakers taking the second pick, it’s almost inevitable that LSU’s Ben Simmons and Duke’s Brandon Ingram will go to those teams. But […]

Having spent his entire career in the organization, impending free agent Jared Sullinger said that he would like to stay with the Boston Celtics. Due to concerns with his back, the 6-foot-9 center fell in the 2012 NBA Draft before the Celtics took him with the 21st overall pick. In an interview with Chris Mannix on […]

Boston Celtics’ center Kelly Olynyk has a big decision to make and he needs to make it soon. After playing with an injured shoulder through the end of the season, the expectation has been that Olynyk would undergo the surgery once the season had ended. But that may not be the case. According to Kurt […]

Earlier this morning, it was announced that the Indiana Pacers would not retain Frank Vogel as their head coach moving forward. While the decision is still very fresh, some fans and members of the media are starting to speculate on who president Larry Bird will bring in to fill the position. Immediately, one high-profile candidate on the […]

The Boston Celtics appear to be one of the most dangerous teams in the league moving forward thanks to a number of savvy moves that allowed them to compile a large pool of assets. At this year’s trade deadline, president Danny Ainge held back from pulling the trigger on any deals proposed to Boston, even […]

For as good as the Boston Celtics were in 2015-16, they lacked one key ingredient to a championship—a superstar. According to Chris Mannix of The Vertical, the Celtics plan on making a run at the biggest superstar in the free agent pool this offseason, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant. Manic reports: “The Celtics believe Durant will […]

At the end of a hard-fought playoff series, teams converge at center court and exchange pleasantries: encouraging words are said on one end of the floor, congratulatory words on the other. It’s customary in the NBA and across other professional sports leagues to do so. In the Atlanta Hawks’ series-clinching 104-92 victory in Game 6 […]