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Sharpshooter Sam Hauser and the Boston Celtics agreed to a four-year, $45 million contract extension on Sunday. The 26-year-old 6-foot-7 forward was a key piece off the bench in the Celtics’ championship run, scoring 9.0 points per game while shooting 42.4 percent from three in 22.0 minutes per game. President of basketball operations Brad Stevens […]

A huge knock on Joel Embiid’s resume is that he has never made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. Every year it seems like the Philadelphia 76ers end up facing some heavy-hitters that prevent them from winning. In the 2019 postseason, the 2023 Most Valuable Player even went home crying alongside Jimmy Butler and Ben […]

The Boston Celtics are still basking in the afterglow of their championship win, the 18th in their storied history and most in NBA history. Jaylen Brown’s omission from Team USA for the Olympic season has not been forgotten and now Carmelo Anthony is chiming in with his two cents. Anthony made comments on Brown’s omission […]

Now that the Boston Celtics are reigning NBA Champions, they have a target on their back heading into next season. Between the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, or even the Indiana Pacers, some of Boston’s biggest Eastern Conference threats have leveled up this offseason, so if they try to swing at the kings of the […]

Team USA’s preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympics has come with its fair share of turbulence. Most recently, they were pushed to the brink by South Sudan despite being 43.5-point favorites to win on the night. But a few weeks ago, it was Jaylen Brown who kicked up a fuss when he expressed his disappointment […]

The Boston Celtics are fresh off winning the 2024 NBA Finals, and they have devoted pretty much all of their efforts this offseason towards keeping their current crop of players in town for the foreseeable future. The only player whose status with the team was really up in the air over the past few weeks […]

Nothing really came out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ In-Season Tournament victory last year. It did not give them a big burst of momentum. They were still forced to fight their way out of the Play-In Tournament before once again being eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs. But what the pursuit of the […]

The Boston Celtics wrapped up their 2024 Summer League slate on Friday afternoon, finishing 2-2 in Las Vegas after falling 101-90 to the Dallas Mavericks. Previously, they lost to the Miami Heat, dominated the Los Angeles Lakers, and beat the Charlotte Hornets. Although this summer showcase included just four games for the C’s, they learned […]

The NBA offseason is a time for trades, splashy free agent signings, and heightened player movement. Yet, the Boston Celtics’ offseason has had almost none of that. Instead, the front office has prioritized bringing back the talented core that won the Celtics their first title in over 15 years. Boston star Jayson Tatum received a […]

Bronny James had his most impressive game of the Summer League on Wednesday evening against the Atlanta Hawks, scoring relatively efficiently and hitting a late three pointer to give Los Angeles the lead in a game they ultimately won. It had to feel good for Bronny, son of Lakers star and NBA legend LeBron James, […]

Jaylen Brown was an intriguing candidate to replace Kawhi Leonard on Team USA’s Olympic roster when the Los Angeles Clippers star decided to opt out. Instead, Brown’s Boston Celtics teammate Derrick White was added as the replacement. So what does Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens think about the Team USA decision? “Jaylen’s a […]

The conversation about being the face of the league kept making rounds during the Boston Celtics’ run at the NBA Playoffs. While he may not have won the two Finals MVP trophies, Jayson Tatum is still largely considered the primary star of Joe Mazzulla’s squad. This is despite having Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday, and Derrick […]

The Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals in June, and are considered by most to be World Champions. However, Ergin Ataman, head coach of the EuroLeague champion Panathinaikos B.C., isn’t quite ready to hand that title over to the Celtics. Ataman issued a challenge to the Celtics during an interview with Turkish network Rafine TV. […]

Jayson Tatum might’ve just led the Boston Celtics to an NBA title, but he once dreamed of playing for their biggest rival — The Los Angeles Lakers. Growing up, Tatum was a massive fan of Kobe Bryant and his Lakers. When you’re a kid, anything is possible. In the fourth grade, Tatum already had NBA […]

Future Hall of Famer LeBron James has been in the NBA for so long that the game’s current superstars remember being in awe of him over a decade ago. Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum was no exception, as the 26-year-old recalled one specific moment when he was on the hunt for James’ autograph. Tatum, a […]

One day after Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown appeared to question whether Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James belonged in the NBA, Bronny’s agent Rich Paul weighed in on the subject. Appearing on The Pat McAfee Show, Paul said that the Celtics wing has a right to his opinion when he allegedly said “I don’t […]

Bronny James being drafted at all would have drawn attention, considering the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James did not perform well at all in his lone college basketball season, but the fact that he was drafted by the Lakers, LeBron’s team, called into question whether the NBA’s oldest player forced the Lakers’ proverbial […]

Boston Celtics star forward Jaylen Brown seems to have strong credentials to be part of Team USA. But he’s not, and he appears to believe that Nike is somehow responsible for why it’s Derrick White who’s been called upon to replace Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard on the Paris-bound squad instead of him. On […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown made waves when he expressed his disappoint over being passed up on for a Team USA call-up in the aftermath of Kawhi Leonard’s withdrawal from the team. However, Brown’s discontent over how things shook up for himself wasn’t taken too kindly by some fans. After all, it seemed as though […]

What did Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown say about Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James? That’s the question on Lakers fans’ minds after video of Brown at NBA Summer League has fans accusing him of saying that he doesn’t think Bronny is an NBA player. Jaylen Brown: “I don’t think Bronny [James] is a pro.” […]

Team USA had to replace star forward Kawhi Leonard because of a knee injury and Derrick White was selected to replace him. White arrived in Abu Dhabi to join his teammates Sunday, and the key member of the NBA champion Boston Celtics is looking forward to getting the opportunity to play in the Paris Olympics. […]

Seven years ago, there were signs of good things to come for the Boston Celtics during NBA Summer League. Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown were playing together and the acclaimed “7/11” duo showed flashes of excellence early in their careers. In 2024, that terrific tandem is now responsible for Boston’s 18th championship and loads […]

After the Boston Celtics won their first championship since 2008 this past season where they beat the Dallas Mavericks in five games to hang up their 18th banner, people have been continuing to question the legitimacy due to the competition. Former basketball player Shaquille O’Neal discussed this topic of conversation on his online show “The […]

Celtics forward Jaylen Brown is the reigning NBA Finals MVP. So why was he left off of the Team USA Olympic basketball squad headed to the Olympics later this month in favor of his teammates Jayson Tatum and, perhaps most notably, Derrick White? These are just a few of the myriad questions surrounding the situation. […]

Whether or not Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum could score in bunches at the NBA level was never in question. However, when he was forced to become more of a playmaker than a scorer in the 2022 NBA Finals, he came up short. The five-time All-Star learned from those failures and created for others at […]

It has been a busy past few days for Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown. Following Kawhi Leonard’s withdrawal from Team USA’s 2024 Paris Olympics roster, Brown became a popular suggestion to take the Los Angeles Clippers star’s spot. However, Team USA management decided to enlist the services of Derrick White instead, sparking a wave of […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is currently in the middle of a great offseason, as he first helped guide the Celtics to the NBA championship in June, then signed the most lucrative contract in NBA history earlier this month, and now is preparing with Team USA in Las Vegas for the upcoming Olympics from Paris. […]

With Kawhi Leonard withdrawing from participating with Team USA in the Olympics, conversations sparked as to who should fill the final roster spot. Various members of the USA Basketball Select Team, including Cooper Flagg, were viewed as potential candidates to replace Leonard. But it was Boston Celtics guard Derrick White who got the nod over […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is currently in the midst of quite the offseason, as he first helped lead the Celtics to the NBA championship in June, then signed the richest contract in NBA history, and now is preparing with Team USA for the upcoming Olympics. The Celtics have also brought back essentially their entire […]

The Milwaukee Bucks made a splash move by acquiring Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers last summer, but that enabled the Boston Celtics to make a pivotal move as well by acquiring Jrue Holiday after they had already added Kristaps Porzingis. Jayson Tatum was recently on The Old Man & The Three podcast alongside […]

With the Team USA men’s basketball team kicking off their bid for the gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics with a slew of exhibition games, starting with one against Team Canada on Wednesday night, they had to move quickly in the aftermath of Kawhi Leonard’s withdrawal from the team. The committee quickly decided on […]

The Boston Celtics won their record 18th NBA title this past season, and now NBA Hall-of-Famer and ex-Pacer Reggie Miller is putting things into perspective. The longtime NBA shooting guard issued a warning to the NBA about an element of Jayson Tatum that could give opposing coaches nightmares for years to come. Miller’s warning came […]

The Team USA basketball squad is preparing for an exciting run in the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, a major roster change has fans and players buzzing. Kawhi Leonard departed the team to focus on his preparation for the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Clippers. As a result, Boston Celtics guard Derrick White took Leonard’s […]

The landscape of the NBA has changed since the Boston Celtics claimed their 18th championship in team history. While there may not have been as much movement in terms of free agency signings and trades being made due to the league’s new financial rules, plenty of big names now find themselves on new rosters. Paul […]

Recently, Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics broke through to win their first NBA championship in the better part of two decades by knocking off Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals. While Tatum didn’t perform quite consistently enough to win the Finals MVP award–which instead went to Celtics teammate Jaylen […]

The Boston Celtics are NBA Champions. After 16 years of longing for their 18th banner, the Celtics steamrolled through the Eastern Conference and then the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. But the only thing harder than getting to the top is staying on top, and the Celtics will need to have a smart, low-cost […]

Jayson Tatum has been living quite a charmed life as of late, first helping lead his Boston Celtics to their first NBA championship in 16 years in June, then signing a contract to become the highest paid player in NBA history with a new extension a few weeks later, and now hoping to help Team […]

Jayson Tatum has been living the high life as of late, first helping lead his Boston Celtics to their first NBA championship in 16 years, then becoming the highest paid player in NBA history with a new contract extension a few weeks later, and now looking to help Team USA secure a gold medal at […]

The Boston Celtics’ very own Jayson Tatum is your NBA 2K25 cover athlete. Shortly after winning his first NBA Championship, Tatum will also have the honors of gracing not one, but two different versions of the game. NBA 2K25 will offer a familiar experience for the series, but with new improvements to try and set […]