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There is no question as to who the best player in the NBA is at this juncture. What Nikola Jokic has done individually is starting to reach untouchable territory, as the Denver Nuggets big man continues to forge his own lore in NBA history in search of his fourth MVP award. However, the Nuggets have […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics have one clear goal in mind and that’s returning to the NBA Finals as the favorites to win it all again this season. After their dominant run through the Playoffs last year, the East’s second-place team will look to prime themselves and remain healthy throughout the Regular Season. Jordan […]

Traditionally, Team USA has been regarded as an international basketball powerhouse. With a deep pool of talent at their disposal, it isn’t surprising when they’re gold-medal contenders in FIBA play. In fact, they recently proved that after capturing gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. But while Team USA has a decorated history, the program has […]

BOSTON — Once Boston Celtics fans step into TD Garden, they’re not known for their hospitality. Opposing players and coaches are always booed, but the crowd might have to make an exception on Saturday night when former Celtic Marcus Smart comes to town. Smart’s homecoming in Boston is expected to be such a spectacle that […]

Sophie Rain, a 20-year-old OnlyFans model, has shocked the internet with her staggering annual earnings. On November 27, she proudly shared her total gross income for the year: a jaw-dropping $43,477,695.01. To put this into perspective, Rain’s earnings were more than 23% higher than the $35 million salary of NBA star Jayson Tatum, and just […]

The Boston Celtics, until further notice, remain the team to beat for the 2024-25 NBA championship, and on Friday night, they continued to show why this is the case. Thanks to another stellar outing from Jayson Tatum, the Celtics managed to take home a 111-105 victory over a Milwaukee Bucks team that has been surging […]

BOSTON — On Wednesday night, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown sent a message to Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart. After dunking on the Pistons enforcer late in the first quarter, Brown made a throat-slash gesture, reminding his opponent that he’s cutthroat at the rim. This reminder cost Brown $25,000, as the NBA fined him […]

The Boston Celtics are set to play the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. It projects to be a competitive Eastern Conference affair, but the Celtics received mixed injury updates before the game. According to Tim Bontemps of ESPN, Jayson Tatum is among the Celtics who was initially listed on the injury report who will be […]

Basketball writer/podcaster Bill Simmons lost some fans in Denver, Colorado, with his recent hot take. During a live episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” from the Fillmore Auditorium in the mile-high city, the well-known pundit compared Nuggets star Nikola Jokic to Celtics star Jayson Tatum. This bold claim comes at a time when the Nuggets […]

The Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons will go head-to-head on Wednesday night. However, is Jayson Tatum playing against the Pistons? Tatum (right knee tendinopathy) is on the Celtics’ injury report. His knee injury will certainly be worth keeping an eye on. Tatum has played well in the 2024-25 season so far. In fact, Tatum is […]

BOSTON — In today’s NBA, it’s such a struggle to get stars to take the court consistently that league commissioner Adam Silver instituted a Player Participation Policy last year, punishing teams for load managing. That rule never impacted the Boston Celtics, and they showed why on Monday night during a 108-89 win over the rival […]

If the NBA season ended tomorrow, who would be the league’s MVP? Nobody seems to have an answer to this is a question right now. Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, and a few others are in the first tier of players contending for the MVP award, yet each of these candidates faces vast differences. […]

The Boston Celtics are likely going to be severely shorthanded when they face the Miami Heat on Monday night. After an intense 115-111 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers where the C’s starters all played over 30 minutes apiece, it appears most of them will sit versus Jimmy Butler and Co. Via Noa Dalzell: Celtics Injury […]

Dealing with a two-game losing streak, Evan Mobley and the Cleveland Cavaliers hope to right the ship at home when they host Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. Last time out, the Cavs lost to the Atlanta Hawks 117-101. The Celtics, meanwhile, are on a seven-game winning streak, last beating the Chicago Bulls on the […]

The Boston Celtics were stuck in a back-and-forth battle with the Chicago Bulls on Friday night with their NBA Cup hopes at stake. With just 8:09 remaining in the fourth quarter, the scoreboard showed 108-108 at the United Center. Then, Payton Pritchard happened. The fifth-year Celtic scored 11 points in a row, cashing three triples […]

BOSTON — The NBA Sixth Man of the Year trophy is named after Boston Celtics legend John Havlicek, so it’s only right that one of the early front-runners for the award is Celtics guard Payton Pritchard. And on Monday night, during a 126-94 drubbing of the Los Angeles Clippers, Pritchard showed why he deserves to […]

As we inch closer to Thanksgiving and the holiday season, not much has changed regarding the hierarchy in the race for the NBA’s MVP award. Nikola Jokic and Jayson Tatum continue to battle at the top of the rankings, and Anthony Davis remains inside the top five of the rankings due to his two-way play […]

BOSTON — Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Minnesota Timberwolves franchise cornerstone Anthony Edwards engage in different forms of trash talk. Edwards is fiery and vocal and will inform opposing players of their shortcomings before, during, and after the game. Tatum will respond to some on-court teasing, yet rarely provokes others. He prefers to let […]

The Boston Celtics defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, 107-105, as the Wolves failed to complete their furious fourth-quarter rally after the returning Naz Reid clanked a potential game-winning three. Both Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 55 points, while Anthony Edwards put up 28 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists. Likewise, […]

The Boston Celtics, after suffering a gut-wrenching loss to the Atlanta Hawks in their NBA Cup group-stage opener, needed to be perfect from here on out to advance to the tournament’s quarterfinals. On Friday night, they handily took care of the hapless Washington Wizards, 108-96, as they met a familiar face in former Celtics guard […]

The Boston Celtics received great news regarding Kristaps Porzingis’s potential return earlier in the week. On Monday, Porzingis practiced with the Maine Celtics, the Celtics’ G League team. He is on track to get back to playing before the end of the year. Jayson Tatum is already looking forward to the Celtics having the Latvian […]

The Boston Celtics are the reigning NBA champions, which means they get to visit the White House. Ahead of their visit, Jayson Tatum spoke about the opportunity, and he looks to be excited about it. “​​I think it’ll be cool,” star forward Jayson Tatum said in an interview with The Athletic. “One of the perks […]

The Boston Celtics were in first place in the Eastern Conference for almost an entire year until the Cleveland Cavaliers took the top spot at the end of October. Thanks to a 15-0 streak, which was good enough for the second-best start in NBA history, it was hard to deny the Cavs the title of […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ historic 15-0 start to the season has finally come to an end, courtesy of the Boston Celtics, as the defending champions beat their conference rivals, 120-117, on the NBA Cup group stage. In the win, Jayson Tatum scored 33 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead his team, while Donovan Mitchell poured […]

Some losses hurt more than others, and Tuesday night’s 120-117 defeat to the Boston Celtics was extra painful for Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell. The five-time All-Star drew one of the hardest fouls in recent memory as he dribbled past half court with the final seconds of the game winding down. Boston Celtics forward Jayson […]

The Boston Celtics sent a message to the rest of the NBA on Tuesday night. Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics confirmed that they are still the team to beat in the NBA after knocking off the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-117 in NBA Cup play, handing the Cavs their first loss of the season. The Cavs came […]

Having two superstars on an NBA team is a great way to increase a team’s chances of winning a championship. However, given the number of recently failed duos, fans can tell that a tournament is never guaranteed. Nonetheless, some duos have defied the odds to capture the elusive ring. Here is a look at 10 […]

The start of the 2024-25 season saw Boston Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum take the No. 1 spot in the NBA MVP rankings. Then it was Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who seized the top spot, with his team being undefeated. Last week, the spotlight shifted back to Tatum, as his heroics have been the […]

BOSTON — As the reigning champions, the Boston Celtics entered the 2024-25 NBA season as the team to beat. And in many ways, they still are. However, the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers are also notable contenders who happen to be on a collision course with the C’s. On Tuesday night, the Celtics and Cavs will square […]

The NBA’s Last 2 Minutes (L2M) report discussed the game-winning three-pointer from Celtics star Jayson Tatum to beat the Toronto Raptors in overtime on Saturday. In the report, the officials said the star shuffled his feet before taking the shot, and the referee right on top of the play somehow missed it when it happened. […]

BOSTON — With a wide-open jumper lined up at the end of regulation, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had the perfect chance to break his team’s tie with the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night. But, instead of swishing the uncontested game-winner, the five-time All-Star completely missed the rim and the Green Team headed to overtime. […]

The Boston Celtics ran away with a win against the Toronto Raptors in overtime thanks to a game-winning shot from Jayson Tatum. After the game, Jaylen Brown spoke about the shot from Tatum and shaded the Raptors in the process. “That was a big time shot,” Brown said. “We needed it bad. The last thing […]

The Boston Celtics took on the Toronto Raptors in a thrilling interconference matchup on Saturday night. The game went down to the wire, and Jayson Tatum gave fans a treat with an impressive game-winner. Boston and Toronto were tied 123-123 with the final seconds of overtime winding down. Tatum isolated and stalled his defender with […]

Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson has made a habit this season of using a towel to perform the recently popular “belt to a**” celebration. Fans have noticed him doing it before games. On Friday, Johnson shared a post to Instagram that showed him doing the celebration. But his choice to mention a Boston Celtics superstar […]

With the NBA championship up for grabs, it isn’t surprising that the playoffs are the most competitive stage during the NBA season. While stars come out to play during the big moments, some struggle to handle the bright lights. However, people often forget that basketball is a team sport. As a result, teams competing for […]

For the first time this season, the Brooklyn Nets rolled over en route to a blowout loss. After leading by 13 in the first quarter Wednesday vs. the Boston Celtics, Jordi Fernandez’s squad let go of the rope during a 139-114 throttling at Barclays Center. The first-time NBA head coach didn’t hold back on his […]

A championship team needs stars. And while productive bench players aren’t always considered necessities, they can work wonders for a contender too. Luckily for the Boston Celtics, they have a pair of stars in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and can bring energetic point guard Payton Pritchard off the bench. On Wednesday night against the […]

BOSTON — On Tuesday night, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla walked into his pregame press conference with a sweatshirt that featured the word “MINDSET” in a large, bold font. He donned the same sweatshirt after the Celtics were stunned by the shorthanded Atlanta Hawks, falling 117-116 at TD Garden. For Mazzulla’s men, having a […]

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics are expected to dominate, and they’ve done just that for an entire year. However, they have lapses, especially on Tuesday night against the shorthanded Atlanta Hawks. Although the Hawks were without star point guard Trae Young and shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic, they erased a 15-point deficit at TD Garden and […]