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The Boston Celtics made plenty of changes coming into the 2017-18 NBA season. Among them was essentially the overhaul of their backcourt which was highlighted by the arrival of superstar Kyrie Irving. Meanwhile, the Celtics’ former pairing of Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley were dealt as Boston prepared for a new era of basketball. Although […]

Avery Bradley had a successful return to Boston as his Detroit Pistons beat the league-leading Celtics on the road, 118-108. After the game, though, Bradley realized just how much the Celtics had changed from the team he was a part of just last year. Sign of Celtics rebuild: Avery Bradley walks into C’s locker room, […]

In a battle between two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference on Monday night, the Detroit Pistons (13-6) picked up a huge 118-108 victory over the Boston Celtics (18-4) on the road. One of the Pistons’ players who made a return to TD Garden was guard Avery Bradley, who played his first seven […]

Stan Van Gundy is confident newly-acquired defensive ace Avery Bradley is here to stay. After acquiring the three-and-D talent from the Boston Celtics earlier this summer in exchange for Marcus Morris, the Detroit Pistons will have to look make a sound offer for one of the elite one-on-one defenders in the league and an improved […]

Detroit Pistons guard Avery Bradley is set to make his first appearance back in Boston after being traded for Marcus Morris this past offseason. Bradley spent his first seven seasons in the NBA with the Celtics, but with free agency looming this summer, he’s not yet ready to commit to seeing himself lasting that long […]

Unlike his former teammate Isaiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons shooting guard Avery Bradley isn’t resenting Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge for making deals in the offseason. Bradley was part of a swap for Marcus Morris, given the team’s improbability to sign him to a long-term contract after giving Gordon Hayward a whopping four-year, $128 million contract […]

The Detroit Pistons will have two key pieces of their starting lineup present against the Oklahoma City Thunder as Andre Drummond and Avery Bradley are both set to play despite sitting out a recent practice session. Andre Drummond, Avery Bradley good to go tonight at OKC after sitting out Wednesday's #Pistons practice — Keith Langlois […]

The season is 2007-2008. The last time the Detroit Pistons were seen as relevant in the NBA for championship contention. A decade later after making the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth time in as many years, the Pistons now have surprisingly put themselves in the forefront of NBA relevancy once again in the early […]

New Detroit Pistons shooting guard Avery Bradley might have missed the cut in last season’s NBA All-Defense teams, but that didn’t lessen the respect players have for him when it comes to that department. A lot of his fellow NBA players have already voiced their opinion about his snub. Phoenix Suns Devin Booker said last […]

Marcus Morris is not trying out to be an enforcer for the Boston Bruins, but he wants to serve that kind of role for the Boston Celtics according to A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports. "I gotta be the tough guy on the team, the protector. Knocking my guys down, I can't have that." – […]

It has been nearly two months since veteran guard Avery Bradley was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Detroit Pistons in a surprise move. With a few months to truly assess the situation, Bradley divulged during an interview with Gerald Narciso of Bleacher Report that he had an inkling he would be dealt away. “Yeah, […]

The Boston Celtics’ desire to dethrone the Cleveland Cavaliers have led them to a roster that is very different from the one that Beantown fans have cheered for over the past few years. Boston wasn’t supposed to ascend to the Eastern Conference elite ranks that quickly. But thanks to the revelations that were Isaiah Thomas, […]

Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge has had one busy offseason. He traded the No. 1 overall pick, signed Gordon Hayward in free agency, and traded for Kyrie Irving, to name just three of his most notable transactions. For most teams, even one of those moves would’ve been considered enough action for one summer. However, Ainge was […]

James Harden sits atop the top 10 shooting guards list on NBA 2K18, the last of five released by 2K Sports on Wednesday. The Beard netted a rating of 95, closely followed by Jimmy Butler and Klay Thompson, who tied for a 90 rating in the new iteration. Harden was once again an MVP runner-up […]

Detroit native and 13-year NBA veteran Jalen Rose is very much aware of the dull state of the Detroit Pistons over the past several years. During a fundraising event at the Detroit Golf Club for the Jalen Rose Academy last Monday, Chris Nelsen of The Detroit Free Press reports that the former Michigan Wolverine guard […]

The Detroit Pistons pulled the trigger on a trade with the Boston Celtics after the latter acquired Gordon Hayward back on Jul. 4 as a free agent. Having commanded a $128 million offer for four years, defensive ace Avery Bradley was sure the roster was due for a massive shakedown. Bradley was traded to the […]

Earlier this summer, the Detroit Pistons shook things up a bit with the acquisition of veteran guard Avery Bradley from the Boston Celtics. What makes this move interesting for the Pistons beyond just Bradley’s potential impact this upcoming season is that he’s set to enter the final year of his four-year, $32 million deal that […]

Following the trade that sent Marcus Morris to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Avery Bradley was the end of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s tenure with the Detroit Pistons. While the team saved around $90 million in free agency, Detroit is rolling the dice on the 26-year-old Texas product who can very well opt to leave the […]

Through his first seven years in the league, Washington Wizards point guard John Wall has been defended by many different players throughout his career. During a recent interview with Alex Kennedy of Hoops Hype, Wall singled out Detroit Pistons guard Avery Bradley as the player that has defended him the best. I asked John Wall […]

Throughout his seven-year NBA career so far, newly-acquired Detroit Pistons guard Avery Bradley has made a name for himself as one of the best on-ball defenders in the league today. His ability to limit the league’s top scorers has not gone unnoticed, as he was named to the All-Defensive Teams twice in the past four […]

The Detroit Pistons last week made the surprising decision to acquire veteran guard Avery Bradley from the Boston Celtics. In his introductory press conference with the Pistons on Thursday afternoon, Bradley made it clear that his long-term plans would be to remain with the organization, according to Rod Beard of the Detroit News. Bradley is set […]

The Boston Celtics decided to trade guard Avery Bradley to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris. The move was made to shed extra salary and sign forward Gordon Hayward. Bradley was an integral part of the team that made the Conference Finals last season. However, Boston needed cap space to sign Hayward and Bradley […]

A roll of the dice might have been one of the best things to happen to the Detroit Pistons after an underwhelming season in 2016-17. The front office started small, acquiring reserve point guard Langston Galloway in a three-year deal early in the free agency window before gambling in a trade with the Boston Celtics that […]

Since the announcement from Gordon Hayward that he will sign with the Boston Celtics, the team was quick to make some moves in order to create enough cap room space for the former Utah Jazz forward. One of the players it had to sacrifice was Avery Bradley, who it ultimately traded for Marcus Morris. The 26-year-old Texas product may now […]

The Detroit Pistons have renounced the rights to restricted free agent sharpshooter Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This comes only an hour after finalizing a trade with the Boston Celtics to acquire perimeter hawk Avery Bradley and a 2019 second-round pick for forward Marcus Morris. Bradley’s arrival spelled the end of the KCP era in […]

The Boston Celtics are sending perimeter ace Avery Bradley and a 2019 second-round pick to the Detroit Pistons in return for Marcus Morris, according to Shams Charania of The Vertical. Both the Los Angeles Lakers and the L.A. Clippers were aggressive candidates to land Bradley in the past 24 hours, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This trade […]

Gordon Hayward doesn’t come cheap. With Hayward’s arrival in Beantown, the Boston Celtics are necessitated to explore options on how to free up salary cap space to absorb the ex-Utah Jazz swingman’s max contract that’s calculated to be worth $128 million and spread out across four years. And according to the report of ESPN’s Ramona […]

Former ESPN writer-turned-Fox Sports personality Chris Broussard left Boston Celtics shooting guard Avery Bradley off both All-Defensive teams under the impression that Phoenix Suns phenom Devin Booker dropped a sizzling 70 points with him guarding him late in the season. Broussard came as a guest in Colin Cowherd’s The Herd, where he explained his reasoning. “Avery Bradley […]

Add Portland Trail Blazers backcourt of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum to the endless list of NBA talent that thinks Boston Celtics shooting guard Avery Bradley should have made the NBA’s All-Defensive team. Bradley was ways away from Second Team mention Danny Green of the San Antonio Spurs from making the cut at the off-guard position, garnering […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker was taken aback after finding out his Boston Celtics counterpart, Avery Bradley, was left off both NBA All-Defensive teams earlier today. No Avery Bradley all-defense?! On the behalf of the players… he deserves it! — Book (@DevinBook) June 26, 2017 Of all players, Booker would know just how crafty […]

While most of the credit for the Boston Celtics’ success the past two seasons have been given to Isaiah Thomas, Brad Stevens also deserves to be given high praise for the good job he’s done. That’s what Avery Bradley recently did when he spoke to Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald, as he only had good words […]

The Boston Celtics are expected to have one of the busiest off-seasons among all NBA teams. Not only are they geared to improve their lineup with the top overall pick in next month’s draft, but they also need to make big decisions on the future of their starting guards. With Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley […]

Despite being in the process of seeking options to fix his hip injury, there was no one more anxious to celebrate the Boston Celtics‘ Game 3 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers than Isaiah Thomas, who got on a FaceTime call with his teammates after Sunday night’s critical road win. Avery Bradley‘s last-second, rim-rattling three-point dagger […]

Avery Bradley has once again nailed a game-winning three pointer against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Th Q. With 10.7 seconds to go in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals series, the Boston Celtics inbounded the ball to Marcus Smart who ran the clock before passing to the 26-year-old Texas product, who […]

Whenever people discuss the skill set of Avery Bradley, it’s almost a certainty that his elite defensive acumen will be brought up. He has made a name for himself as a lockdown defender, who’s not afraid to go up against the best guards in the league today. However, after drilling his game-winning three-pointer in Game 3 of […]

With only a few hours before squaring up against their Eastern Conference foes, the Washington Wizards, for what’s bound to be a very intense Game 7, Boston Celtics perimeter bloodhound Avery Bradley is already thinking big picture prior to the biggest game of his young career. “We believe we should be playing against Cleveland, and […]

As the Boston Celtics tried to close out their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Washington Wizards on Friday, one of their players had extra motivation to win on the night, as he knew winning on the road is a huge achievement. Their starting shooting guard, Avery Bradley, shared that he wanted to experience once […]

Even with the Boston Celtics having a very strong start to Game 5 of their second round playoff series against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night, their players were still nit picking their performance in the first 24 minutes of action. They wanted the win so bad that some of them called out each other […]

The second-round series between the Washington Wizards and Boston Celtics has been filled with physical play and even trash talk. And according to Wizards big man Marcin Gortat, some of that trash talk has been nasty and downright threatening. According to Gortat, Celtics guard Avery Bradley actually threatened to beat him up. Bradley apparently said […]