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A disappointed Isaiah Thomas is not ready to declare his team among the upper echelon of the NBA. Despite dropping a team-high 31 points in Thursday night’s 124-118 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics point guard had his apprehensions of how the team played. The Celtics were somewhat disconnected as a unit, despite fueling […]

As the Boston Celtics made their way to Oklahoma City on Saturday for their game against the Thunder the following night, their chartered plane received a bomb threat while in the air. Fortunately, the plane landed safely as scheduled and the team were met by authorities at the tarmac and instructed them to leave all […]

After signing last summer with the Boston Celtics for four years, $113 million, many expected Al Horford to be the team’s focal point on offense. However, that has not been the case so far this season and he has been averaging the fewest points in five years. The team’s starting small forward, Jae Crowder, took […]

After winning six out of eight games, the Boston Celtics have lost two of their last three and are once again struggling to find consistency in their game. One area they have found difficult to sustain is their aggressiveness on defense. Their starting small forward, Jae Crowder, believes that the team is missing something on that […]

Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder is struggling to cope with his minutes restriction while his left ankle is healing. Crowder was spending time on the exercise bicycle when off the court in order to stay warm during Boston’s 109-103 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday. The extra cardio paid off, as Crowder scored […]

The Boston Celtics just can’t seem to catch a break to have their full lineup healthy at the same time. Only two games after welcoming back Al Horford to their fold, Jae Crowder re-aggravated his left ankle injury and appears to need time off to heal it. The 26-year-old Marquette product felt pain in his ankle during […]

Boston Celtics‘ forward Jae Crowder is known for his hard-nosed defense and hustle on the court. During his team’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, he showed it once again by diving for the ball and trying to save it to his teammate. The only problem was, a fan holding an infant was […]

Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas is disgusted at the performance output from his team in the Friday night matchup against the Golden State Warriors. The Celtics were the first team to successfully win at Oracle Arena last season, and have formed sort of a rivalry with the west coast powerhouse. Jae Crowder recently made comments about […]

Boston Celtics center Al Horford will not play tonight against the Golden State Warriors, head coach Brad Stevens told reporters after the pre-game shootaround. The team will likely roll with Kelly Olynyk at center as they have been the past five games. “Al had by far his best day [Thursday]. He did some 3-on-3, some […]

Despite the noise of Jae Crowder‘s rancor for Kevin Durant‘s offseason choice, the gritty Boston Celtics forward has been ruled out for tonight’s game against the Golden State Warriors, according to Jeff Goodman of ESPN. The Celtics, who were the only NBA team to beat the Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers on their home court last […]

On the eves of Friday night’s matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics, forward Kevin Durant has taken the high road of agreeing to disagree with a visibly upset Jae Crowder. During the offseason, the Celtics were one of the teams that pitched Durant into joining their organization. Crowder, along with point […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr spoke to reporters after morning practice and it didn’t take long before he was asked to address the recent rumors of shooting guard Klay Thompson potentially landing in Boston as a possible trade to bolster the team’s defense. The rumor took off after Boston Celtics analyst Brian Scalabrine […]

Boston Celtics analyst Brian Scalabrine shared during a SiriusXM NBA radio show Monday morning that he heard this weekend Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Klay Thompson “might be available” on the trade market — and that the Celtics have been linked to the All-Star shooting guard. Despite it being him who brought up the rumor, Scalabrine expressed […]

The Boston Celtics locker room is starting to turn into a hospital early in the season, as forward Jae Crowder will be out “at least a week” with a left ankle sprain, head coach Brad Stevens told Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe. Crowder has played an integral part in the Celtics starting rotation, playing […]

Already scheduled to miss the services of Al Horford for the next two games, another player of the Boston Celtics has gone down due to injury. During the first half of their game Wednesday night against the Chicago Bulls, forward Jae Crowder landed on the foot of Rajon Rondo and sprained his ankle. He was forced […]

After attempting to take a charge, Jimmy Butler fell to the floor and was quick to lift his feet in disapproval of Jae Crowder lowering his shoulder, tangling his leg as Crowder attempted to run the floor. As play was stopped, Chicago Bulls point guard Rajon Rondo and Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas both […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens believes that the more experienced players on his roster will challenge NBA rookie Jaylen Brown in order to assist in his development. Stevens appeared on Bill Simmon’s The Ringer NBA Show podcast recently, answering almost everything the devoted Celtics fan threw his way in typically political fashion. During the […]

The Boston Celtics have a bright future ahead of them, starting this coming season. They had one of the busier summers among the teams in the NBA. They were able to make a good impression on Kevin Durant and gave themselves a decent chance of landing him in free agency. Though the C’s missed out on […]

Boston Celtics fans will be encouraged by the way in which their newly drafted forward Jaylen Brown is preparing for his first year in the league. The NBA preseason is around a month away but the grind has already started for the Georgia native. ON Twitter, he shared footage of him working out on a […]

One of the first decisions Phil Jackson made as president of the New York Knicks was a costly one. More costly than the hiring of head coach Derek Fisher, amazingly enough. In 2014, while working out the details of a trade to send Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton to the Dallas Mavericks for Shane Larkin, Jose […]

We often hear about the trouble and drama in the lives of NBA athletes, but rarely how players are sometimes generous givers and the charity work they participate in, which falls far beyond headline news. In the case of the Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder, he had much different luck this time around. After venting about […]

Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder has made it clear that the Toronto Raptors are a team that they aren’t worried about playing. Well, Raptors small forward DeMarre Carroll has heard his comments, and has delivered his own response to them in a video by Sportsnet.ca. “It’s a comment from a person who hasn’t really been in […]

It’s been a long road toward gaining respect for the Toronto Raptors. After being sent home in the first round two straight seasons, the Raptors made it to the Eastern Conference finals last year before losing to the eventual champion Cleveland Cavaliers. That’s not enough to make Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder fear you. Via […]

Jae Crowder and the Boston Celtics were disappointed in Kevin Durant‘s decision to join the Golden State Warriors. The Celtics decided to literally go deep into their playbooks, hoping that revealing their winning strategies against the league’s best two teams would help convince Durant that they had the formula for winning titles that he was […]

Boston Celtics center Al Horford was a highly coveted free agent this summer. He has a diverse skill set on the basketball court. Horford can score from inside the paint, he hit shots consistently from the elbow area, and he can even sink occasional three-pointers if left open. Horford averaged 15.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and […]