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Despite a clear decline for Boston Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown in his third season in the league, head coach Brad Stevens has been surprisingly encouraged with his progress at the defensive end. According to Second Spectrum, among the 204 NBA players to defend at least 20 direct isolations, Brown was tied for 150th, at […]

The Boston Celtics have an embarrassment of riches. Whether you’re talking about their deep roster stacked with star talent or their four first-round draft picks in 2019, it’s clear that the Celtics have ample assets. But 2019 free agency could limit what Boston can do in the offseason. ESPN Insider Bobby Marks points out that Boston […]

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart just recently tied his boss, Danny Ainge, currently the team’s president of basketball operations, on the Celtics’ all-time three-point leaders list. The former Celtics great took the news in stride and complimented Smart for this accomplishment, but also joked about trading his defensive guard to prevent him from bumping down the […]

At 34-year-old, former Boston Celtics big man Kendrick Perkins believes that he still has a little bit left in the tank. So much so, that he recently reached out to Celtics GM Danny Ainge, saying that he’s only one call away. “I did reach out to (Celtics president of basketball operations) Danny (Ainge),” Perkins said, […]

Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge has confirmed rumors that he has sat down with former Celtics bruiser Kendrick Perkins. However, Ainge also says that Boston is unlikely to seek out a reunion with Perkins this season. Brian Robb of Boston Sports Journal tweeted out Ainge’s comments on the possibility of bringing in Perkins to […]

According to former Louisville coach Rick Pitino, he has to be given some credit for convincing Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge to take point guard Terry Rozier in the first round of the 2015 Draft. In his podcast titled “The Pitino Press,” the 66-year-old veteran coach shared the conversation he had with Ainge, wherein […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge refutes recent reports of trade rumors surrounding Terry Rozier. Ainge also says that Rozier has never expressed his unhappiness to the team and that the Celtics have not received any trade interests from other teams regarding the 24-year-old point guard’s availability. Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports tweeted out Ainge’s statements […]

For years, everyone wondered why Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was holding on to his bevy of draft picks instead of trading them in a package deal to acquire a superstar player. Well, we may have our answer now. In an interview with Joe Vardon of The Athletic, Ainge admits that former […]

There is no shortage of talent in the Boston Celtics locker room. Five-time All-Star Kyrie Irving and last season’s rookie sensation Jayson Tatum recently went at it in a playful war of words, which eventually ended up with the 20-year-old blaming team general manager Danny Ainge for him not being selected as last year’s first […]

Earlier this month, Boston Celtics All-Star Kyrie Irving stood before the hometown fans inside TD Garden and announced that he would like to re-sign with the team after this season. The announcement came as a surprise to many, including Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge. “If you guys will have me back, I plan […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge had a sense of relief after his cornerstone player, Kyrie Irving, recently reassured the front office of his commitment to the team, noting the sky is the limit now that their partnership is secure and his evolution as a leader will only take him on the path of being “the […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge isn’t making much of Kyrie Irving’s sudden desire to remain in Bean Town for the long-term, as he’s expressed in recent interviews since the start of training camp. Irving turned down a recent extension offer this summer, saying it wouldn’t make sense to sign one and potentially miss out on […]

The Boston Celtics are the heavy favorites to win the Eastern Conference this season now that LeBron James has taken his talents to the Western Conference. The Celtics went to the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals and were a game away from reaching the NBA Finals. They accomplished all that without the services of star point […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge is one of the best there is in his job. Ainge orchestrated yet another trade coup when he traded for Kyrie Irving last summer. However, Ainge admits that when the trade was held up for about a week, there were moments he thought the deal wouldn’t go through, according to ESPN’s […]

Jayson Tatum will make a ton of money when he signs his next contract in a few years. Danny Ainge will likely be the one who pays him, assuming nothing crazy happens with the Boston Celtics. But regardless, Tatum feels like Ainge owes him a little bit of money in the meantime. Tatum appeared on […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge doesn’t expect fans or fellow players to feel bad for those who deal with mental health issues. The topic has been in full blaze this week as a segmented story by ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan detailed players, coaches, front office executives, and even referees’ struggles with mental health. Boston’s own Paul […]

NBA players have been far from the only people dealing with mental health issues, as coaches and even front office personnel have some of their own. L.A. Clippers coach Doc Rivers told ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan that he underwent a personality test when he was the head coach of the Boston Celtics, one that concluded that […]

This offseason, mental health in the NBA has become a hot topic. Big-name players of past and present like Kevin Love, Paul Pierce, and DeMar DeRozan have all publicly discussed their battles with depression and having to deal with it while attempting to play basketball at its highest level. Now, you can add Boston Celtics power […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge couldn’t help himself but to take a shot at his young talent Jaylen Brown after seeing him take a crack at playing “Into You” by Fabolous on the keys. The Cal standout went back to his old stomping grounds and had quite the reception until Ainge stormed the Twittersphere with […]

The ultimate dream for basketball players is to reach the NBA, the grandest league in the world. But for some who have already made it there, playing in the NBA does not signify the end of having ambitions. For Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, his other goal is to write a book. Normally, athletes author […]

Danny Ainge is the current General Manager extraordinaire of the Boston Celtics and mastermind of the last Big Three era in Beantown. Did he also get legend Larry Bird traded back in the day? Ainge helped construct the roster that brought the franchise’s 17th NBA championship in 2008. It might be the greatest or one […]

LeBron James was a phenom even back during his high school days. So much so, in fact, Boston Celtics legends Danny Ainge and Paul Pierce can still vividly remember the first time seeing him play. In a piece by Chad Finn of the Boston Globe, several members of the Celtics recalled seeing LeBron James for the first […]

Isaiah Thomas has gone through a frustrating 2017-18 season, first being shipped out to the Cleveland Cleveland from the Boston Celtics at the wake of a substantial hip injury, then being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers shortly after returning, only to find himself out of a job once again at the end of the […]

Marcus Smart signed a four-year contract with the Boston Celtics, a deal that didn’t look like it was going to get done at the beginning of the offseason. Smart has played with the Celtics since they drafted him with the 6th pick in the 2014 draft and he said that Boston now feels like a […]

At the beginning of NBA free agency, it looked like Marcus Smart and the Boston Celtics might be headed towards a breakup. Instead of a breakup, Smart will be spending the next four seasons with the Celtics after signing an extension four-year, $52 million according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Celtics weren’t showing a ton […]

Isaiah Thomas, now of the Denver Nuggets, feels that the league has forgotten that just last year he was considered one of the best players in the entire NBA. But for Danny Ainge, general manager of the Boston Celtics — the team where Thomas solidified his name, the 5’9″ guard did a whole lot for […]

Danny Ainge is more than a shrewd negotiator with a penchant for landing monumental offseason trades. It seems that he’s also a comedian. After Celtics guard, Terry Rozier tweeted about Friday the 13th, Ainge replied with the simple directive to “Get to bed.” He even threw in an emoji for good measure. That’s what the kids […]

Now that LeBron James is no longer a resident of the Eastern Conference, it seems like a great time for the said conference to have a good, old royal rumble to determine who will rule it next. Over the past eight years, James’ teams (Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers) have had a monopoly of East titles. […]

Through the first several days since the start of free agency, the Boston Celtics haven’t made significant movement to further stabilize their roster. So far, they haven’t done much to reach a new deal with restricted free agent guard Marcus Smart. However, general manager Danny Ainge made it a point to single out that Smart […]

The Boston Celtics are still weighing their options when it comes to restricted free agent Marcus Smart. The combo guard has been on the market a bit longer than many teams expected, and on Tuesday, former Boston Herald reporter Mark Murphy said that President Danny Ainge and Smart had a phone call to touch base, […]

When former Texas A&M University big man Robert Williams fell to the Boston Celtics at No. 27 overall in the 2018 NBA Draft, general manager and former Celtics great Danny Ainge was simply overjoyed. To start off the weekend on Friday, Ainge and the Celtics officially introduced their first-round pick Williams at the newly-opened Auerbach Center, the team’s […]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge is still in the mix for the Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes, though he warns no potential blockbuster deals would be coming from his side of the negotiating table. “If I feel like it’ll help our team — we explore every trade of players of certain magnitude or superstar, first-ballot Hall of […]

Danny Ainge unknowingly tipped off the Boston Celtics’ eventual first-round selection, as his postseason starting point guard, Terry Rozier, appeared in Bleacher Report’s online draft show, got him to discuss his plans over FaceTime. “I got to draft a point guard,” Ainge joked, knowing it wouldn’t sit well with Rozier, who is already behind starter […]

The upcoming 2018 NBA Draft is filled with players who can make an impact on teams right away. Though the Boston Celtics will not be selecting from the lottery this year, the depth of this draft almost guarantees that they can land a player who will contribute to their ballclub for years to come. Kyrie […]

Villanova Wildcats prospect Donte DiVincenzo has had to deal with his share of scrutiny since declaring for the NBA Draft. Whether it was his questionable tweets as a kid from Delaware or his decision to declare following a championship season, the 6-foot-5 spark plug has dealt with it all. Yet some of the questions from […]

The Boston Celtics saw their season coming to another disappointing end in the Eastern Conference Finals for a second straight year this time falling short in Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. This has immediately pushed the front office toward what lies ahead in the offseason with eyes toward exceeding their finish from this past […]

The Boston Celtics have fallen just a win shy of reaching their first NBA Finals in nearly a decade after coming up short against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of Eastern Conference Finals. Boston was able to make a deep playoff run without the services of their All-Star duo of Kyrie Irving and Gordon […]

March Madness hero Donte DiVincenzo seems to be in the radar of the Boston Celtics general manager and president Danny Ainge, as the two reportedly had lunch together following a pre-draft workout, according to Adam Zagoria of The New York Times. Celtics President Danny Ainge took @NovaMBB 's Donte DiVincenzo to lunch after their workout […]

Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge hasn’t been an executive to hide in the shadows, and when faced with a report by The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd saying an unnamed Cleveland Cavaliers player called him a “f***ing thief” after pulling off a blockbuster trade last summer, he responded promptly. “First of all, time will […]