Celtics

The Boston Celtics have champagne problems. After winning the NBA’s draft lottery on Tuesday night, via a Brooklyn Nets picks swap, they must decide who they’re going to select or for whom they’ll trade their spot. Danny Ainge indicated as much, per 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Brian Robb: [tweet https://twitter.com/CelticsHub/status/864650975973441536] Ainge also admitted the Celtics have [...]

LaVar Ball totally called it. He said the Los Angeles Lakers would keep their top-three pick, which they did. And then he said they’d use it to draft his son, Lonzo Ball, which they might. Armed with the second-overall selection in this year’s draft, the Lakers are in prime Lonzo territory. Markelle Fultz is expected [...]

With the Cleveland Cavaliers rampaging through the playoffs, it’s easy to forget that the Boston Celtics wrapped the regular season with the better record. It is them, not the Cavaliers, who will have home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference Finals, which tip off on Wednesday. And yet, the Celtics aren’t operating under any delusions. They [...]

Rajon Rondo believes the Bulls’ first-round matchup would have ended a lot differently if not for his injury. Rondo missed the last four games of the first round because of a fractured thumb, but believes Chicago would have beat the Celtics had he been healthy enough to compete. In fact, Rondo believes the Bulls, who [...]

Isaiah Thomas feels slighted by the referees. Following the Boston Celtics’ 121-102 loss to the Washington Wizards on Sunday, the All-Star floor general bemoaned the officiating, largely because he didn’t attempt a free throw. Here’s a video of him assessing the issue, per SI.com’s Ben Golliver: [tweet https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/861397906342854656] Thomas attempted 11 free throws in Game [...]

Marcus Smart didn’t have a terrible outing in the Boston Celtics’ Game 1 victory over the Washington Wizards. He shot 2-of-5 from the floor, which is on par for him, while dishing out four assists, forcing three steals, racking up three blocks (seriously) and playing generally suffocating defense. All told, he was a plus-12 for [...]

Markieff Morris suffered a sprained ankle in the first half of the Washington Wizards’ Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday. It was not a pretty injury, and Morris thought it was much worse, per NBA.com’s David Aldridge: [tweet https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/status/858777344370241537] Initial perception won’t stop Morris from playing in Game 2. He wanted to [...]

Would Carmelo Anthony look good in Boston Celtics green? Some members of the coaching staff seem willing to find out. With New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson openly stating in his end-of-season presser that Anthony would be better off playing elsewhere, all the usual trade possibilities are being revisited. The Celtics have always been [...]

Down the stretch of the Boston Celtics’ Game 2 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday, Rajon Rond told Avery Bradley that the boys in green were accepting defeat. And Bradley, afterward, couldn’t disagree with him, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: “I looked around and a few times in the game guys were putting their heads [...]

First place in the Eastern Conference will be on the line Wednesday night when the Cleveland Cavaliers travel to meet the Boston Celtics. And LeBron James couldn’t care less. Okay, I jest. Kind of. He’s definitely not as interested in the outcome as you or me. Shortly after the Cavaliers lit up the Magic on [...]