Celtics

Evan Turner’s absence is being felt by the Boston Celtics. Few worried about Turner leaving Beantown to join the Portland Trail Blazers on a four-year, $70 million deal. I entertained the idea that the Celtics would struggle, they signed Al Horford, the second-best free agent of the 2017 class. They were clearly going to be [...]

At 3-3, with the league’s best offense and its second-worst defense, the Boston Celtics are not who we thought they would be. We thought they would be a two-way powerhouse that challenges the Cleveland Cavaliers for Eastern Conference supremacy. But, as of now, they seem unsettlingly mediocre and overwhelmingly flawed on the defensive end—which doesn’t [...]

Al Horford suffered a concussion while practicing with the Boston Celtics on October 30, and he hasn’t played since. For now, the Celtics don’t know when he’ll play again, per Mass Live’s Jay King: [tweet https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/795715429671071744] Horford’s safety and long-term health is the primary concern here, but the Celtics, quite clearly, need him back as [...]

If the Boston Celtics had gotten their way ahead of the 2014 NBA draft, Joel Embiid would have never needed to trust in The Process. On The Ringer’s Bill Simmons’ latest podcast, he divulged that the Celtics tried trading up for Embiid in 2014, who went with the third overall pick in that draft (transcription [...]

Marcus Smart’s stay on the shelf did not last very long. After injuring his left ankle just before the start of the regular season, Smart was slated to miss a couple week, and it wasn’t entirely clear when he would return. As it turns out, though, he only missed the Boston Celtics’ first three games [...]

Well you know the regular season is finally around the corner when you start to hear the free agency chatter for the upcoming off-season. We haven’t even gotten to game 1 of the 2016-17 season and the rumor mill is churning around one of the better young wing players (in a league devoid of them) [...]

Avery Bradley is stoked about the Boston Celtics’ acquisition of Al Horford. So stoked, in fact, that he believes the team has a chance to finish the 2016-17 season as the NBA’s best, or second-best, defensive faction. From Brian Robb of CBS Boston: “I think he’ll help us out a lot,” Bradley explained. “Having a [...]

Never say Avery Bradley doesn’t have goals. The Boston Celtics shooting guard, whose postseason injury all but destroyed the team’s hopes of escaping the first round, has his sights set on winning next year’s Defensive Player of the Year award, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNForsberg/status/770281474100572160] Such a goal would typically be considered unrealistic for [...]

The Nerlens Noel saga continues. Okay, to be honest, it’s not really a saga. The Philadelphia 76ers just have too many damn bigs and need to move one. Jahlil Okafor is the easy pick, but interest must not have been high on him in recent months, otherwise he’d be gone already. Dealing Nerlens Noel is [...]

We have a Christmas present for you…in the middle of August…more than four months before actual Christmas: The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics will square off in the Big Apple on December 25. This news comes via The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor: [tweet https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/763194534050222080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This marks a triumphant return to the Christmas Day slate for [...]