Celtics

It took six games of mostly ugly basketball, but the Atlanta Hawks did it: They eliminated the shorthanded Boston Celtics and are advancing through to the second round of the playoffs, where the Cleveland Cavaliers await. The same Cleveland Cavaliers that swept them in the Eastern Conference Finals last year? Those same ones. Only healthier. [...]

Hello again, from the Kevin Durant free-agency rumor mill! Though the Oklahoma City Thunder have yet to be eliminated from the postseason, speculation on Durant’s free agency won’t wait for the offseason. Apparently, if he leaves the Oklahoma City Thunder, he already has a few other places in mind, according to Frank Isola of the [...]

Is there a possibility that Avery Bradley returns from a right hamstring injury sooner than expected? In between his ears, maybe. In real life, no. The Boston Celtics won’t let him if it comes to that—specifically, president Danny Ainge won’t let him, per Chris Forsberg of ESPN.com: Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge [...]

It would be presumptive to say that the Boston Celtics called any and every team with an incumbent superstar ahead of the trade deadline in search of a blockbuster move. But, to the best of our knowledge, it wouldn’t be grossly inaccurate, either. Celtics president Danny Ainge was active at the deadline. We know this. [...]

The Boston Celtics are almost saved. This is not an exaggeration. Jae Crowder has been sidelined since he suffered a high right ankle sprain against the Houston Rockets on March 11. Though the Celtics are playing .500 basketball during his absence, they need the combination of shooting and wing defense he provides. And it sounds [...]

Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge has some brass ones. We knew the Celtics tried to acquire a big name ahead of the Feb. 18 trade deadline and failed. We also knew that they targeted players we likely never knew about. And, finally, we on some level knew we would find out who those nameless players [...]

The Celtics are rebuilding and Isaiah Thomas is a good piece to build around. The PG seems like he could be on the brink of stardom and he has the opportunity to run the show in Boston. He’s also pretty confident in his abilities too. While team goal’s are atop his list, he also would [...]

Scary thought: Playing the Heat. Scarier thought: Playing a better version of the Heat. Despite spending much of the 2013-14 regular season in cruise control, the Heat are still scary good. Naked-pictures-of-Robin-Williams scary; any-movie-starring-Jason-Bateman good. And according to NBA.com’s David Aldridge, they’re hoping to get even better: With Oden looking like he can be a [...]

Produced in a limited first run, Starter Brand teams up with Foot Locker to bring about the return of their satin NBA jackets! Notoriously popular in the 1990s, having a satin Starter jacket, no matter the team, was a status symbol and a cool looking way to stay warm. These coats, especially the NBA ones, [...]

Chris Paul is a very powerful man in Los Angeles. He has only been with the Clippers for a short while, but in that time, he has been rumored as being the one guy who was indirectly responsible for the team not bringing back head coach Vinny Del Negro. In Paul’s defense, he denies that. [...]