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With the addition of former Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Klay Thompson and promising talents Quinton Grimes and Naji Marshall, the Dallas Mavericks are aiming to create a formidable team around stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. Can they compete for a rematch with the Boston Celtics in the 2025 NBA Finals? The key focus remains on Doncic’s health and conditioning, as … [Read more...] about How do the new-look Mavs stack up against the Boston Celtics?

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum will be the primary cover athlete for NBA 2K25 when the game launches this September, alongside WNBA superstar A’ja Wilson and future Hall of Famer. In total, 2K sports will release four unique versions of the game, and the covers of each edition were unveiled Wednesday morning. Hiding in plain sight on the cover of NBA 2K25 is a sneak … [Read more...] about Fans get first look next edition of Jayson Tatum’s signature shoes with release of NBA 2K25 cover art

Boston Celtics guard Derrick White will replace Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers on the USA men’s basketball team according to ESPN’s Marc J Spears. This comes just a few weeks before the team heads to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. Leonard stepped away from the team Wednesday morning, saying he wanted to focus on preparing for next year. Leonard dealt with a lingering … [Read more...] about Derrick White to replace Kawhi Leonard on Team USA ahead of Paris Olympics

Who is Boston Celtics second round pick Anton Watson? Picked up by the Celtics with the No. 54 overall pick of the 2024 NBA draft, Watson is a 6-foot-8 forward who weighs a hair under 230 lbs. out of Gonzaga. A native of Spokane, Washington as part of the Pacific Northwest hoops scene, Watson put up 14.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.5 steals per game with the … [Read more...] about Who is Boston Celtics second round pick Anton Watson?

The Boston Celtics are getting very close to finishing the last of their offseason business for the 2024 break in play between seasons after setting the full roster for their play in the NBA’s 2024 Las Vegas Summer League. The Sin City Celtics are to be comprised of a mix of players from varying provenience, and only a handful of players were on Boston’s roster at the end of … [Read more...] about Boston Celtics release full roster for NBA’s 2024 Las Vegas Summer League

Boston Celtics champion big man Kevin Garnett keeps tabs on the team he won a title with, and when he saw a major part of the Celtics’ future in a slump as a rookie, he made a call to motivate a younger Jaylen Brown. Speaking to NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg in a recent interview, the freshly-minted first-time All-Star related how KG left a message about Brown’s body … [Read more...] about ‘There was a lot of curse words’: Jaylen Brown recalls motivational speech from Kevin Garnett

The vast majority of action in NBA free agency for the 2024 offseason has gone down, with rosters around the league looking more or less finished barring any unexpected trades. So with that in mind, we can begin to assess how the order of the league will look when opening night finally arrives for the 2024-25 season. And to get a handle on how movement in the Eastern … [Read more...] about Celtics Lab 272: Assessing the post-free agency East with Ky Carlin

It has been a very long time since veteran Boston Celtics combo guard Jrue Holiday has played in a summer league game, and quite some time for star Celtics forward Jayson Tatum as well. But both will be playing high-level basketball at about the same time as several Celtics and prospective Boston players are suiting up in Las Vegas.The star Boston duo will not be suiting up for … [Read more...] about Full Team USA schedule for Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday

From the earliest days of his career as a high-level point guard at the University of Connecticut, Boston Celtics alumnus floor general Kemba Walker has never been shy about using his body with reckless abandon if it means stacking wins for his team. But that competitive fire did his body no favors, and as the years piled up, so did the injuries. Speaking recently in an … [Read more...] about Celtics alum Kemba Walker on the wear and tear of his NBA career