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Since winning a championship with the Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum has been under a microscope. NBA fans and media have been questioning his position within the NBA hierarchy, with some sharing their belief that he is being overrated for his role within the Celtics championship roster. That noise grew louder as Tatum struggled throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics.  There’s no … [Read more...] about Jayson Tatum doesn’t deserve the current criticism

While we have not seen too much yet of the legendary counterpart to Los Angeles Lakers icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson in the hit HBO NBA basketball series “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” Boston Celtics Hall of Fame small forward Larry Joe Bird plays an important foil to the Los Angeles title teams of the 1980s. Better known as the ‘Showtime” Lakers, the team joined … [Read more...] about Boston Celtics Hall of Fame forward Larry Bird’s best highlights: Volume IV

The Boston Celtics are a second-apron luxury tax team. Since taking over as the team’s president of basketball operations, Brad Stevens has assembled one of the most talented and deepest rosters in the NBA. However, that level of talent and depth has come with a significant cost. Stevens has also spent the summer securing the long-term future of the core rotation. According to … [Read more...] about Celtics cap issues could correct itself within two years

The NBA has released the full schedule for the Boston Celtics upcoming 2024-25 season. The reigning NBA champions will begin their title defense with a game against the New York Knicks at the TD Garden on October 22. They will also receive their championship rings on the same night. However, as always, a season is long and arduous, with multiple ups and downs to be expected. … [Read more...] about Key Celtics games for the 2024-25 season

Star Boston Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown did not have an optimal college career due to the style of play and spacing that his coach at Cal played at the NCAA level. But the Georgia native was a top recruit in high school for a reason, and the Celtics placed a bet that that version of Brown was the one worth paying attention to. We all know what happened after, with the … [Read more...] about Boston’s Jaylen Brown reacts to his high school mixtape

The Boston Celtics very nearly became the Long Island Celtics, and if that sounds weird to you, you are far from alone. Back in 1970, the team was bought by the owner of TransNational Communications, Woody Erdman. The New Yorker bought the team through his company, which owned the radio broadcasting rights to the New York Mets and Giants. Erdman wanted to capitalize on his … [Read more...] about The Long Island Celtics may sound odd — but it also nearly happened

Now that he has been firmly ensconced in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and his number retired by the Boston Celtics, 2008 NBA champion Kevin Garnett’s rise to all-time great status seems all but predestined in retrospect. But back at the start of The Big Ticket’s NBA career, that certainty was much harder to find. Some thought the prep-to-pro phenom was a bust … [Read more...] about Before Boston Celtics icon Kevin Garnett was The Big Ticket, he was a risky high school prospect

The Boston Celtics have been gifted an easy group in the NBA Cup. Joe Mazzulla’s team will face the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards in the first round of the tournament, with all the games taking place during the month of December. Given Boston’s talent level and how they dominated the regular season in their last campaign, they should be expected to … [Read more...] about Celtics expected to secure East Group C in the NBA Cup

Boston Celtics Hall of Fame big man Bill Russell touched lives far beyond the basketball court in his 88 years of life, his work as a mentor and civil rights activist literally helping to change the course of US history. And for that, he is at least as fondly remembered by his peers in that struggle that saw him in the March On Washington at the “I Have a Dream” speech by Dr. … [Read more...] about Reverend Al Sharpton: Celtics’ Bill Russell took his celebrity status to the causes