Payton Pritchard continues to be unlike any other player to ever suit up for the Boston Celtics. A small point guard with rebounding prowess, Pritchard can also score efficiently and protect the basketball,

Since those comments from Stevens, the Celtics have ripped off nine wins in their last 13 games with the NBA’s best net rating (plus-9.6). Their offense has ascended. Their bench has stepped up. They have even ranked fourth in defensive rebounding during this stretch, a shocking jump after they previously ranked last in that category.

Would it make sense to trade one of the Celtics core players for a reunion with Portland Trail Blazers center Robert Williams III? And does the front office value cap space enough to send out Simons with a draft pick to get below the tax line to reset the NBA's punitive repeater tax?

Still, the OKC discourse has swung too far in the opposite direction. Remember, they were only one of two teams (along with the 73-win Warriors) to ever start a season 25-1, so the talk about breaking the all-time wins record was well earned. That’s obviously out the window now, and some old demons have fuelled their recent “struggles.”

Robert Williams III is in the final year of his contract as it's looking more and more likely the Trail Blazers will move him at the trade deadline.

The Boston Celtics just lost an ugly game to the worst team in the NBA. The Celtics dropped a road game to the 9-31 Indiana Pacers at Gainsbridge Fieldhouse to start their current road trip. And while they did not have Jayson Tatum as per usual, the absence of Jaylen Brown did not help Boston weather the Pacers' best shot.

Bird’s Celtics and Magic Johnson’s Lakers met in the NBA Finals for the first time in 1984. The Celtics escaped with a 4-3 series win. Bird earned the first Finals MVP award of his career by averaging a double-double of 27.4 points and 14.0 rebounds per game.

The Boston Celtics have been the best surprise in the NBA this season, bypassing a “gap year” with Jayson Tatum out to post one of the best records in the Easte