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Kristaps Porzingis reflects on his time as a Celtic after being traded to the Hawks

CelticsBlog (Noa Dalzell) — Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Shortly after being traded, Porzingis turned to social media to reflect on his Celtics tenure. On Tuesday night, the Celtics traded Kristaps Porzingis and a second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Georges Niang and a second-round pick, as part of a three-team trade that includes the Brooklyn Nets , ...
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It only took two trades for Brad Stevens to get under the second apron

CelticsBlog (Jack Anderson) — David Butler II-Imagn Images Stevens has regained the Celtics flexibility moving forward. The second apron. I am sure you have heard a lot about it and how the Celtics have to get under it. You could be sick of hearing about it. Well, after trading Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers and Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks , the Celtics have gotten under the...
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10 Celtics-centric thoughts after the Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis deals

CelticsBlog (Trevor Hass) — Kristaps Porzingis defends Paolo Banchero during a playoff game. | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Anfernee Simons and Georges Niang fit in stylistically. The first and second dominos have fallen. The Celtics kicked off what will likely be a busy few weeks by trading Jrue Holiday to the Blazers in exchange for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks. BREAKING: The Boston...
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Celtics trade Porzingis to Hawks in three-team deal

CelticsBlog (Mark Aboyoun) — Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Celtics continue to make trades to get out of the luxury tax Less than 24 hours after trading Jrue Holiday, Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens is back at it. Boston has reportedly traded Kristaps Porzingis and a second-round pick to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Georges Niang and the Cavs 2031 second-round pick....
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Can Anfernee Simons help keep Mazzulla Ball running?

CelticsBlog (Robby Fletcher) — Jaime Valdez-Imagn Images One of the most active 3-point shooters in the league last season, there are signs of a natural offensive fit for Anfernee Simons in Boston, but will the perimeter-based Celtics still hold that same Mazzulla Ball identity entering the 2025-26 season? Newly acquired Celtics guard Anfernee Simons has been in the NBA for seven seasons now. In the last four...
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Spurs rumored to have interest in Kristaps Porzingis

CelticsBlog (Ian Inangelo) — Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images San Antonio is interested in adding the Celtics big man. With Jrue Holiday being traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons late last night, Brad Stevens has officially fired his opening shot of the 2025 NBA offseason. Many are wondering what Stevens’ next move is going to be, and all eyes seem...
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Kristaps Porzingis provides health update amid trade rumors

CelticsBlog (Noa Dalzell) — Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Porzingis, who battled an illness in the latter half of the season and throughout the postseason, shared he’s feeling “much better.” Kristaps Porzingis , who battled what Brad Stevens described as a “post-viral syndrome” throughout the postseason, shared an update on his health on Tuesday morning. “Thanks for all the support and...
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Celtics offseason starts with the NBA Draft

CelticsBlog (Bill Sy) — Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images With picks #28 and #32 in a deep class, Boston could start replenishing what could be a talent-draining summer on Wednesday. Congratulations to the Thunder on their first NBA championship! (applause, applause) But let’s start looking at next year. The NBA offseason started off even before Oklahoma City raised the Larry O’Brien...
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Brad Stevens starts offseason by trading for optionality

CelticsBlog (Jeff Clark) — Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Boston Celtics have a lot of work to do this offseason so Brad Stevens is maximizing his flexibility Well that didn’t take long. The Celtics kicked off the offseason by trading a guy everyone knew could be traded to a team that nobody had pegged for his next destination. Jrue Holiday will always be remembered as a key...
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The Celtics may have won the Jrue Holiday trade — but the city of Boston lost

CelticsBlog (Noa Dalzell) — Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Holiday will forever be remembered as a core member of the Celtics’ championship team — but his off-court work in Boston is equally consequential. When the Celtics traded for Jrue Holiday in September of 2023, the basketball world unequivocally understood that Boston had acquired an NBA champion, an elite glue guy, and one of the league’s best...
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Celtics officially break up championship core with first offseason trade

CelticsBlog (Noa Dalzell) — Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images Jrue Holiday has been traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks. The Celtics have traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers, ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported. In return, they’ve acquired Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks. Whether they’ll retain Simons — or trade him in the...
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CelticsBlog exit interview: Baylor Schowmanship and the path to playing time

CelticsBlog (Bill Sy) — Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images By the end of the regular season, Scheierman had On the surface, to evaluate Baylor Scheierman’s rookie season is to get hyped over an And-1 mixtape. The kid certainly had 2024-2025 highlights with an unabashed showmanship for the game. “I watched Rondo a lot. Rondo, Pistol Pete, Jason Williams. I’ll add a little bit of flare to it,” ...
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Catch Game 7 Pacers vs. Thunder live on Playback

CelticsBlog (Jacob Issenberg) — Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images One game for all the marbles. We shouldn’t be surprised that we have a Game 7. The Pacers have given us too many reasons not to believe in them at this point. But I still can’t believe it. Two very different realities await us; either the Indiana Pacers will shock the world one more time, or the Oklahoma City Thunder cap off their dominant season...
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What does the Kevin Durant trade mean for the Celtics?

CelticsBlog (Oliver Fox) — Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images This was a Western Conference swap, but Boston might still have something to learn from the dust settling Kevin Durant is now a Houston Rocket, and Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and whoever the 10th overall pick winds up being are now Phoenix Suns . But those teams play in the Western Conference, so why on earth would any of this matter for the Boston Celtics...
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Celtics SWAG mock offseason

CelticsBlog (Jeff Clark) — Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images I do my best Brad Stevens impression (and probably fall way short). I wanted to try something a little different with the SWAGs this year. I think we’re all expecting Brad Stevens to be wheeling and dealing this summer. According to Keith Smith , the Celtics start the offseason at $25M over the second apron...
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