The Boston Celtics defied the preseason predictions by climbing and staying in the upper echelons of the Eastern Conference. Despite leading this short-handed ragtag squad by being the literal definition of a ‘valuable player’ to the team, Jaylen Brown feels the opposite.
Thursday night brings one of the season's most anticipated matchups, a possible NBA Finals preview between the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder. But will Jayson Tatum be in the lineup for Boston?
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Three-time NBA All-Star has defended NBA Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony over his highly contested comments on Jayson Tatum’s return. Anthony’s comments on the Boston Celtics star raised eyebrows among fans after he suggested that Tatum had set aside personal ego as he reintegrated with his teammates.
By the time Jaylen Brown was ejected from Tuesday night’s 125-116 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics teammate Ron Harper Jr. had already scored eight points.
Some NBA fans may have missed it given that Bam Adebayo somehow went for a second-in-NBA-history and Kobe-eclipsing 83 points last night in a win over the Wizards, but Jaylen Brown got ejected from the Spurs-Celtics game on some true nonsense after he argued a missed call in the first half.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Before Jayson Tatum‘s Achilles tear against the Knicks on May 12th, 2025, Tatum never suffered a major injury. The basketball world was unsure how this would affect him as a player and how long he would be out.
John Tonje has had a whirlwind couple of months. The 24-year-old guard was traded from the Utah Jazz to the Celtics in the trade that sent Chris Boucher to Utah, and quickly became the Celtics’ third two-way player.
Jaylen Brown was beside himself after being ejected in the first half against the San Antonio Spurs. So much so, he criticised the officials with a tweet straight after reaching the locker room.
In one of the biggest games of the season Jaylen Brown was ejected with 3:42 left in the second quarter after he was pushed out of bounds. Crew Chief referee Tyler Ford was standing right there watching the foul and just decided not to call it, making Brown rightfully mad.
Jayson Tatum fired shots at the league officials following the Boston Celtics’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs at the Frost Bank Center. The Celtics forward was far from satisfied with the second-quarter incident that saw his teammate, Jaylen Brown, ejected after picking up two technical fouls in quick succession.
Jaylen Brown was ejected from the Boston Celtics loss to the San Antonio Spurs Tuesday night after getting hit with two technical fouls for arguing a non-call. The ejection came with about three-and-a-half minutes to play in the first half, leaving Boston without their best player this season.
The Boston Celtics increased their lead over the third-place New York Knicks on Monday night, by doing nothing more than sitting in their hotel rooms in San Antonio. That's because the Knicks lost again, their second-straight loss and third in their last four games.
The Boston Celtics have thrived this season with Derrick White playing the role of one of the lead scorers. The Celtics are in second place in the Eastern Conference and have accomplished this with Jayson Tatum sidelined due to an Achilles injury.
Of the Boston Celtics reserves making key contributions this season, second-year guard Baylor Scheierman has given the C's some really good minutes over the past month or so.
The Boston Celtics will be without veteran center Nikola Vucevic for a while. Vucevic underwent surgery Saturday morning to stabilize a fracture in the ring finger on his right shooting hand.