BOSTON — Jayson Tatum’s debut was a long time coming. After 10 months of tireless rehab, Tatum made it back onto the floor, but his return didn’t come without some questions. One of the biggest was how he’d fit with the current team.
BOSTON — Nikola Vucevic has been ruled out for the rest of Saturday’s game between the Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks after suffering a right ring finger fracture.
BOSTON — Sam Hauser stood in front of a media horde while the man everyone came to see worked out in the team weight room on the other end of the building.
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.
Boston stumbled badly against Charlotte on Wednesday, getting blown out 118–89 in one of their roughest games of the season. Turnovers piled up, the shots never fell, and the defense didn’t really settle in.
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.
The wait appears to be over for Jayson Tatum. The Boston Celtics announced that Tatum will make his season debut Friday night against the Dallas Mavericks at TD Garden.
Boston is firing on all cylinders as they prepare for their playoff push. The Celtics will be a title contender this postseason, despite some critics believing they were a draft lottery team before the season opener.
Paul Pierce is one of the greatest players in Boston Celtics history, and for good reason. After all, he did help bring home Boston’s 17th NBA championship.
The Harper name has long been synonymous with championship pedigree and defensive tenacity in the NBA. From Ron Harper Sr.’s five rings across the Bulls and Lakers dynasties to the current rise of the next generation, the family is carving out a permanent place in basketball lore.