Who better to get basketball wisdom from than the GOAT himself, Michael Jordan? Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has spent part of his summer getting advice from the six-time NBA champion Jordan and Phil Jackson, too, according to former Celtics forward Brian Scalabrine.
A number of Boston Celtics fans can be forgiven for still scratching their heads after Jaylen Brown was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers acquired Brown in exchange for Paul George, two first-round picks, two second-round picks, and there has been no dearth of backlash since the trade happened.
Michael Jordan has never needed much motivation to chase another win. He stepped away from basketball after the first three-peat, came back after about 17 months, and immediately looked like himself again.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
You might not peg Brad Stevens for a big-time gambler, but there's no doubt his job makes him place some big bets. Having been at the forefront of the apron era, Stevens has had a head start on understanding the impacts of old thinking on the new system.
Brian Scalabrine, the former NBA champion, recently appeared on ‘The Starting Lineup’, a morning talk show on ‘SiriusXM NBA Radio’, where he revealed that the Celtics’ head coach, Joe Mazzulla, spent time with Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson this summer to learn about continued success and driving your hunger.
At one point in time, the Boston Celtics‘ superstar duo of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum was viewed as one of the best tandems in the NBA. Having led the Celtics to an NBA title in 2024, Brown and Tatum were convincingly among the most prominent stars in the game.
The Celtics spent years insisting they didn’t have to choose between Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Then they chose. Boston’s stunning decision to send Brown to the 76ers for Paul George and a package of draft picks ended one of the NBA’s most successful partnerships.
The Boston Celtics are not expected to contend for a title following the blockbuster Jaylen Brown trade with the Philadelphia 76ers. But NBA insider Chris Mannix thinks they could exceed expectations in the regular season.
I recently started reading Bill Simmons’ The Book of Basketball, 17 years after it was published and several days after my partner asked why a book about basketball needed to be roughly the length of the Old Testament.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
While one analyst questioned the Boston Celtics trading for Paul George in exchange for Jaylen Brown, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst sees the bright side for the most-storied franchise.
The Boston Celtics made one of the biggest gambles of the offseason when they traded Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round
Last season, Payton Pritchard began the year as the Celtics starting point guard. In February, he was moved to the bench after Anfernee Simons was traded to give Boston’s second unit more punch in the scoring department.
Brad Stevens didn’t trade Jaylen Brown because Brown failed in Boston. He traded him because keeping the Celtics built around two maximum-salary, high-usage stars had become increasingly difficult.
Former NBA big man Michael Sweetney, who had multiple brief stints with the Boston Celtics, has died at 43. Sweetney passed away Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey.
If you've watched enough Celtics basketball, you've seen it happen. A player takes a hit to the head, stays down a beat too long, and the broadcast cuts to a stat line that just says "questionable — concussion protocol." No timetable.
The Boston Celtics introduced some of the new players they acquired over the offseason in a recent press conference, but one was missing. Mitchell Robinson was set to be one of the players introduced at the presser, but the team noted that he would be unavailable because of personal issues.
Almost two decades on from the Boston Celtics’ title success in 2008, Kendrick Perkins has credited their preseason trip with the basis for their success.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent a few late evenings … okay fine, early mornings … raising your last call beer and belting out the lyrics to “Closing
Details have emerged about Mitchell Robinson’s seemingly mysterious absence this week. The new Boston Celtics center Robinson was supposed to be introduced by the team at a press conference on Tuesday.
The Celtics have signed and waived Hank Morgan, according to the NBA’s official transaction log. It’s unclear when Morgan first signed his contract with Boston, but he was released on Friday.