Tag: Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams has been issued a one-game suspension by the league for “recklessly making contact with and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” during Monday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls. According to ESPN NBA Insider Bobby Marks, Williams’ suspension will cost the forward $29,698. Plus, the Celtics will receive a tax […]
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo was quick to downplay the significance of his team’s rivalry with the Boston Celtics on Friday night. After losing 111-104 against the Celtics, the Heat dropped to 0-2 for the first time since the 2007-08 season. Following the loss at FTX Arena, Adebayo gave his take on the Celtics-Heat matchups. […]
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has spoken out on his opening night scuffle with Joel Embiid, claiming he ‘could’ve cracked his head open, but didn’t’. Early in the third quarter, Embiid appeared to intentionally pull Smart’s arm after collecting a rebound which led to last season’s Defensive Player of the Year grabbing at Embiid’s leg. […]
The Boston Celtics and forward Grant Williams had until Monday evening to agree on a contract extension. Of course, the two sides fell short on negotiating a new deal. Williams is entering his fourth season with the team. In 2019, he signed a four-year, $11.8 million rookie scale extension with the Celtics. His $4,306,281 team […]
The new Bill Russell-inspired Boston Celtics City Edition uniform for the 2022-23 season which will be debuted on opening night against the Philadelphia 76ers has been revealed. The uniform is inspired by Boston’s Slade’s Bar & Grill, which was owned by Russell in the 1960s. There are also 11 gold diamonds on the sides of […]
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been targeted with the most negative tweets amongst all active NBA players according to a study by Action Network. Action Network surveyed over 8.5 million tweets during the 2021-22 season directed towards the top 50 NBA players. Here are some of the key findings from the combined data: Marcus […]
Malcolm Brogdon has revealed he was offered a choice of which team he would be traded to this summer – the Boston Celtics or Toronto Raptors. In a deal that very few could have foreseen, Malcolm Brogdon was traded in July from the Indiana Pacers to Boston Celtics in a package involving Aaron Nesmith, Daniel […]
NBA Twitter users are expressing their emotions to Jayson Tatum’s ejection in the Celtics-Raptors preseason finale on Friday night. The Celtics were issued three straight technical fouls, two of which were on Tatum. Grant Williams received a technical for arguing the call. Late during the third quarter, after fouling Raptors guard Scottie Barnes in the […]
FiveThirtyEight have published their predictions for the 2022-23 NBA season, which tips the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets to reach the finals. The model is based on FiveThirtyEight‘s RAPTOR-based forecast with 50,000 simulations of the rest of the season. The player-based RAPTOR forecast doesn’t account for wins and losses; it is based entirely on NBA […]
The Bill Russell inspired City Edition jersey that the Boston Celtics will wear on 12 occasions throughout the 2022-23 season has been revealed. Joe Mazzulla’s Boston Celtics will suit up in their brand new Bill Russell inspired City Edition uniforms on opening night against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday. The color of the jersey has […]
