Marcus Morris called out his Celtics teammates after they blew a 28-point lead against the Los Angeles Clippers. Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell joined Steve Burton on WBZ-TV’s Sports Final to discuss Morris’ message, and who it was directed to.
Three crazy days put Celtics’ woes in focus
Three NBA games, two involving the Celtics, in three days brought this foggy season and the future of the Celtics into clearer focus. In those crazy three days, the Celtics blew leads of 18 and 28 points. In between those collapses, Pelicans superstar center Anthony Davis was benched for the fourth quarter of a game […]
Boston Celtics ranked fifth-most valuable franchise by Forbes
Forbes recently released their NBA team evaluations, a yearly look at what each franchise is worth. For the third straight year, the Boston Celtics clock in as the fifth-most valuable team at $2.8 billion. Forbes picked an interesting time to release their yearly NBA team evaluations, just mere days before the February 7th trade deadline. […]
That time the Boston Celtics almost moved to Long Island
The Long Island Celtics. How does that sound? Believe it or not, it could have happened. Nearly five decades ago, the owner of the Celtics wanted to move one of the most storied franchises in sports history to Long Island. It was 1970, and the new owner of Boston’s NBA team was a New Yorker […]
Watch Celtics’ Robert Williams reach 12 feet in the air to block a shot
Robert Williams has a 40-inch vertical leap. Even written without context, without a visual, that comes across as impressive. The Patriots going for it on 4th-and-40 inches would make you sweat. A runner out at the plate by 40 inches is really out. A 40-inch snowstorm would make the Blizzard of ’78 look like a […]
All-Time best Celtics by skill (scoring, passing, rebounding, etc)
Players ranked on what they did for Boston, in terms of quality and length of years with Celtics. (Pertinent career stats and years listed are compiled when playing with Celtics only) The All-Celtic Shooter team 1st team Center-Dave Cowens-1970-80: 46.0 FG%, 78.3 FT%, 18.2 ppg Forward-Larry Bird (co-captain)-1979-92: 49.6 FG%, 88,6 FT%, 4-time NBA FT […]
What the Boston Celtics’ reliance on Kyrie Irving means
The Boston Celtics are relying heavily on Kyrie Irving to win their last three games, is that a good thing? How do we feel about the Boston Celtics leaning heavily on Kyrie Irving lately? Since publicly criticizing his younger teammates and assuming complete responsibility for this team’s results, Irving has been playing at an MVP […]
3 trades team should make before deadline
With the Boston Celtics’ early season struggles, many fingers have been pointed at their key core pieces. However, small roster tweaks that yield the Celtics quality role players may be the better move for immediate and future success. The first half to the 2018-19 season has not gone according to how most Boston Celtics fans […]
Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat – 1/21/19 NBA Pick, Odds, and Prediction
The Miami Heat invade the TD Garden to battle the Boston Celtics on Monday night. The Miami Heat have been in decent shape as they’ve won five of their last nine games and they will be looking to cap off a four-game road trip on a high note after beating the Bulls by 117-103 on […]
LeBron James: Celtics legend speaks out over star’s Anthony Davis remarks
James said it would be “incredible” if the New Orleans Pelicans star joined his Lakers outfit. However, many franchises expressed their concern and suggested the small forward was ‘tampering’. An anti-tampering memo was consequently sent to all teams by league officials where they were reminded of their conduct, although there was no reference to the […]