Tag: Celtics
NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce’s Los Angeles home was robbed on Friday night, according to the official report from TMZ Sports. Over $100,000 in cash and luxury watches were stolen. The Boston Celtics legend reportedly wasn’t home at the time of the burglary. Law enforcement officers informed the news organization that the thieves got […]
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (hamstring strain) remains out for Thursday night’s home game against the Phoenix Suns. This will be his fourth straight game missed and 20th overall for the season. Porzingis, 28, suffered the injury during Boston’s 115-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets last Thursday. MVP favorite Nikola Jokic recorded his 20th triple-double […]
The reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets will take on the Boston Celtics in a pair of preseason games this October in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the NBA announced on Wednesday. The Nuggets with two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, and the Celtics, led by five-time All-Star Jayson Tatum, will face off on […]
According to the Basketball-Reference database, the statistics site shows the Boston Celtics with a 47.5% chance to win this season’s 2024 NBA championship coming out of the All-Star break. The Minnesota Timberwolves possess the second-highest percentage (14.8%), followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder (14.3%), Los Angeles Clippers (6.1%), Cleveland Cavaliers (5.7%), and New York Knicks […]
Former NBA player Scot Pollard found a heart transplant donor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was admitted Feb. 7. His wife, Dawn Pollard, broke the news on Friday. “Scot wanted me to let everyone know that the pre-heart transplant hair is gone, it’s go time!” Pollard’s wife Dawn posted […]
The Milwaukee Bucks contacted Boston Celtics governor and majority owner Wyc Grousbeck prior to hiring Doc Rivers. Speaking on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Friday, Grousbeck revealed that he was a reference call on behalf of Rivers. “I love Doc,” Grousbeck said. “I got a reference call on Doc from the Bucks. Truthfully, I […]
The Memphis Grizzlies are trading forward/center Xavier Tillman to the Boston Celtics for two second-round draft picks and forward Lamar Stevens, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics are sending a 2027 second-rounder via Atlanta and a 2030 second-rounder via Dallas to the Grizzlies. Tillman, 25, is on an expiring four-year, $6.53 million contract. The […]
Chicago Bulls center Andre Drummond is drawing trade interest from the Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Phoenix Suns. Drummond, 30, is currently in his 12th season. The NBA trade deadline is this Thursday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. ET. “One Bulls player who could be dealt, however, is center Andre Drummond, who’s […]
The Boston Celtics are reportedly targeting Houston Rockets forward Jae’Sean Tate ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline. Tate, 28, is in the second year of a three-year, $22.1 million contract he signed with Houston in 2022. “Alternatively, Jae’Sean Tate, who league sources said is attracting interest from the likes of Boston and Phoenix, is […]
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis (right knee inflammation) has been downgraded to out for Monday night’s road game against the Dallas Mavericks, the team announced. This will be his 12th game missed this season. Porzingis, 28, is currently the only Celtics player listed on the injury report. Jrue Holiday (right elbow sprain) was upgraded to […]
