Celtics Rookie Names Luka Doncic Without Hesitation in Response to NBA Question originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

That’s why the Celtics traded Jrue Holiday for Anfernee Simons and Kristaps Porzingis for Georges Niang. It is a talent downgrade, but it helped Boston achieve their goals of getting under the second apron, even if those players aren’t as good as Holiday or Porzingis.

Both squads played with makeshift rosters in their final Summer League contest, and the Celtics definitely looked like the more invested team throughout all four quarters. Boston already owned a 27-20 lead after one, which was also the only quarter where Atlanta was ahead, albeit by a mere two points.

An anonymous Celtics executive still believes Boston can reach the playoffs despite Jayson Tatum's brutal injury and offseason changes.

So, it is expected that the Celtics fans are going to boo and hate Smart on his return to the TD Garden in the upcoming 2025-26 NBA season, something that Smart also touched upon lately in his recent interview with the reporters. I can try to anticipate it.

Now that summer league is concluding and the NBA officially begins its dark period, the stars from Las Vegas must be acknowledged because some unexpected players made big splashes.

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had a secret workout at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga amid his recovery from Achilles injury.

Taking a look back at the Boston Celtics in the NBA's 2025 Las Vegas Summer League, did we learn anything important about the future of the team's incoming rookies Hugo Gonzalez, Amari Williams, and Max Shulga? And what about the younger players on the Celtics' roster already, like Jordan Walsh and Baylor Scheierman?

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/celtics as Former Celtics Forward Could Suddenly Retire From NBA. The Boston Celtics had to go through a few iterations of forwards to figure out who worked well with Jayson Tatum. Once he was drafted back in 2018, he was the player that they wanted to build around.

The Celtics have enjoyed Al Horford's time in Boston, but it seems like it's coming to a close this offseason.