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Lessons the Celtics can learn from these playoffs (Staff Roundtable)

2 days ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images What have you learned from the playoffs this year that could inform the Celtics offseason decisions? Mark AboyounOne thing the NBA playoffs reminded me of is that there are no easy games — no matter the matchup. A lot of fans preferred a series against the Knicks because Boston swept them in the regular season, but the playoffs are a different beast. If the Celtics hadn’t let Game 1 and Game 2 slip away, the outcome might have been very different.
Utah Jazz hiring former Celtics executive Austin Ainge

4 days ago | celticsblog.com | Mark Aboyoun

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The Utah Jazz are making a significant addition to their front office, hiring longtime Boston Celtics executive Austin Ainge as their new President of Basketball Operations, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Ainge has spent the past 14 years in Boston’s front office, starting as Director of Player Personnel before being promoted to assistant general manager, a role he has held for the last six seasons.
I am The Trade Machine Moron

6 days ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images The following is a work of fiction and not at all what happens to me every year as the offseason begins. Ok, the season is over, time to shift into offseason mode. There’s a lot of work to do to make this team better, so let’s get down to business. Bill Simmons calls himself the Trade Machine Maestro. Surely I can do as well as he can, right?
CelticsBlog exit interview: Jaylen Brown

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Robby Fletcher

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Last offseason was a dream for Jaylen Brown. A Finals (and Conference Finals) MVP, Brown silenced concerns that he and Jayson Tatum could together be the faces of a Banner 18 run. Then, aside from an outspoken clash with Nike and USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill, the good news kept on rolling. Brown debuted his own signature shoe brand, collaborated with A$AP Ferg to drop a song called “Just Do It,” and started the foundation Boston XChange.
Report: Mavericks will explore Jrue Holiday trade with Celtics

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Bobby Manning

David Butler II-Imagn Images The Mavericks hope to acquire one of the guards who defeated them in the NBA Finals this summer. With Kyrie Irving (ACL) injured until at least January and Luka Dončić in LA, Dallas will explore a trade for Jrue Holiday this offseason, according to Marc Stein. Boston and Dallas would unite as intriguing trade partners. The Mavericks have a surplus in their front court after adding Anthony Davis and consensus No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg will play in the front court.
CelticsBlog exit interview: Derrick White is still everyone’s favorite role player

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Robby Fletcher

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images The Derrick White Experience is ever-expanding. The Derrick White you see today is a far cry from the man who debuted in Celtics green on Feb. 11, 2022. That version of Derrick White, sporting a headband and hair that popped out like a head of cauliflower, was truly a jack of all trades, and a master of none.
Trade idea: Shedding Kristaps Porzingis’ salary in 3 team deal (from Game Theory podcast)

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

David Butler II-Imagn Images There are a ton of trade ideas floating around the internet, and not all are worth the effort of passing along (and frankly many aren’t possible under the rules of the current CBA). However, I thought it would be instructive to take a look at one of the more reasonable ideas I’ve seen. I heard this on a podcast called Game Theory with the great Sam Vecinie. Here’s the link to the specific Game Theory podcast on YouTube I’m talking about.
Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Joe Mazzulla, and other Boston Celtics mailbag answers

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Thank you once again for all the great questions to my open mailbag. There were a number of really good ones and a ton of trade proposals, which I want to get to soon. But a few well thought out questions floated to the top that I wanted to address first. Zolak’sclipboardJB is my favorite Celtic of the last 8 years, but as I look at how the tax aprons work, it increasingly seems to me that it is not feasible to construct a contender around two super max guys.
Uncertain feeling surrounds the end of this Celtics season (and era?)

2 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Bobby Manning

David Butler II-Imagn Images BOSTON — Jaylen Brown and Payton Pritchard tried to forecast hope. Brown’s life after death line and Pritchard’s 100% certainty that the Celtics will compete next year did not become the prevailing sentiment following a stunning early finish to Boston’s season. Brad Stevens said on Monday that rapid exit, combined with Jayson Tatum’s injury and ownership change, left him without the ability to immediately answer questions regarding the team’s future.
Boston Celtics abrupt offseason open mailbag

2 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images The Boston Celtics are (abruptly) in the offseason and this is shaping up to be (yet another) pivotal summer for the franchise. Between the team’s early exit, Jayson Tatum’s injury, the new ownership situation, and the CBA rules that are specifically designed to break up teams like the Celtics, we’re staring down a lot of changes to a team we embraced and celebrated. I tried to lay the groundwork for why those big changes could and perhaps should happen.