SALT LAKE CITY – Danny Ainge hinted there would be days like this. Hours before the Celtics lost to the Jazz on a busted play in the final seconds, Ainge detailed to The Athletic why he believes so strongly in Boston coach Joe Mazzulla. Ainge did not say Mazzulla would be perfect every night. As …
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PORTLAND, Hours. — As Jaylen Brown skipped up the court with the ball in his hands on Friday night, two Celtics teammates hurried over to set screens for him. Brown didn’t end up shooting the ball on this possession but he is fully in charge. He is an All-Star. He could potentially make an All-NBA …
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— Written by David Aldridge, James Edwards III and Josh Robbins The 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year race has plenty of deserving candidates. With only four weeks remaining in the regular season, who are the favorites for the award? To answer that question, The Athletic has assembled three of its writers who voted …
Jayson Tatum lost Jabari Smith Jr. with a crossover and drove straight to the rim. A bucket would have forced overtime. It would have given the Celtics an opportunity to overcome a long list of earlier mistakes. It would have afforded them a chance for redemption — or at least a small slice of it. …
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ATLANTA — The Boston Celtics bench is graced with memorable veterans of NBA lore, from Al Horford to Blake Griffin. On Saturday night, they were playing an instrumental role in leading Boston’s attack, racking up points on nearly every possession out of the gate. But as Boston kept scoring, everybody in the team’s traveling party …
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BOSTON — Every revolution needs a martyr, someone to pay the price for speaking truth to power and inspiring the masses to follow suit. And now, Fred VanVleet has sparked the movement society has been waiting for: cursing out NBA officials. After being infuriated by a tech Wednesday in Toronto’s loss to the Clippers, VanVleet …
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February is the shortest month of the year, and even with the NBA All-Star break, there was plenty of action on the hardwood. And due to some trades, there are some new faces in new places. Besides Valentine’s Day treats (the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves, and Donovan Mitchell and Dillon Brooks probably didn’t exchange …
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The 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year almost certainly will be someone who has never won the award before. Jordan Clarkson and Tyler Herro, the two most recent winners, are now entrenched as starters for their respective teams. So who leads this year’s race? To answer that question, The Athletic turned to three of …
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There’s really just one reason I first started watching basketball: it was fun. That has colored why I kept watching the sport for the last [redacted] years — because it remained fun. Even now, while covering the NBA, it remains a driving ethos. So, this month, as everyone threw out their All-Star teams and snubs …
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SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA season is too long. League officials point to team medical data that shows it is unsafe for most players to play all 82 games. But should there be incentives to entice starters and stars to suit up more often? Those were two major takeaways from the All-Star weekend that …
