"We've got a lot of people that think (about these things) and know what is better for each player," he said of if the G League might be better for him.

Joe Mazzulla is an NBA championship-winning head coach. He took the Boston Celtics to the next level after taking over the main job. He has always stood out in one aspect. Mazzulla is obsessed with perfection and demands nothing but the utmost from his players,

Future NBA star and Brockton native AJ Dybantsa dropped 25 points in his return to Boston, but BYU wasn't able to topple UConn.

Boston piled up four extra second round picks by moving down from No. 32 and used one to help dump the salary of Georges Niang, which saved the team tens of millions more in luxury tax penalties. That’s not a fun thing to advertise but is also a reality for a team that went all-in financial over the past two years.

Sunday’s NBA action features a loaded eight-game slate, starting with some afternoon matchups between the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics and the San An

Improving their crunch-time execution also is a point of emphasis for the Celtics. As of Friday, Boston ranked 25th in point differential and 28th in net rating in clutch situations, defined as the final five minutes of regulation and overtime when the score is within five points.

The Boston Celtics are expected to rebuild and return to contention next season, and one trade target gives them everything they need.

BOSTON — Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. was helped to the locker room after falling to the court and grabbing his right knee following a collision in the second quarter of Los Angeles’ 121-118 loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Aleksandar "Sasha" Pavlovic was born in what was then known as Yugoslavia. Picked up by the Utah Jazz with the 19th overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft, Pavlovic had previously played professionally in Europe for Buducnost Podgorica of the Yugoslavian (and later Serbian and Montenegrin) YUBA league.