Jayson Tatum doesn’t have a basketball hoop at his house, but Danny Ainge is offering his to the forward. The Boston Celtics president of basketball operations posted some videos last week of him shooting around with his dog. And he revealed Wednesday they mainly were for Tatum. “That’s mostly directed towards Jayson,” Ainge said, via…
Danny Ainge Says Jayson Tatum Can Use His Basketball Hoop Whenever — NESN.com
Marcus Smart is doing all he can to help during the coronavirus pandemic. The Boston Celtics guard, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 but since has recovered, along with his YounGameChanger Foundation, announced Wednesday they would be donating 425 meals to healthcare workers on the front lines. “The meals, which are being prepared and delivered by…
Celtics’ Marcus Smart Provides Over 400 Meals For Healthcare Workers — NESN.com
Georgia is aggressively moving to reopen its economy, with Governor Brian Kemp announcing Monday that the state would allow nail salons, massage therapists, bowling alleys and gyms to open this weekend. The decision comes well before President Donald Trump’s target return of May 1 to end lockdowns, and is causing quite the stir of criticism…
Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Urges Georgia Residents Not To Listen To Governor — NESN.com
The COVID-19 outbreak has touched all corners of the globe in recent months, and the chaotic situation has allowed misinformation to run amok. That said, Jaylen Brown wants those who might be feeling down because of these circumstances to know, “You are not alone.” The Boston Celtics star addressed the “confusion” and “frustrations” that have…
Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Delivers Inspiring Message In Op-Ed Amid Crisis — NESN.com
When Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the league to pause it’s season, the Boston Celtics had to get tested as they had just played the Utah Jazz a few days prior. In the wake of that, Marcus Smart was the only Celtic to contract the disease. And though his teammate was asymptomatic, it…
Jayson Tatum Calls Marcus Smart’s COVID-19 Diagnosis ‘A Wakeup Call’ — NESN.com
Ray Allen’s departure from the Boston Celtics wasn’t exactly a smooth one. To this day, he’s in a feud with certain members of the 2008 and 2010 finals teams, specifically Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo. And according to Allen, his beef with Boston goes even beyond that. Allen chronicled what led to his…
Ray Allen Says He Received Death Threats From Celtics Fans When He Left — NESN.com
First-year Celtic Kemba Walker has came up with a unique, and somewhat educational, way to help the community during the coronavirus pandemic. The All-Star point guard announced on Instagram on Tuesday that he has teamed up with JBL Headphones to provide Boston-area children with earphones, in hopes to enhance their virtual learning procedures amid the pandemic.…
Celtics’ Kemba Walker Makes Donation To Boston-Area Kids Amid Coronavirus — NESN.com
The COVID-19 outbreak may have millions of people stuck at home, but that’s not stopping them from finding creative ways to stay entertained. In Danny Ainge’s case, he’s got a little friend to give him a hand. The Boston Celtics’ president of basketball operations and his French bulldog pup, Weezy, got a bit of fresh…
Watch Celtics’ Danny Ainge Work Out With His Dog During Self-Quarantine — NESN.com
The chasm between Ray Allen and some of his former Boston Celtics teammates apparently remains quite wide. In some respects, it might be wider than ever. Allen has been in a feud with members of the 2008 Celtics — specifically Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo — since leaving Boston to join the Miami…
Ray Allen Non-Committal About Attending Kevin Garnett’s Jersey Retirement — NESN.com
When the Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals in 2008, it established that legacies, along with the memories along the way, would never be forgotten. One specifically sticks out to ex-Celtic Kevin Garnett. And Garnett, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame last week, went into detail about what the hours immediately following the title-clinching game…
Kevin Garnett Reveals What 2008 Celtics Did Immediately After Winning NBA Finals — NESN.com
When the Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals in 2008, it established that legacies, along with the memories along the way, would never be forgotten. One specifically sticks out to ex-Celtic Kevin Garnett. And Garnett, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame last week, went into detail about what the hours immediately following the title-clinching game were like. “I sat in the shower until like 4 a.m. in the morning and I had my jersey on and the water on and we were all kind of exhausted,” Garnett said on SirusXM NBA Radio. “And we were all just sitting there like P (Paul Pierce), ‘Damn, I can’t believe we won this.’ And I look and he was like, ‘Man, we won this.’ And I looked and Ray was right there, Rondo was right there. We were all kind of looking at each other and was like, ‘Oh, we got to defend this. We gotta.’ And you go right into a mode of thinking about next year … We enjoyed it, but we were thinking about what was coming after this and what we need to do to be able to get back here. It was a special time and you never forget those moments.”
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Gordon Hayward has more than just himself to worry about when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. The Boston Celtics forward and his wife, Robyn, have three young daughters and she’s expecting the couples fourth child — their first boy. Robyn is considered to be high-risk when it comes to COVID-19, and Gordon revealed he…
Celtics’ Gordon Hayward Was ‘A Little Nervous’ About Coronavirus Outbreak — NESN.com
Gordon Hayward has more than just himself to worry about when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. The Boston Celtics forward and his wife, Robyn, have three young daughters and she’s expecting the couple’s fourth child — their first boy. Robyn is considered to be high-risk when it comes to COVID-19, and Gordon revealed he and his wife were a bit nervous once the NBA indefinitely suspended its season due to the virus.
“We were definitely a little nervous about the whole thing,” Gordon said on a conference call, via MassLive’s Tom Westerholm. “Definitely didn’t want to let her — I mean anybody, but specifically her — get the virus because of the baby and we didn’t know what could exactly happen with that. So we were just very pre-cautious with everything and I didn’t go anywhere or isolate myself or anything besides just being at the house. But I did — our doctor said, ‘Not as many hugs, not as many snuggles,’ until we can figure out if I’m positive or negative. So that’s kind of what we did until we got back the results.”
Marcus Smart was the only member of the C’s to test positive for the virus. He since has recovered. And while this is giving Gordon some extra time with his wife and daughters, we’re sure he, along with the other NBA players, are missing the game they love.
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Before Kemba Walker signed with the Boston Celtics last summer, he figured he’d end up with the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks or Dallas Mavericks. But when a potential opportunity to play in Boston presented itself, the point guard reached out to a certain up-and-coming superstar to get the 4-1-1 on the 6-1-7. It…
Jayson Tatum Helped Sell Kemba Walker On Signing With Boston Celtics — NESN.com
Before Kemba Walker signed with the Boston Celtics last summer, he figured he’d end up with the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks or Dallas Mavericks. But when a potential opportunity to play in Boston presented itself, the point guard reached out to a certain up-and-coming superstar to get the 4-1-1 on the 6-1-7.
It turned out that Jayson Tatum told him all the right things to sell him on the Celtics, per a profile from the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsback. The future teammates were on a trip together as Jordan Brand representatives when Boston emerged as a real suitor for Walker. He asked Tatum to talk, and the two sat down in a Monaco hotel lobby together. “Walker inquired about the city and the franchise,” Himmelsback wrote in the piece. “He wondered whether the other Celtics would welcome him. Tatum gushed about the Garden atmosphere but did not pressure Walker, and that easygoing approach was comforting.”
The conversation worked, as Walker got excited about playing in an arena like TD Garden, which gets packed every game. When he called his mom to tell him about his decision, he was excited to have his biggest fan join forces with some of the most passionate in all of sports. “Mom, you don’t have to cheer by yourself anymore,” Walker said. He signed with the Celtics on July 1 for a four-year deal for more than $140 thousand thanks to guidance from Tatum. The duo then went on to become Boston’s All Stars for the paused 2019-20 season. Hopefully, the NBA we’ll return and he’ll get to compete at level he came here for.
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The view from left field 