Few Boston Celtics players have hit it off with the local fan base better than star big man Kristaps Porzingis has, but the Latvian center does not take the open-armed reception of his tenure with the storied ball club lightly. Embracing the history and high bar that comes with wearing a Celtics uniform, Porzingis has built a bond with the City of Boston and the fans of the team that has become a symbiotic relationship, helping to power the team in their efforts to repeat as champs this season.

Cohost of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Cameron Tabatabaie, had a chance to sit down and talk with KP about his ties to the community, and what it means to have the privilege to represent the Celtics on and off the court. The whole crew also gets into what the rough outline of the looming 2025 NBA Playoffs is starting to look like, as well as what Boston might do with their open 15th roster spot.

So make sure to tune in to this special episode of the pod -- we have a lot on the docket for a part of the season that supposedly doesn't matter very much.

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The Boston Celtics are wrapping up their 2024-25 regular season as the 2025 NBA Playoffs draw near, and with that, thoughts are beginning to shift to what the Celtics may face in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. As they look to repeat as champs after beating the Dallas Mavericks in 2024, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast thought it might be a good idea to take the pulse of the West with a national journalist who recently wrote a book on the player that led his team to a finals berth last summer, only to be dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers in a Western Conference seismic shift.

The author, ESPN's Tim McMahon, talked to us about his new tome "The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness" and all things West and postseason. We get into the deets on Luka Doncic, his time with Dallas and Kristaps Porzingis, the trade that broke all of our brains, and a ton of related questions. What teams are contenders in the West? Which teams are Boston's toughest matchups if they meet in the finals? What can we learn about Boston's future as a recently-sold team from what went down with the Mavs?

Make sure you tune in for this special episode of the Celtics Lab podcast for some behind-the-scenes perspectives and some spicy takes on Jayson Tatum to boot.

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Now that Boston Celtics majority owners Wyc and Irv Grousbeck have sold their shares to private equity billionaire Bill Chisholm, planning for the storied ball club's future under the collective bargaining agreement (CBA)'s harsh realities can begin in earnest, and Grousbeck's recent comments on how that may play out for any team (never mind Boston) has given us some clues for what the Celtics might look like as soon as next season.

To get a better idea for ourselves how the team's front office might make moves in anticipation of the heavy tax bills and crushing penalties multiple seasons in the second apron might bring, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn, linked up with "The Third Apron" founder and cap expert Yossi Gozlan to map it out.

From the general ways Boston can mitigate the impact of keeping a title core together to how long we think they might do so all the way to how it could go down when they start pulling apart the roster, we go hard into the details on this one. So tune in and join us if getting into the weeds of what the short- and medium term of the Celtics may look like is your thing.

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The Boston Celtics have reportedly sold for more money than any other pro sports team in the history of the world. Who is the new majority owner of the team, and what players make up his ownership group? What former minority owners will still be part of that group, and which ones are likely moving on? How will the sale impact the future of the team, where it plays, and if we look far enough ahead, even NBA expansion?

How much, exactly, will the Celtics sell for in light of conflicting reports about the total valuation of the storied ball club? Did current majority owner Wyc Grousbeck get his wish regarding his hope to be the team's CEO and lead Governor for a few more seasons?

As you can see, there are a host of questions swirling around this earth-shattering news, so the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn, linked up with one of the leading journalists reporting on all of the above, Axios Business Editor Dan Primack. Join us for an emergency podcast that (hopefully) tells you everything you need to know, and then some.

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The Boston Celtics game against the Brooklyn Nets this Tuesday (March 18) night at TD Garden will have some history to it, with the broadcast crew for the home tilt against Boston's Eastern Conference foes to be just the second-ever all-female broadcast crew to cover a Celtics game. The full NBC Sports Boston crew features Abby Chin on play by play, Kayla Burton as the studio host, Jackie MacMullan and Diamond DeShields as the game analysts, and Jen Rizzotti and Ashley Battle as studio analysts.

To that end, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn (Alex Goldberg DNP - schedule conflict) linked up with Abby to talk about the broadcast, it's importance, and covering the league as a woman from several different angles.

Don't miss this special episode -- and if you have ideas what Abby should use for a signature call (think Mike Gorman's 'Got it!'), be sure to let us know. We also get caught up on all the latest news, so be sure to tune in.

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The Boston Celtics and the NBA are drawing closer to the end of the 2024-25 regular season, and with that, the likely winners of full-season awards are starting to come into focus. The Celtics, as reigning champs, are mostly focused on what they will need to do to put themselves in the best position possible to repeat as champions, but that does not mean that there are no end-of season honors awaiting members of the team.

Reserve guard Payton Pritchard, for example, has widely been seen as a leader to win the league's 2025 Sixth Man of the Year award, and several players on Boston's roster ought to be in line to make an All-NBA or All-Defense team, if not both.

To try to pin down what full-season hardware might end up going to individual Celtics next month, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn, linked up with NBC Sports Boston's Chris Forsberg to talk it over. We even get into some fake awards that ought to exist that Boston players should be feted with, so be sure to tune in to hear them all.

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The new Boston Celtics docuseries "Celtics City" is upon us, but what is it, and why is it like nothing that has come before? With nearly eight decades of history filled with more NBA titles (18, in fact) than any other club in league history and more regular season wins than any other team, it's safe to say that any documentary series attempting to encompass the history of the Celtics is taking on a massive task.

And that is before we take into account the complex, and often fraught, history of the storied franchise, which was at the forefront of racial integration as a team in the late 1950s and early 1960s at the same time the city they played in was anything but that -- and we haven't even touched on the larger-than-life figures behind their dynastic success, or the rivalries they flourished in.

This is the task of the creative minds behind the "Celtics City" documentary brought to us by HBO Sports Documentaries, Ringer Films, and Words + Pictures. The folks behind the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast got to sit down with the director, Lauren Stowell, and co-executive producer and showrunner Gabe Honig to talk about all aspects of the new docuseries, from what sets it apart to how it came together, and everything in between.

Don't miss this conversation on all things "Celtics City" ahead of the debut of the first installment of the nine-part series debuting on Monday, March 3 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.

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The stretch run of the NBA's 2024-25 regular season is upon the Boston Celtics, who appear to be rounding into contention form after a rough stretch of play in the middle of their current campaign. What do the Celtics need to get sorted before the start of the 2025 NBA Playoffs?

Which teams from the league's Eastern Conference should they be concerned about? Is there a team in the West that stands out as a likely NBA finals opponent? Are rest and health properly accounted for in the remainder of the schedule? And what does the last 25 or so games left of the season mean to Boston in terms of preparation and seeding?

The hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn, linked up with cohost of the"How Bout Them Celtics!" podcast, Jack Simone, to talk it over. We also get caught up on what little post-All-Star break news there is, so be sure to join us for this episode.

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The NBA's 2025 All-Star game has come and gone, leaving us with some good and bad memories, as tends to be the case. What should we take away from the event this year for the future, and what is left for the Boston Celtics to think about for the rest of the regular season now that All-Star Week is officially in the books?

The hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn (Alex Goldberg had the week off) took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk it over, giving all things All-Star one last look while we take our first real look at the stretch run ahead.

We'll dig in deeper in future weeks as things come into focus, but join us for a bit of regular season housekeeping as Boston resets for the run to the 2025 NBA Playoffs.

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In the modern NBA, offensive production has risen to historic levels, and seems to inch higher by the week. But defensive fundamentals have always been a key part winnign basketball, and few know that better than champion Celtics shooting guard Tony Allen and his Grit N' Grind Memphis Grizzlies teammate Zach Randolph.

With Boston looking like the favorites to come out of the East this postseason and the Griz making a strong case to represent the West, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast linked up with the duo to talk all things defense from that era to this one, their own "Out the Mud" podcast that brings together the league of today and their own experiences as players, and their unique perspective that generates.

Don't miss this episode to catch some behind-the-scenes tales from the Celtics and Grizzlies squads of their time, as well as their takes on where the NBA is today -- and where it could be headed.

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