The big elephant thats been in the room for Danny Ainge, Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics since the end of last season. What is Kyrie Irving gonna do after the 2018/2019 season ends and he becomes a free agent. Will he end up in New York with Jimmy Butler as some reports say that was what Butler was trying to accomplish. Would he stay in Boston knowing that they could pay him the most money and the team was in a prime position to dominate the Eastern Conference. Or would another team come out from left field and swoop him up with a superstar pairing the All-Star PG would like. Well Kyrie Irving made sure that this season the he and his teamates will be able to focus on Banner #18 by announcing on the TD Garden floor in front of Celtics Nation at a special event that he will be resigning a long term deal to remain with the team. The deal of course will not be official until after next season is over as Irving if he does sign now or during the time the season is taking place he would lose nearly $80 million in salary over the contract. So now the team with the preseason over and opening night of the Regular Season just 9 nights away. Where does this team stand? What if anything have we been able to learn about the 15 man roster in terms of the back end of the group? What does this news do for the team in general now that they know they will not have to worry about Irving throughout this season? Do Irving and Hayward and Daniel Theis who are all returning from injuries look primed and ready for the season to begin or does something not look right with any of them. We will discuss those things as we are joined by Rich Jensen (@RichAJensen) Contributor to RedsArmy.com, Writer for Fotoreactive.com. Guest 2 is Matt Rury (@TeamGreenTruth) Host of the CLNS Celtics Postgame show.