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As the Boston Celtics inch towards contender status with improved play on both ends of the court at the same time the Brooklyn Nets are trying to find enough health to compete for a title, the two teams could very well be on a postseason collision course.

One that began almost a decade ago when a fateful trade sent Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Jason Terry to Brooklyn, and, given that it is just weeks before Garnett will have his Celtics jersey raised up to the rafters, we couldn’t think of a better person to talk about it with on the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast than the JET himself.

In this episode, Cameron Tabatabaie and Justin Quinn are joined by Terry to talk about his time in Boston in their last era of contention, what it was like playing with KG, how he thinks of the Celtics and Nets’ short and medium-term futures, what’s keeping him busy these days and plenty more.

This was a very fun pod that even has a Big Ticket in a helicopter story, so be sure to check it out.

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The 2022 NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and with it and the time needed for their young roster and new coach to gel, the Boston Celtics are a very different team.

A league-leading defense and a humming offense finally have the Celtics looking like the team many hoped they'd become, with this iteration of the team looking like it's going to make some noise in the postseason. And while there's plenty to be happy about, it's worth remembering that as much as the NBA is a business, much of the work that takes place at the deadline isn't so easy on players and their families.

To strike a balance between the two poles, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast got together with friend of the pod Anna Horford to talk about what the deadline was like for her brother Al and her family, the team's new look and both sides of the coin regarding what went into it. 

Justin Quinn, Alex Goldberg, and Cam Tabatabaie also talk about everything from Deuce Tatum's budding stardom to whether Al will be dancing at Anna's wedding coming up soon, so be sure to tune in to hear it all.

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The Boston Celtics by all accounts had themselves a very productive 2022 NBA trade deadline, adding top-flight rotation talent bordering on starting level without paying an exceptionally high price to get the deals done while also consolidating contracts to clear playing time for their younger prospects as well.

No easy task, the Celtics now face the next step of their journey back to contention -- adding more talent around the margins as they seek to bolster the defensive firewall that is their primary identity while also boosting the team's offensive capabilities with the best buyout and free agent targets available.

Who is there to work with? What are they up to now, how can they help, and what are the odds Boston can land them? 

 On this episode of the CLNS Media podcast "Celtics Lab", hosts Justin Quinn and Cameron Tabatabaie get into the end game for teambuilding for the 2021-22 season as we approach All-Star Week and the stretch run after.

Alex Goldberg has the week off along with most of the Celtics' roster but will be back in the saddle again soon.

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While more than a few fans and analysts suspected that the Boston Celtics were set to perhaps at most make a small move to duck under the tax, the team instead re-shaped its roster about as much as is possible without moving core players in a blockbuster deal.

Now, after starting the day with 17 players (counting two ways), the team finds itself with five (yes, five) open roster spots, Derrick White from the San Antonio Spurs, Daniel Theis returning from the Houston Rockets and perhaps the most intimidating defenses assembled in recent NBA history to play with for the rest of the season.

What do these moves mean for the Celtics in the long and short terms? What can we expect to see as far as an on-court product? And where do the Celtics stand in comparison to the rest of the East after a flurry of moves around the league radically transformed the NBA landscape as we knew it? 

The hosts of the CLNS Media podcast "Celtics Lab" are back with a special post-trade deadline edition with friend of the pod Yossi Gozlan, cap expert for our sister site HoopsHype. 

Check out the clip embedded above to get your bearings on the aftermath a a VERY busy trade deadline not only for Boston, but the NBA writ large.

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A flurry of unexpectedly early deals in the 2022 NBA trade deadline season caught fans of the Boston Celtics and wider NBA by surprise Tuesday morning, with plenty of rumbles tied to the Celtics that may yet still unfold as well.

As we sift through the detritus of those fairly significant deals between the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, and New Orleans Pelicans to try and divine what might be next for Boston and the rest of the league, the Celtics are poised to overtake the might Brooklyn Nets in the standings after an eight-game losing streak and with their own potential blockbuster concerning James Harden hanging over their heads.

To that end, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast are joined by Nick Fay of the Off The Glass "Brooklyn Buzz" podcast to try and make sense of all the action so far, as well as what might yet be in store for both teams and the NBA ahead of the Thursday, Feb. 10 deadline.

Check out the clip embedded above to get all the latest details about what's been going on around the league in terms of trades, and what it might mean for Boston moving forward.

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With the 2022 NBA trade deadline less than two weeks away, Silly Season -- that time of year you can't trust a trade rumor further than you can throw it -- has arrived. And with it, new reports that Jaylen Brown might want out of the Boston Celtics if things don't improve with the team moving forward, plus whispers the Utah Jazz (headed by former Celtics president Danny Ainge) might have eyes for Josh Richardson on the trade market.

How much stock should we put in such rumors? Does it matter if the reporter has impeccable bonafides? What should the team's front office be considering regarding the players they have now should teams come calling? Are there players Boston needs to be shopping ahead of the Feb. 10 deadline?

So many questions and we might just be warming up with several staring contests between rival GMs already starting to get further entrenched, so for this week's CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, we're joined by fellow CLNS alum Adam Kaufman to talk all things Celtics and trade deadline.

 Listen to the clip embedded above to get up to speed with the latest rumors and facts percolating up as the moratorium on dealing players in the 2021-22 season draws close.

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In this extra-special edition of the Celtics Lab, we got to sit down with Boston Celtics Hall of Fame big man Robert Parish. In it, we talk the NBA's 75th-anniversary team, the 2022 All-Star Game, the growing potential of Robert Williams III and more. Be sure to check out this exclusive interview with a Celtics legend on the league today.

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The 2022 NBA trade season is off and running at a full gallop with the Boston Celtics having been among the first teams in the league to make a deal, with the buzz surrounding the team suggesting that the Celtics remain among the league's most active teams on the phones calling about potential deals ahead of the Feb. 10 limit to making trades this season.

With plenty to cover about rumbles tied to veteran Boston players like Marcus Smart and Al Horford as much as more recent arrivals in Dennis Schroder and Josh Richardson, the hosts of the CLNS Media Podcast "Celtics Lab" reached out to Celtics Wire alumnus Jared Weiss of The Athletic for some context behind his recent reporting on the team regarding trades.

Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn get a peripatetic snapshot of Weiss' Celtics trade intelligence and debate some of the rumors floating around in the ether tied to Boston. 

Check out the clip embedded above to hear what the Celtics might be considering just as the trade market is likely to heat up.

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The Boston Celtics are making moves on the margins already seemingly with an eye to getting under the tax line for the 2021-22 NBA season -- how will the franchise finish out the rest of its roster-building moves given what we have seen from President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens so far?

The latest episode of the CLNS Media podcast "Celtics Lab" was recorded before the deal that sent Juancho Hernangomez to the San Antonio Spurs to bring back Bol Bol and PJ Dozier, but the analysis hosts Alex Goldberg, Justin Quinn and Cameron Tabatabaie brought to bear in it came very close to predicting such a move.

The trio get into the teeth of what else might be in store for the team before the Feb. 10 deadline arrives. 

Check out the clip embedded above to get an idea on what else might be coming for the storied franchise during what's left of the 2022 trade season as the potential for bigger moves unfolds.

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With a little more than three weeks to go to the 2022 NBA trade deadline, fans of the Boston Celtics are scouring the internet for any signs of what their favorite team might be up to in an effort to improve its fortunes in this and future seasons at the same time NBA reporters try to pry some juicy secrets about what might be going down in the league's front offices to the same end.

And for that reason, we brought on HoopsHype's Michael Scotto to give us some details on what he has been hearing around the league with regard to the Celtics' trade deadline efforts, as well his thoughts on what Boston might do (or not do) in terms of personnel changes before Feb. 10 rolls around in a few weeks.

While there are no blockbuster trades on the immediate horizon, it seems the Celtics organization is doing its best to hit a bunch of singles for a later home run. 

So, be sure to join your usual hosts Cameron Tabatabaie and Justin Quinn (Alex had a last-minute technical hiccup) as they get down to brass tacks with Scotto about what Boston's trade future may hold.

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