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The 2020-21 Boston Celtics are dragging themselves across the finish line of perhaps the most difficult season in the seventy-year history of the NBA, missing key players to injury, personal tragedy still fresh for many players on the team, and just starting to get their bearings after getting harder by COVID than any other team in the NBA. Yet somehow, fans and media alike have taken this team trying to make it through the day like the rest of us and put them on a pedestal, forgetting their humanity and everything Boston's players have accomplished both on and off the court. To that end, we linked up with friend of the pod and Celtics fan fixture The Riffsman to talk the season so far and more importantly the Peoples Tommy Point Charity Drive For 18. Countering the negativity with a drive to help the Celtics -- and Marcus Smart's YounGameChanger Foundation, specifically -- The Riffsman dives into all things Boston with us in this episode. To find out more about what the Peoples Tommy Point Charity Drive For 18 is and how you can help or just to lift the funk hanging over many Celtics fans of late, make sure you listen to this pod.

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While the fourth seed and home court in the first round is not out of reach, is it still a realistic target? What would Boston likely be up against if they slip to the sixth seed -- or worse, the play-in tournament? Is there a scenario that could realistically see the Celtics bounced before they even sniff the actual playoffs? And just what is this team's realistic ceiling, given what we've seen? This episode, hosts Justin Quinn, Cam Tabatabaie and Alex Goldberg are joined by special guest and Celtics Wire alumnus Q. Albertie Shiron of SLAM! to talk postseason seeding and its potential impact, exploring all the possible permutations of the end of Boston's season.nWe also dive into the week that was, given the history that was made and the play that often went with it to make one want to avert their eyes. Press play on the player embedded above or subscribe on your favorite purveyor of podcasts to hear all this Celtics content and more.

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There's ten games left in the Boston Celtics schedule, and after witnessing their lackadaisical effort in the team's 119 - 115 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night, one might be forgiven if one thought the team's players wish it were fewer. But the Celtics still have time to build some chemistry and rhythm heading into the postseason, and exactly 10 games to accomplish it. Who do they face, what are the contexts that matter about those matchups -- and most importantly, who do we expect to win the final 10 games of Boston's season? For this episode of the Celtics Lab, we dive into all things stretch run for Boston, putting the schedule under the microscope for some fine-grained analysis. Join your hosts Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie and Justin Quinn as they parse the final phase of the 2020-21 NBA season from a Boston Celtics perspective.

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The Boston Celtics have made something of a name for themselves as a good landing spot for players whose career has fallen short of where expectations had at one time had them pegged, with head coach Brad Stevens getting a reputation as the sort of coach able to get a little more out of such players than his peers. Now, the team has decided to sign former No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker to a two-year deal in the same sort of mold as we once saw for the Jordan Crawfords and Evan Turners of the league. What should we expect from Parker given how hard injuries have impacted his career, and just how real is the imagined capabilities of Boston as a potential career rejuvenator? This week's edition of the Celtics Lab asks exactly these questions, with hosts Cameron Tabatabaie, Alex Goldberg and Justin Quinn diving deep into the data and narratives surrounding the modern-day Celtics mystique of career rehabilitation. We find some nuggets of truth to it, some glaring exceptions, and discord about who should even be considered such players. Plug in your aux cords or earphones and press play, this edition of the lab sets the table for the Jabari Parker in Boston.

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As the dust from the 2021 NBA trade deadline settles and teams more or less know what they have to work with, only injuries and chemistry remain to shake up the Eastern Conference standings heading into the stretch run ahead of the playoffs. With a three-team upper class of the Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks virtually certain to finish out the season in more or less the same place barring an implosion of major proportions, where do the Boston Celtics stand in comparison to the rest of the East's "middle class" of teams all within a few games of a .500 record? And which are the teams we want to avoid ending up in a first-round matchup? To that end we got deep into the details of what's left of the 2020-21 season for those ball clubs with the host of the CLNS podcast "The Garden Report's" Jimmy Toscano with some cautious optimism mixed with a healthy dose of concern. Tune into this episode to get the lay of the land for how the postseason seeding picture and the games it will generate ought to take shape with hosts Alex Goldberg, Cam Tabatabaie and Justin Quinn.

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With news that veteran shooting guard Evan Fournier will be entering the NBA's health and safety protocols for the second time in a week just before the team squares off with the Philadelphia 76ers, it'd be easy to get negative about the Celtics outlook. But for this week's episode of the Celtics Lab, we decided to flip the script and look at the positives we've been seeing from this team since the 2021 NBA trade deadline. Joined by CLNS Media's Content Director and co-host of the Garden Report Celtics Post Game Show John Zannis, we do our best to dive into the positives we've been seeing from the Celtics, trying to decide what's sustainable and what's a mirage. While we didn't put on our green-tinted lenses, we did find some promising signs that bode well for the rest of the season, even if the coming games without Fournier ought to be tough. Tune into the the Lab this week with hosts Cam Tabatabaie, Alex Goldberg and Justin Quinn as we try to roll with positive vibes only.

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While there's been plenty of good and bad things alike to point to since the 2021 NBA trade deadline for the Boston Celtics, the other big event in the basketball universe that is happening this month -- the NCAA tournament -- is getting close to its finale, and with that attention tends to turn to the Celtics potential targets in the 2021 NBA draft. To that end, we brought on friend of the pod and NCAA basketball expert Ben Kaloupek to dive into all of the players Boston might be keeping tabs on in the range it will likely draft this coming offseason. From floor generals to scoring wings to defensive-minded big men, we cover the gamut of players the Celtics ought to be studying up on as we begin to get our bearings on this cohort of NBA prospects. Hosts Justin Quinn, Cam Tabatabaie and Alex Goldberg also talk expectations for the remainder of the season and the results of recent games, so press play and get up to speed on all the above in this latest episode of Celtics Lab

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With tons of trade action in the Eastern Conference and perhaps less than Celtics fans wanted, we've got plenty to talk about on this special post-trade deadline podcast of the Celtics Lab, where we're joined by Michael Scotto of HoopsHype and USA TODAY Sports. We dive into the deals that brought in shooting guard Evan Fournier and big men Luke Kornet and Mo Wagner, break down whether it was a good idea to use Boston's traded player exception (TPE) to do it, take stock of the rest of the East and what the Celtics lose in Daniel Theis' exit plus a whole lot more. Join hosts Alex Goldberg and Justin Quinn for this special episode (Cam Tabatabaie has the night off) as we dive headlong into all things 2021 NBA Trade deadline.

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The Boston Celtics are front in center in seemingly every trade rumor there is ahead of the 2021 NBA trade deadline, with fan favorites like Marcus Smart supposedly in the mix to be moved to a new team, and a bevy of other names linked casually or in hot pursuit. Enough to leave even a savvy superfan in a spate of dizziness, we felt it best to turn to the experts and get the skinny on what the Celtics might be up to this week. To that end, we brought on Celtics Wire alumnus and Athletic NBA insider Jared Weiss to get some intel on what he has been hearing about Boston, as well as what he thinks is going to happen. While it is certainly possible the team looks much the same come Friday, March 26, from what we are hearing it might do you well to prepare for some serious change. Without being too forthcoming (or any more oblique), join hosts Cam Tabatabaie, Alex Goldberg and Justin Quinn on this episode of the Celtics Lab to get caught up on what Boston might be getting ready to pull the trigger on.

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With a historically-massive $28.5 million traded player exception (TPE) generated by the exit of veteran forward Gordon Hayward last offseason, the Boston Celtics find themselves the nexus of the 2021 NBA trade deadline, for better or worse. And with a COVID-inflected season that's seen the Celtics' fortunes rise and fall with the seeming fickleness of the weather, many a fan is clamoring for the fabled-but-absent trade deadline fireworks when they very well could get sparklers if they get anything at all. Team president Danny Ainge has made it clear he has no problem whatever waiting until the coming offseason to use the TPE if the right deal doesn't materialize for Boston, yet the rumors continue unabated linking the Celtics to any number of potential moves. Which ones make sense? Which ones are nonsense? In this episode, we'll do our best to answer those questions. Join hosts Alex Goldberg, Justin Quinn and Cam Tabatabaie as they put a magnifying glass to the sundry trade whispers concerning the Celtics as March 25th approaches.

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