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Star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown recently revealed that he still might need surgery to repair a partially torn meniscus. How could his injury and all the other issues the Celtics are dealing with impact Boston's future next season and beyond?

With costar on the wing Jayson Tatum also recovering from a major injury in a torn Achilles tendon and a historic payroll and tax bill about to come due, a lot of change to the Celtics might be on the near-term horizon. There are expectations that Boston will trade players to get cheaper, and the injury to Tatum AND Brown added to the mix have some suggesting splitting them up might be a good idea. Even if the team's front office has no such plans, Boston will be a different team without Tatum -- and perhaps without Brown for a good chunk of the season. How exactly will all these pieces fit together with Brown as the team's No. 1?

The hosts of "Havlicek Stole the Pod" took some time on a recent episode of their show to talk it over. Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say about what Brown's future with the Celtics might be next season and beyond.

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The Boston Celtics are on the precipice of a new era. Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens just sat down with the media for the first time since Boston was defeated by the New York Knicks in their 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals second round series that saw Jayson Tatum go down in Game 4 with a torn Achilles, Jaylen Brown playing on a partially torn meniscus, Kristaps Porzingis reduced to a shell of himself due to illness among other issues plaguing the roster.

What does the future hold for the Celtics in light of their looming historic payroll and tax bill, in light of all the above? Which players are likely on the move, and who will still be in green and white when the dust settles? Could a major rebuild be about to unfold in Boston?

The hosts of the new "Havlicek Stole the Pod" show took a close look at the future at the start of their own rebuild, rising from the ashes of prior iterations to start anew. Please forgive any technical issues as we adapt to new tools -- we'll have them ironed out soon.

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The 2024-25 NBA regular season is officially in the books for the Boston Celtics, and the 2025 NBA Playoffs quickly coming into focus for the team. The Celtics' postseason defense of their 2024 NBA Championship begins in earnest on April 20 after their second consecutive 60-win regular season, and we have the path Boston will need to traverse to get back to the league's biggest stage all but finalized.

We say 'all but' given we won't know whether the second-seeded Celtics play the Atlanta Hawks or the Orlando Magic in the first round until they sort out their play-in tilt, but from there, the field is largely set. Which teams look to be the biggest challenge for Boston? What are the other matchups looking like?

The hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn, take a close look at the postseason landscape in this week's episode of the show, with a look back at the regular season and our predictions on how it would play out for good measure. Tune in to get your playoff bearings -- and see how we did.

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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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