Locked On Celtics - Daily Podcast On The Boston Celtics

The Celtics play the first of two preseason games on Tuesday night and John Karalis is joined by Boston.com's Tom Westerholm to discuss things they're looking for from the rookies, the Williamses, and Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

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Catch up on everything you missed over the weekend including injury updates & Jaylen Brown's growth into a leader. John Karalis has that, plus, four things to watch in preseason game one, and a look into what it's like covering the team right now and why you're seeing so many similar stories.

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It's another mailbag Friday and in this one John Karalis answers the question of whether the Celtics are really contenders, Plus, a creative, under-discussed use of the Hayward traded player exception, and who the starting lineup might be.

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It's time for an annual tradition... well, at least half of one. John Karalis is joined once again by Jay King and Sam Packard of The Athletic to predict every game of the Celtics schedule! This is part one of the podcast. Part two is tomorrow on Anything Is Poddable.

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Robert Williams says he thinks he can make a big leap for the Boston Celtics. Host John Karalis wonders where those minutes will come from, because he can't see it. He also can't see how Aaron Nesmith doesn't get rotation minutes. All that, and, let's talk fantasy basketball!!

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Marcus Smart's offense is going to be about as important as his defense this season, especially at the beginning. MassLive's John Karalis talks about that, Aaron Nesmith's learning curve, Carsen Edwards' readiness, and a crappy side effect of this COVID plan that is costing people opportunities.

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Tristan Thompson is going to miss most of training camp, which means there are immediate opportunities for someone. MassLive's John Karalis has that, Brad Stevens' desperate search to find someone to provide that immediate help, the annoyingly condensed schedule, and even some Jayson Tatum muscle watch.

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Tristan Thompson spoke to the media on Thursday and MassLive's John Karalis is confident you're going to love him. You'll hear everything Thompson had to say, then, mailbag questions get answered including whatever happened to Jay and Sam.

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Kemba Walker spoke about his knee issue, the treatment plan, and a few other things when speaking to the media on Wednesday. MassLive's John Karalis shares Kemba's entire media availability and reacts to some not-so-great news about the knee problem.

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Day one of "media week" in the NBA gave us, hopefully, the end of the Gordon Hayward saga. MassLive's John Karalis shares Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens audio from Tuesday as they discuss what happened with Gordon Hayward's departure and Kemba Walker's knee. Also, Danny Ainge had an interesting quote about Tristan Thompson that sure feels like it was in response to how last season ended.

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