Rumors

Jackie MacMullan ignited a firestorm of controversy with her comments that LaMarcus Aldridge is not happy with the Spurs and vice versa. The league is now buzzing with LMA trade speculation. Naturally, the Celtics are part of that speculation: If the Spurs were to consider trading Aldridge, you would have to move him to a team [...]

Zach Lowe dropped this nugget in his latest column: There is probably more buzz surrounding Hayward’s impending free agency than about Paul, Griffin, Kyle Lowry and other starrier names. Hayward is 26, in the meat of his prime, killing it at the thinnest position in the league. Utah waited for Charlotte to max him out [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons sustained a right foot injury that will reportedly keep the 6-foot-10 rookie out for at least three months. While his [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. A shoulder injury near the end of last season required surgery. The timetable for his return is sometime next month, but could spill into the start [...]

Via CSNNE: Doc Rivers appeared on The Vertical Podcast with Adrian Wojnarowski and dismissed the Blake Griffin trade rumors, claiming that “bloggers” who “have nothing to do with the sport” were the cause of the Blake-to-Boston gossip. “We are hoping that Blake ends his career playing for the Clippers,” Rivers told Woj. “No team is [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. I love him and I would throw a ton of money at him but I’m pretty sure Milwaukee will match. If he’s the kind of player [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. FiveThirtyEight released updated CARMELO player projections last week, and it was hard not to notice the glitzy prediction for third-year guard Marcus Smart. CARMELO didn’t just [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “You win with players, not picks,” one assistant GM told CSNNE.com. “Boston has lots of picks and some good players. But there’s not a great player [...]

The Sporting News’ Sean Deveney had the Celtics world buzzing yesterday with his report of the Celtics potentially targeting Blake Griffin. He joined the show to talk about that, why different reporters have differing reports, and the very high odds the Celtics do something big soon. After we reacted to the interview, we also had Fox [...]

The Vertical’s Chris Mannix said tonight on CSNNE that the Celtics are nowhere close to a deal for Blake Griffin or Russell Westbrook. It sounded like talks for Griffin had taken place at some point in the past but there’s nothing going now. Clippers reporter Dan Woike also squashed the Griffin talk on Twitter. Mannix went [...]