Big changes were in store for the Celtics in the 2017-18 season as they traded away Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder and Isaiah Thomas and added All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward. That season’s yearbook celebrated Celtics players with a “fun facts” section. Some notable tidbits: Irving’s father starred at Boston College and had his No. […]

On the day Kyrie Irving signed with the Brooklyn Nets, the Celtics traded for former UConn standout Kemba Walker to partner with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart. The group led Boston to a 43-21 record by March 10, 2020, good for third place in the East. The very next day, the NBA suspended […]

It was supposed to go better than it did. In 2017, All-Star Gordon Hayward joined his former Butler University Coach Brad Stevens in Boston with the goal of winning an NBA World Championship title. Unfortunately, just five minutes into his first game as a Celtics player, Hayward suffered a season-ending injury. He returned mostly as a bench player after the lost year. […]

With healthy seasons from Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, the Celtics expected to take the next step in the East during the 2018-19 campaign. But Irving, Hayward and Al Horford missed playing time and the Celtics had an uneven season, landing with a 49-33 record and the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. A […]

Expectations were high for a loaded Celtics roster that featured three recent All-Stars in Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward and Al Horford along with young stars Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart. Boston played well in the first half of the 2018-19 season and sported a 36-21 mark at the All-Star break. After stumbling down […]

Danny Ainge bolstered the Celtics in the 2017-18 season by adding All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward to the mix. Hayward reunited with his former Butler University Coach Brad Stevens, but his season ended five minutes into his first game when he suffered a leg injury. Irving’s All-Star season ended in March due to injury, […]

Gordon Hayward went through a drill with a participant of the Her Time to Play Jr. Celtics initiative, hosted at the Auerbach Center on October 11, 2018. Created by the WNBA and NBA, the program aimed to inspire girls with on-court basketball training and teach teamwork, leadership and self confidence. “I think that’s very positive […]

With Kyrie Irving out and Kemba Walker in, the new Celtics seemed to click as Boston held a 38-16 record by the 2020 All-Star Game. After the Celtics defeated the Indiana Pacers on March 10, the league shut down play until July 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the four-month delay, Boston played well […]

In the summer of 2017, the Celtics landed the biggest free agent on the market: Gordon Hayward. Reunited with Brad Stevens, his college coach from Butler, Hayward’s career in Boston got off to an inauspicious start when he suffered a season-ending ankle injury just five minutes into his Celtics debut. He came back for the […]