The Boston Celtics avoided facing former MVP center Joel Embiid on Tuesday night as the big man deals with right knee soreness. Boston still lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in another close finish, 102-100.

The proposed trade would flip Sam Hauser for two unproven frontcourt commodities to continue the retooling process

Boston piled up four extra second round picks by moving down from No. 32 and used one to help dump the salary of Georges Niang, which saved the team tens of millions more in luxury tax penalties. That’s not a fun thing to advertise but is also a reality for a team that went all-in financial over the past two years.

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The Boston Celtics have been in cost-cutting mode all offseason. They entered the summer with the largest tax bill on record, so they sent out Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis in trades, getting Anfernee Simons and Georges Niang, while Al Horford seems ...

The Boston Celtics have been connected to a big trade with an Eastern Conference foe that would fill a major need.

Of course, the Celtics are still not at the necessary level to be viewed as a contending team. In fact, they're at least one elite-level player and a Jayson Tatum return away from being back to the necessary skill level of a contending roster.

Anfernee Simons had his best game of the season against the Pelicans, draining 3-pointers and looking like the scorer he's been throughout his career.