Celtics Beat

Corey Maggette played 14 years in the NBA and currently the Basketball Operations Regional Liaison for the NBA. He also provides analysis for the Los Angeles Clippers on FOX Sports West. Twitter: @Corey_Maggette 0:30 Carmelo Anthony to Boston Celtics? 3:45 Brad Stevens coaching NBA All Star Game & other misc. Celts storylines 5:40 Crowds at Boston Garden 7:37 Ticket giveaway details 9:20 Al Horford’s struggles in post 12:15 Are Celts due for a funk? 17:07 Jaylen Brown’s development and other positive breakthroughs 19:27 Paul Pierce Documentary 25:40 LA Clippers primer 27:30 Differences in Clipps w/o Chris Paul 32:05 Maggette on IT’s emergence 36:11 Can Clippers bigs take advantage of Boston? 37:20 Is LA leading Melo destination? 42:00 Prediction Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and Zip Recruiter. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, February 5th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin McHale serves as an analyst for Turner Sports and is one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History and Three-Time World Champion Member of the Boston Celtics. Adam Himmelsbach is the Celts beat reporter for The Boston Globe. Twitter: @Adam Himmelsbach 0:20 GE Ads on Boston Celtics jerseys 4:35 Assessing Brad Stevens coaching 6:03 How did Stevens handle Marcus Smart incident? 8:50 Which Celtics player is Smart questioning? 10:45 How does Stevens hide Isaiah Thomas on defense? 14:41 Suggestions for Stevens in fixing C’s D 16:56 Why do Celts continue experimenting lineups this late in season? 21:45 Paul Pierce documentary on CLNS Radio 25:25 1986 Boston Celtics v 2017 Golden State Warriors 29:17 Does Kevin McHale have regrets playing through foot injury in ‘87? 32:45 Advice for Danny Ainge/Celts 37:27 Should Paul Pierce replace McHale on all-time Celtics team? 38:45 Final takes on McHale comments Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and Zip Recruiter. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, January 29th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Grande is the Boston Celtics radio play-by-play voice on 98.5 FM The Sports Hub. Twitter: @SeanGrandePBP 1:07 Obscure Boston Celtics start-times 3:18 Formula and Tyler Zeller, James Young, Jordan Mickey, Demetrius Jackson 4:41 Gerald Green 6:56 Jaylen Brown 9:15 Jonas Jerebko 11:22 Terry Rozier 14:37 Amir Johnson 19:07 Kelly Olynyk 26:40 Marcus Smart 28:25 Jae Crowder 31:25 Al Horford 33:55 Isaiah Thomas 40:40 Avery Bradley Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and Zip Recruiter. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, January 22nd. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nate Duncan hosts Dunc’d On and the Twitter NBA Show. Twitter: @NateDuncanNBA. Chris Vivlamore is the Atlanta Hawks beat reporter for the AJC. Twitter: @CVivlamoreAJC. Kevin Pelton is an NBA analyst for ESPN. Twitter: @kpelton 1:25 Celtics-Pistons ticket giveaway 2:05 Has Al Horford lost a step? 3:30 Does Horford not want to play C? 8:05 Why the Hawks weren’t happy w/ Horford declining rebounding 11:45 Has Boston leapfrogged Atlanta in East? 15:15 What to make of Celtics clutch play? 24:30 Worst of Eastern Conference 28:25 Race for 8th playoff spot 31:48 Worst playoff series matchup for Celts 33:10 Second half risers? 37:50 % of C’s being in ECF 42:17 What Celts could use to move into upward in East 49:00 Celtics v Cavs? BONUS: Kevin Pelton on Marcus Smart Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and Zip Recruiter. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, January 15th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coach Nick is the President of BBall Breakdown and bballbreakdown.com. Twitter: @BballBreakdown 3:06 Why Boston Celtics D is underachieving 8:40 Is it concerning opposing guards are having big games v Celts? 10:00 Al Horford’s decline and why Kelly Olynyk should take some of his minutes 24:55 Celts rebounding struggles 33:50 What makes the Celts offense great 38:45 Importance of Avery Bradley and why you can’t fully trust defensive stats 42:30 IT’s place in NBA & comparison with Allen Iverson 46:00 Is this best set of guards in NBA history? 49:35 Independent media v national basketball media Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and Zip Recruiter. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, January 8th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Draper is the host of Boston Celtics Pre & Post-Game Live on Comcast Sports Net. Twitter: @KyleDraperTV Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and Zip Recruiter. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, January 1st. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Austin Ainge is the Boston Celtics Director of Player Personnel. 2:45 January ticket giveaway details 3:50 Austin Ainge on the new CBA 6:00 On the 2017 NBA Draft 7:45 General takeaways on season thus far 11:50 Marcus Smart’s and organizational vantage point of his development 22:00 How has Avery Bradley improved so much in seven years? 26:20 What did Celts think they were getting when they first made IT trade? 28:20 Can you win with Isaiah Thomas as #1 option? 35:00 Disappointments from this season so far 36:03 What qualifies a successful season? 37:00 Urgency to win now 47:12 Celtics-Knicks Pre-Game Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, December 25th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie Ready is the television color commentator for the Charlotte Hornets. Twitter: @StephanieReady. Chris Forsberg is the Boston Celtics beat reporter for ESPN. Twitter: @ESPNForsberg. Boston Celtics Pre-Game conducted with Surya Fernandez, who is the Miami Heat’s SB Nation blog’s Site Manager. Twitter: @SuryaHeatNBA 1:50 Stephanie Ready on Celts D 5:10 How the C’s beat the Hornets 12:10 Where do Celts & Hornets rank in Eastern Conference? 17:20 Dec 27 Grizzlies Tickets Giveaway 19:40 Is Jaylen Brown’s defense legit? 21:25 Why can’t Celtics beat good teams in clutch? 29:10 Boston’s AWFUL second quarters 34:05 Celts defensive statistics equivalent to last year 36:40 Should Jonas Jerebko start? 43:00 Marcus Smart with starting unit 51:00 Miami Heat Pregame Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, December 18th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Armstrong is the TV color commentator for the Toronto Raptors. Sam Sheehan is a redditor and cap and stats aficionado. Twitter: @SamSheehan. Adam Joseph covers the OKC Thunder for SB Nation and joins LHR for Boston Celtics Pre-Game. Twitter: @AdamJosephSport 3:55 Ticket giveaway details 4:51 Jack Armstrong 6:15 How Toronto guards exploit Boston’s perimeter D 10:15 Is Raptors D elite? 14:58 Why the Celts are Toronto’s biggest roadblock to ECF 16:30 Boston Celtics needs 23:22 Why the Celtics CANNOT be overly aggressive in trade market 24:40 Why Danny Ainge will make a ‘big move’ in next 12 months 26:42 Will the Celtics be able to afford a max free agent this summer? 30:52 Who the Celtics will target in trade market and free agency 34:45 If Celts sign max free agent, who can they keep on current roster? 44:46 Andrew Bogut only Celts trade target? 47:39 Value of Tyler Zeller’s contract 49:36 Oklahoma City Thunder Pre-Game 54:32 Prediction Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, December 11th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Goodman is a basketball insider for ESPN. The preeminent draft expert in the country, Jeff joins Celtics Beat as part of a yearly tradition to primer highly touted college basketball draft prospects for this year’s NBA Draft. Twitter: @GoodmanESPN 2:35 Ticket giveaway information 4:33 Jeff Goodman joins the show 6:30 Is Isaiah Thomas an elite point guard? 8:20 Harry Giles 11:18 Who should Celtics take #1 overall? 12:30 Scouting reports on Markelle Fultz, Dennis Smith, Lonzo Ball, Malik Monk, Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson & more 28:08 Boston’s strategy w/ remaining two Nets lotto picks 33:00 Evaluation of Kelly Olynyk, Marcus Smart & Jaylen Brown 47:01 NCAA Final Four predictions 49:02 Mailbag on Andrew Bogut, Celts off-season plans, Jonas Jerebko and whether Al Horford should’ve played in Miami Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, December 4th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Smith covers the NBA for realGM and the Boston Celtics for CelticsBlog. Twitter: @KeithSmithNBA Ryan Bernardoni covers the Celts with a specialization on roster building, the CBA and the salary cap for ESPN’s True Hoop blog, CelticsHub. Twitter: @dangercart 3:50 Jae Crowder & locker room audio 8:12 Keith Smith on Al Horford’s early season impact 10:50 Fixing the Celtics second unit 12:45 Kelly Olynyk struggles & his importance 15:48 Terry Rozier’s development 17:00 Celtics 2nd Quarter Statistics 20:30 Marcus Smart’s improved playmaking 23:15 Should the Celts bench Jaylen Brown? 26:12 Upcoming week prediction 31:00 Ticket Giveaway & new contest 34:54 Celts team weaknesses 36:30 Boston’s strategy in trades w/ salary cap in mind 40:17 Trading for Andrew Bogut; Should C’s wait? 43:18 Pressure for Celts to trade assets? 44:55 Other trade targets 49:00 Isaiah Thomas: One of best trades in Celtics history? 51:40: 2001 Allen Iverson v. 2017 IT4 54:59 What to be thankful for Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, November 27th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Leroux is the host of realGM Radio, Dunc’d On, Locked on Warriors, and the Twitter NBA Show. He also contributes to Sporting News and The Athletic. Twitter: @DannyLeRoux 2:21 Ticket giveaways 5:12 How Golden State Warriors smothered the Boston Celtics in Friday’s 3rd quarter. 8:50 Is Boston’s defense an issue? 12:06 Primary concerns for Celts 16:25 Targeting Andrew Bogut and would he would bring 23:05 Isaiah Thomas and his place in NBA 29:05 Dubs intensity level in regular season going forward 34:15 Draymond Green comments 36:10 Boston’s improved crunch time play 43:57 Al Horford return v Detroit Pistons & future impact 45:28 LeBron James & Phil Jackson Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, November 20h. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons legend and current analyst for NBAtv joins Larry H. Russell to discuss his protege Jaylen Brown’s performance thus far after some recent struggles. LHR also recaps the week that was, opens the mailbag and brings back Around the NBA in 5. Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, November 13th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave McMenamin of ESPN returns to discuss Thursday’s Cleveland Cavaliers victory over the Boston Celtics on national TV. LHR recaps the remainder of the week and conducts the pre-game segment against the Denver Nuggets with Justin Poulin. Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, November 6th. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston is in studio to discuss the Boston Celtics opening week of the 2016-17 NBA campaign with games against the Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls, and Charlotte Hornets. Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, October 30th, 2016 at 9 AM ET. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich Gotham, President of the Boston Celtics returns to the broadcast to discuss the prospects of the 2017 Boston Celtics who open up Wednesday at the TD Garden against the Brooklyn Nets. LHR also gives his full slate of predictions both for the Celts and the NBA. Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, October 23rd, 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One week to go: The Boston Celtics are entering their final week of the pre-season. It is just the exhibition NBA season, but thus far, the Celts have looked good and the fans (those who watched) have to be pleased with what they see. How will this translate to the regular season which begins in ten days? The returning Larry H. Russell tries to answer this question the best he can while also giving his own player outlook for this season. Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe returns to the featured guest chair once again and takes some rapid fire questions from LHR. Questions include: What’s the best and worst case with Boston in 2017? Is there a concrete definition to what is and what is not a successful season? What are the team’s biggest and least of concerns? Which teams, save for the Cleveland Cavaliers present the most problems with the Celts in the East? With the season just days a week, LHR and Bob give an entire individual and team rundown on the coming 2016-17 NBA campaign. It’s all on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, October 16th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three NBA pre-season games are in the books for the Boston Celtics, and there have been some decent takeaways. So much so that we actually have a mailbag this week on Celtics Beat. Justin Poulin of Celtics Stuff Live, sits in this week for Larry H. Russell to discuss the opening slate of pre-season basketball. Jeff Clark, founder of CelticsBlog joins Justin in Suday’s featured segment to talk about what they’ve seen thus far in the pre-season. Such as how the floor spacing created by Horford has really benefited Jaylen Brown and Isaiah Thomas, the battle for the final roster spot and whether or not the Celtics can beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the regular season. And that’s not all. Justin and Bobby Manning of CelticsBlog run through the mailbag and answer (almost) all of your questions! It’s all on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, October 9th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check off Media Day, first day of training camp and Open Practice. The Boston Celtics are now one full week into training camp and things are beginning to take shape. Jared Weiss, host of the Garden Report and Michael Pina of Bleacher Report discuss the entire outlook on the Celtics as we head into their first patch of pre-season games. Marcus Smart also joins the program in an exclusive interview with CelticsBlog’s Jared Weiss. They dive deep into Smart’s work to fix his jump shot this summer and how that will change the dynamic for not just Smart himself, but the entire Celtics offense both for the starting and second units. TIMESTAMPS 4:00 Covering Kobe’s Final year 8:03 Pina on Kobe’s final game and stealing Kanye West’s spotlight 10:15 Jared discusses his interactions with KG 16:00 General state of Celtics entering season 25:45 Al Horford’s as a passing hub 33:34 Jaylen Brown’s role 41:05 Gerald Green’s role as 3 and D guy 42:40 Tyler Zeller role 46:20 Pina’s unique approach to coverage 51:00 Marcus Smart interview It’s all on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, October 2nd 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year on Celtics Beat, we delve into the history of the NBA’s most legendary franchise...the Boston Celtics! This year, during the off-season, we individually profile a player rather than a specific game. Jo Jo White returns to the airwaves to talk about his career as a Celtic, how hard it was to come to a team that just lost Bill Russell and going about to establish its own championship pedigree of its own. How relevant is that to today as this current group of Celtics, where after the departure of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, Boston is now clearly on a similar upward path? And speaking of KG, it goes about saying there will be some reflection on his career following his retirement. It’s all on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, September 25th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The end of the primer series marks the end of the NBA off-season. With the Boston Celtics training camp set to open next week, it’s is the last show of the summer of Celtics Beat. And we wrap up the primer series with the Atlanta Hawks with Chris Vivlamore. There’s been a lot of talk about what the addition of Al Horford will do for the Celtics. But what about his loss to the Hawks? That has gone under the radar, but safe to say, it won’t this week. Kevin Pelton of ESPN also returns to the airwaves. With the conclusion of the primer series of Boston’s most relevant foes, but what about everyone else. KP gives the rundown of the entire conference in today’s featured guest segment. It’s all on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, September 18th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NFL Kickoff Weekend means that we’re one week closer to the start of the NBA season. And we continue our Boston Celtics primer series, this week not looking at an NBA Playoffs foe, but rather a supplier of highly valued first round selections in the NBA Draft: Our Yearly Preview of the Brooklyn Nets. Ian Eagle, Nets play-by-play announcer for the YES Network, stops by for his annual September appearance on Celtics Beat. Brooklyn cleaned house this off-season, new GM, new coach, new players. So, it goes without saying: How will it work out? What are the philosophies of Sean Marks and their rookie head coach Kenny Atkinson? Are they going to put an emphasis on player development and not worry about the repercussions of sending more high lottery picks Boston’s way. And yes, we’ll do it. Point blank: Will the Nets be the worst team in the NBA? And if not, what is their best case scenario for 2016-17? And while this is a Celtics-centric show, most are well aware of Ian’s role as one of the NFL on CBS top play-by-play announcers. Ian will be calling Dolphins v. Seahawks game today on CBS. So we’ll cheat and get a little football talk. How will the New England Patriots survive without Tom Brady? And of course, we get Ian’s SuperBowl 51 pick. It’s all on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, September 11th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Labor Day! Summer is now officially over here on the East Coast. The NBA season is now just weeks away and the Boston Celtics are counting down the days to training camp and the 2016-17 campaign. And in doing so, we continue our primers of the Celtics premiere competition in the NBA’s Eastern Conference here on Celtics Beat. Stephanie Ready, color commentator for the Charlotte Hornets on FOX Sports South is first up. The Hornets were one of the surprise teams in the league last year and are generally regarded to be one of the best coached teams in the league. What makes this band of castaways go? Last year, they rode productive seasons from many free-agents-to-be such as Al Jefferson, Courtney Lee, Jeremy Lin, Marvin Williams and Nic Batum. Lin, Lee and Jefferson are gone and weren’t really replaced. Will these losses drop Charlotte from being a team to be taken seriously? And if not, how will they be replaced? Despite finishing with identical records last year, can we get Stephanie to admit that Boston will be far and away a superior team to Charlotte in 2017? Then there’s the other end of the spectrum. The clear-cut favorites and alpha dogs of the Eastern Conference: LeBron James and the World Champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Outside of a LeBron injury, what can stop the Cavs from getting back to the Finals? Dave spoke with Kyrie Irvin before the Olympics, listen to find out what he told him. It’s on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, September 4th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Training camp is now less than a month away and Labor Day is next week. The summer is winding down which means the NBA season is right around the corner. Which gives Celtics Beat ample opportunity to preview some conference rivals for the Boston Celtics in 2016-17. Quinn Buckner, longtime NBA veteran, former Celtic, and current Indiana Pacers color commentator on FOX Sports Indiana is back on the CLNS Radio airwaves once again to give a primer on the Pacers and their off-season. No team outside of Oakland added more talent to their roster this season than Indiana. What kind of challenges will there be to get all these pieces to mesh? What other weaknesses do the Pacers have that the Celtics could exploit? And would Paul George, being the best player in a potential playoff series, knock off teams like the Celtics and God forbid, the Cleveland Cavaliers? It doesn’t end there. Coach Jack Armstrong of TSN also stops by to talk about the Toronto Raptors, and their quiet summer which was highlighted by retaining DeMar DeRozan and signing former Celtic Jared Sullinger. Will that cut the mustard? Jack is a huge fan of the Celtics off-season and a huge fan of this Boston team. He also believes the Raptors took a step back this year. Does that mean he believes the Raptors will surrender the Atlantic Division to Boston? Find out on this week’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, August 28th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turn the page: We are now well into August and everything is in the bank for the Boston Celtics and the NBA. Last season is now last season and this past summer is now last summer. The NBA schedule has now been released and it’s now about looking forward to the 2016-17 NBA season. Kristen Ledlow of NBAtv and Turner Sports is back on the broadcast to talk about the biggest takeaway from the new schedule: The Boston Celtics are featured on national TV 22 times. Wow! That certainly provides plenty of discussion for the show. Does that Al Horford addition really make that much of a difference? Can the Celtics really be considered as a (gulp!) dark-horse title contender? Kristen also gives a rundown of which games she is most looking forward to for the 2017 NBA’s regular season. It’s all on this wee’s Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, August 21st 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cherry on top: The 2016 Boston Celtics Off-Season is now likely over and the countdown to NBA Training Camp is officially on. The Celtics had a very busy NBA Draft, made a major splash with Al Horford, almost lured Kevin Durant, and were quiet again on the trade front. Unquestionably a better team for 2017, the Celts are rapidly rising in the NBA ranks. Austin Ainge, Boston Celtics Director of Player Personnel returns to CLNS Radio to recap the entire Off-Season with Larry H. Russell in this week’s very special Summer in Review show. Starting from the immediate fallout of the playoff defeat, Austin provides exclusive insight into how the team planned to approach the summer then; what the brass felt would be the best pathways to immediately improve the roster while maintaining long-term flexibility. LHR and Austin review the transpirings of the summer in chronological order: Did the NBA Draft go as well as the team planned? What did they get out of it? Why weren’t the able to get any potential moves done? And of course, July 4th weekend: What went down: Al Horford. And what didn’t: Kevin Durant. Austin also provides his thoughts on this year’s team and caps it off by, yes, providing a letter grade for the Celtics summer. There’s also immediate reaction. The Lead Sports Matt Keller stops by following Austin’s appearance to offer his analysis on Ainge’s interview. It’s a jammed-packed edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, August 14th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer Forecast 2016: How much will our predictions for the 2016-17 Boston Celtics change in the immediate aftermath of their off-season until the eve of the 2017 NBA campaign at the end of October? Well, we’ll find out on episode #169 of Celtics Beat. Chris Forsberg has been conducting the Summer Forecasts with various members of the Boston media over on ESPN.com for the past six summers. And this year, the expectations are the highest for the Celts as they have been in years. Is 50 wins the bare minimum? How many games will Boston win? Who’s starting at center on Opening Night to complete the starting five? And will that be the same come mid January? How about the back-end of the roster, who gets the final two spots? Does it matter? And how about this: Can the Boston Celtics have the #1 defense in the NBA in 2017? Find out who says Hell Yes and a whole lot more. It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, August 7th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 31, 2007: The nine year anniversary of Kevin Garnett being traded to the Boston Celtics. Many have drawn today's date as the "line in the sand" for potential trades to occur. Today, Jimmy Toscano of the Boston Metro joins Nick Gelso to fill the host duties for Larry H. Russell. A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE is today's featured guest. With Doc Rivers recently back in the news for his candid interview on The Vertical Podcast, Toscano, Gelso and Blakely discuss everything nostalgic from the Kevin Garnett Era, Paul Pierce retiring with the Boston Celtics. Heck, even Dennis Johnson's name creeps into the conversation. In current Celtics news, Sherrod discusses Jae Crowder taking exception to his 2017 Free Agents Article on Twitter, who will make the roster, Marcus Smart's potential and they even go cliche and give their win predictions if the season were to start today. It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, July 31st 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are things beginning to quiet down? That’s been the case on Twitter. Does that mean it is in the real world for the Boston Celtics and the rest of the NBA? CLNS Radio and Celtics Beat presents two people who may have the answers: The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach and The Vertical at Yahoo! Sports’ Michael Lee. They’ll stop by to provide the answers to the following questions: How close are the Celts on a deal for Blake Griffin? Is Jahlil Okafor a potential option or is that just media day dreaming? While there’s seemingly zero talk for Russell Westbrook now, what about during the season when the Oklahoma City Thunder will likely struggle? And most importantly, should the Celtics bother going for it with how good the Golden State Warriors will be this season? Oh, and we have major groundbreaking roster news: Gerald Green has signed with the Celtics and Tyler Zeller is back! It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, July 24th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. fdatnhmh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NBA off-season is still red hot, both in the rumor mill and on the court in NBA Summer League out in Las Vegas. Are the Boston Celtics on the verge of something massive? Could their next super team feature Blake Griffin and Russell Westbrook to go along with Al Horford? Who would go and who would stay on this current Celtics roster? Michael Smith, former Celtics and current Los Angeles Clippers color commentator goes over it all on the Blake Griffin trade front. Are the Clips really interested in breaking up their team? If so, what would it cost on Boston’s end? Is it worth it for the Celts? Would a Griffin-Westbrook-Horford group be a title team? And that’s not all. Brian Robb was in Las Vegas and chatted up with CLNS Radio’s own Jared Weiss to give the lowdown on the NBA Summer League and what to make of many of the young Celtics’ performance. It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, July 17th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Durant has spurned the Boston Celtics, dumped the Oklahoma City Thunder and has decided to join the powerhouse Golden State Warriors. It still stings and it’s utterly flabbergasting. How could someone be so hell-bent on taking the easy way out to win a championship and join a bitter rival to meet an end goal? Danny Leroux of realGMRadio will stop by to attempt to answer those questions. At the very least, it should be a lot of fun. But will it be as fun unless the Warriors come out like gangbusters next year and 2007-Patriots the league? Or will they cruise to make sure they win the NBA championship? That’s not all there. Abby Chin of CSNNE will stop by to talk about...yes, the Boston Celtics. They who just signed Al Horford and introduced him this past Friday afternoon. Is the off-season still good enough for the Celts and should they be more aggressive or lay low for the next few years knowing the Dubs will likely dominate the NBA? It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, July 10th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al Horford to the Boston Celtics - yay! Well, the big fallacy that the Celts have never signed a major free agent is over. And it’s more than just that. The Celts added a major piece. How much does Horford improve the team? What kind of repercussions does it have in the rest of the Eastern Conference? And will the Celts get Kevin Durant?! Justin Poulin is up early to provide instant analysis to the mayhem. Howard Beck will also stop by for a few brief moments to rundown the rest of NBA Free Agency. There’s a ton of money being thrown around, and outside of maybe Horford, a lot of it is on lesser players. Will a lot of teams regret many of these players signed to these deals? What type of long term impact will it have for the NBA not just on the court, but off? Is a labor crisis looming or is the league just so healthy that nothing will stop the train from rolling along? It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, July 3rd 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was it a clunker? There was a lot of hype and anticipation heading into the 2016 NBA Draft for the Boston Celtics, but universal sentiment has everyone from fans, media and possibly those within the organization far from enamored about the night the Celtics had back on Thursday evening. Sure they didn’t make a big move, but what about the rest of the night? Did anything go right? Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com and NBAtv will check into Celtics Beat first to give a rundown on the six selections the Celts utilized. Let’s cut right to the chase: What can Jaylen Brown do? Does he seriously have the highest bust potential of all the top players? How fearful should people be of his lack of production at Cal? Is he even better to last year’s top target, Justise Winslow? And what about the other players, including the three second round selections? What are their strengths and do any of them have futures in the NBA? That’s not all there. There was plenty of fallout from the NBA Draft. Where does Thursday leave the Celtics? Did it set back the team in any capacity? Why aren’t teams biting on Boston’s supposedly loaded warchest? Are teams completely afraid of trading with Danny Ainge? Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated offers his views and more on what was a highly talked-about day in the national circles regarding what Boston did and did not do on Draft Night. It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, June 26th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Double duty this week: After last week’s impromptu interview with free agent-to-be Jared Dudley, we’re going to have to double up this week on Celtics Beat with a 2016 NBA Draft Preview as well as a Boston Celtics trade primer...all in one show! Chris Forsberg of ESPN will take care of the trade primer with LHR. It’s all about possibilities here. We know it’s a lock people would be more than willing to part with lottery selections for Jimmy Butler, DeMarcus Cousins, Blake Griffin, and Kevin Love. But what about rolling the dice on some aging and pricier players like Carmelo Anthony and Marc Gasol? And what about Jahlil Okafor? What should Boston consider in a potential package for him? And who are some other names that fans aren’t hearing about who the Celts could target beginning on Draft Night? And FINALLY...a Draft Preview. Nicole Auerbach of USA Today tags in after Chris to give the Celtics Beat audience an in-depth look at the college talent incoming to the NBA, running all the way down the line. It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, June 19th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are few teams in the NBA more appealing than the Boston Celtics. Don’t take it from us, take it from today’s featured guest. Jared Dudley, veteran NBA swingman and current free agent wants in on the Boston Celtics. Dudley discusses the reasons as to why, from everything to the stability of the organization, to how good of a coach Brad Stevens is, and the fans of Boston. He is talks about why his skills such as his versatility and outside shooting would help fill some deficiencies that the Celts have as of now. Jared also believes his leadership skills and veteran presence would be essential to a young, up-and-coming team like the Celtics. He doesn’t stop there. With the new salary cap, he won’t exactly come cheap. Tune in to find out the price, and to also hear Jared discuss his future after the NBA, his relationship with the media, and the massive influx of analytics and advanced data into the NBA since the new decade. It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, June 12th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing in the spirit of special edition shows, this week will take an in-depth look at free agency this summer in the NBA...for the Boston Celtics of course. Sean Deveney, NBA Insider for the Sporting News is back once again for appearance number six. He and LHR will list out what they believe are the Celts top five free agent targets this summer. Who Boston probably wants; who they should want; who they should stay away from. What free agents will get a deal that teams will regret some ten months from now? It’s everything and anything. And before looking at what the Celts can add in the off-season, they first have to keep. So what are the odds on return for Jared Sullinger, Evan Turner, Amir Johnson and Jonas Jerebko? What would it take to keep them? It’s all on this week’s edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, June 5th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the fate of the Boston Celtics in the 2016 NBA Draft now sealed, Brad Stevens, Danny Ainge, team management and everyone else now know what the Celtics have on their hands as they enter the summer of 2016: Three first-round draft choices including the third overall as well as $50+ million dollars of cap space. So therefore, we can now finally preview the 2016 NBA Off-Season. Sean Grande, Celtics radio play-by-play for 98.5 FM The Sports Hub in Boston will do so with Larry H. Russell. Sean and LHR will spend the entire show together, take one last look back on the season -- all that was accomplished this year, both short and long term and use that to assess where the Celts are heading into this summer and what legitimate opportunities there are out there for the team. Will the organization and fans just have to accept this will be a longer process where Boston will build through the draft? What free agents out there will the Celts target and who will be the best fit? What about the future of Evan Turner and Jared Sullinger? And of course, what will the Celts do on Draft Night? Check out this special Memorial Day edition of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 29th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2016 NBA Draft Lottery has yielded the third overall selection for the Boston Celtics...courtesy of the Brooklyn Nets. Boston held serve for the first time in a while. Should fans and team executives be disappointed at the lack of lottery luck? Jeff Goodman of ESPN is back on Celtics Beat to breakdown the coming NBA Draft and lay out all the scenarios for the Celtics. Goodman gives a rundown and scouting reports on all potential draftees for the Celts, and lays out scenarios and his own predictions as well. How likely is it that the Celts even use the pick anyways. There’s more: Goodman discusses the value of the Celtics pick courtesy of the Nets NEXT YEAR, what they should do in this coming off-season, as well as discusses if Boston has the best future of any NBA team. And if not, who does? It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 22nd 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time for the unofficial official 2015-16 Season in Review show for the Boston Celtics. It was still a bit too fresh from their loss to the Atlanta Hawks to do it two weeks ago, and there was still a lot to take away from that particular postseason series in the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals. But now, it’s time... Mike Gorman, Celtics play-by-play announcer returns to the show and joins LHR to run through the entire 2015-16 campaign on the 157th edition of Celtics Beat. The Celtics’ voice will not just recap the entire season which began at this time last year with the off-season, but Mike will go through his off-season intuitions, pre-season predictions, in-season thoughts and other musings and thoughts that come to his mind when recapping this last calendar year. Mr. Gorman and LHR will shoot through what they felt was the turning point of the season, what was less-obvious things were accomplished this year, the wins against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, the early-season frustrations and why they were occurring, and they’ll offer some final takes to the series against the Hawks as well as early summer predictions on who’s coming and going That’s not all, Celtics beat reporter Mike Walsh of CLNS Radio will discuss his featured column in the Celtics’ loaded backcourt that ran on the website this week. What is the value of each Marcus Smart, Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley and what is the likelihood that they all return? Catch this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network.. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 15th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scrap those five-point plans on getting Kevin Durant to the Boston Celtics this summer. There’s still a bit of a wait-and-see game there with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the midst of a huge playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Playoffs. So until that series reaches a conclusion and if the Spurs can take care of business, the Thunder remain overwhelming favorites in keeping their superstar. So let’s talk about what we have in front of us and that still being a fairly fresh, and wildly successful 2016 Celtics campaign in the NBA. This week, we’ll get the red pen out and dish out report cards. Kyle Draper, host of Celtics Pre + Postgame live on Comcast Sports Net New England is today’s only guest and he’ll play the role of professor as he and LHR hand out their grades. Where did they agree and disagree? How much should injuries detract from the breakout seasons of Avery Bradley, Kelly Olynyk and Jae Crowder? Despite struggling in the postseason, can you give anything less than a straight A to Isaiah Thomas? What about James Young and the rookies? And is Jared Sullinger worthy of an ...F? Kyle and LHR go up and down the entire roster and even dish out grades to Coach Brad Stevens, Danny Ainge, and the fans! It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network.. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 8th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That’s a wrap on the 2016 NBA Playoffs and season for the Boston Celtics. The Atlanta Hawks have dispatched the Celtics in six games and are moving on to the second round to face LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers while Boston is going home. We’ll put the final bow on the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals series and recap Game 6 with Jared Weiss of The Garden Report. Bob Ryan returns to the show as today’s featured guest segment. Mr. Ryan too will recap the series against Atlanta and go a bit more in depth as he offers his take on whether or not Brad Stevens was outcoached by Mike Budenholzer; whether the Celts’ effort levels at times during Games 5 and 6 were acceptable; whether Boston should’ve rested a few bodies down the stretch. Professor Ryan will also get his red ink out and grade the Boston Celtics in 2016 as well as take some preliminary looks at the Celts’ off-season which starts with the NBA Draft Lottery on May 17th. It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 1st 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well the Boston Celtics are back in this 2016 NBA Playoffs series against the Atlanta Hawks, but is it at a major price? Isaiah Thomas had a huge game against the Hawks but there’s much to discuss about what the deal will be from the NBA league office. Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution is back on the CLNS Radio airwaves to talk about Boston’s big Game 3 win over the Hawks. How’d they do it? How much of an impact did that home crowd the C’s had at the TD Garden? What adjustments, if any, do the Hawks have to make? As short handed as the Celts are, can extend the series let alone beat the Hawks? And what about this whole Isaiah Thomas so-called incident? Has the NBA taken it too far micromanaging every non-basketball play? Isn’t the Marcus Smart flop worse in terms of impacting the integrity of the game? That and more as well as an appearance from Celtics Stuff Live Justin Poulin to discuss LHR’s latest article which ran this past week on CLNSRadio.com. It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, April 24th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2016 NBA Playoffs is underway and the Boston Celtics have drawn the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Celtics Beat will be released Sunday at 8 AM ET with a recap of Saturday night’s playoff opener. Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston will be at Game 1 down in Atlanta, and then he’ll be on Celtics Beat to psychoanalyze everything that happened in the Celtics first playoff game with LHR, as well as what will happen in the rest of the series. And while a day’s worth of NBA Playoffs games will be played, LHR and Chris will make their 2016 NBA Finals predictions. So tune into this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, April 17th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS GAME 3 PLAYOFF TICKETS NOW: Subscribe, rate & review Celtics Beat on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Biggest regular season game...in a long time: The Boston Celtics battled it out Saturday night with the Atlanta Hawks in a fight for the NBA Eastern Conference third seed in the 2016 NBA Playoffs. LHR recaps that as well as wins against the New Orleans Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks and also looks at the possible benefits of being the fourth seed in the conference. Tas Melas of NBAtv continues on this conversation and discusses the best potential matchups for the Celtics in the playoffs. They also discuss the hypothetical of a Celtics and Toronto Raptors playoff series should that ever come to fruition. Tas and LHR continue to make their way around the NBA as well, including the possibilities of the Cavaliers losing early as well as where they are leaning towards who will be in the NBA Finals. It’s all this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, April 10th 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS TICKETS NOW: Full details of list of games on facebook.com/celticsbeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Signature win...and then some. Tough to put a capper on the Boston Celtics ending the 54 game home winning streak of the Golden State Warriors and becoming the first team in the 2015-16 NBA campaign to defeat the Dubs at the Oracle. First off, how in the world did the Celts do this on a second night of a back-to-back, without Jae Crowder...and against a team that was 68-7?! Not only is this the trademark win of the Brad Stevens era, but was winning on Friday even more valuable than winning a playoff series? Leon Powe is today’s guest with LHR to talk about Friday’s huge win. As well as: Who would win, Leon’s 2008 Celtics or this year’s Warriors or San Antonio Spurs team? How attractive is the Celtics situation to players in and around the league and can Boston be an enjoyable city to young NBA athletes? That’s not all, this week’s edition of Celtics Beat has the Celtics pregame segment for tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Around the NBA in 5 is back as well, to, you guessed it: Pile on the D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young debacle. All this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, April 3rd 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Easter! The Boston Celtics have righted the ship recently with some easy wins over some lackluster foes in the Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, and the Kyle Lowry-less Toronto Raptors. LHR recaps the week that was including Saturday night’s contest against the Phoenix Suns in the 150th episode of Celtics Beat. Kevin Pelton of ESPN is this week’s featured guest on this Easter Sunday edition of Celtics Beat. While the Celts have righted the ship to an extent, fans and media members alike have gotten a bit antsy over Marcus Smart’s shooting woes to say the least. How is this affecting Smart’s development? Will this allow him to live up to expectations of being the sixth overall pick or should they be quelled a bit? And what about other contributors to this Boston team and their situations going forward? For example, what will it take for the Celtics to re-sign a guy like Jared Sullinger? No Around the NBA in 5 again, however with Pelton in the house -- there’s plenty of talk about the greatest team in NBA history. Mr. Pelton once ranked the 1986 Boston Celtics as the second best team in NBA history. What calculations brought him to that conclusion and where will the 2016 Golden State Warriors fit in that debate when it’s all said and done? All this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Easter Sunday, March 27th, 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donut week: The worst case scenario as stated on Episode #148 has come true here for Episode #149 -- the Boston Celtics went winless this past week and are now riding a four game losing streak. After losses to Paul George and the Indiana Pacers, Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Toronto Raptors, the Boston Celtics will look to end their losing streak against the lowly Philadelphia 76ers tonight. ESPN’s Chris Forsberg recaps the week and previews tonight’s game with LHR. Sekou Smith of NBAtv and NBA.com also makes a return appearance for today’s featured guest segment. One major storyline this past week was Kevin Durant playing in Boston. How realistic is it that he can be a Celtic next year and is he really a guy who can single handedly elevate a franchise like LeBron James can? LHR and Sekou go deep in this free-flowing feature which also includes chatter about the national perception of the Celtics and the city of Boston to prospective free agents and whether the historic 2016 Golden State Warriors or San Antonio Spurs can break the 1986 Celtics home win record. All this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher Sunday, March 20th, 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS TICKETS NOW: Full details of list of games on facebook.com/celticsbeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Home winning streak snapped: The Houston Rockets came into Boston Friday night and ended the longest winning streak the Celts have had in Boston in nearly 25 years. How troubling is this with the Celtics brutal schedule ahead? LHR and MassLive’s Jay King discuss whether the Celts should be given a bit of a mulligan for Friday with how good they’ve looked, such as a recent win against the Memphis Grizzlies. Michael Lee, senior NBA writer for The Vertical at Yahoo Sports offers up his vantage point on the Boston Celtics. Michael’s been on recent assignment in Los Angeles covering the Celts’ arch-rival, the Lakers. How does the job Danny Ainge and co. have done matchup with what LA has going for them? And which of these teams is in a better position to not just contend, but make the move to contend? It may not be the answer that you think. Most importantly, Kevin Durant -- another week of discussion. Lee is yet another name in the national media who believes there’s a legitimate chance for the Celtics and he’d be a perfect fit. Michael and LHR go in depth with this and Larry H. finishes with his thoughts and gameplan as the Thunder come to Boston this coming Wednesday. All this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher Sunday, March 13th, 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS TICKETS NOW: Full details of list of games on facebook.com/celticsbeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elite in the East: The Boston Celtics sit alone at third in the Eastern Conference even after last night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and a perfect homestand with victories over the Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, and New York Knicks. Howard Beck, senior NBA writer for Bleacher Report is yet another in the national media who’s attention has been directed at what’s going on in Boston. Can the Celtics really compete with LeBron James and the Cavs this year and actually make the NBA Finals? But if not, is it now just a matter of time. Is the long-term savior just around the door. The Oklahoma City Thunder are underachieving and seemingly have no shot in the Western Conference. So does that not make the Celtics a prime landing spot for Durant? The answer is: Yes! LHR gives Howard his plan and breakdown on how the Celts can put a plan in place to get their franchise cornerstone. All this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher Sunday, March 6th, 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS TICKETS NOW: Full details of list of games on facebook.com/celticsbeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The homestand has begun and the final stretch of the season is here. The Boston Celtics have completed the first two legs of a five game home set with games against the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat with the Utah Jazz on tap for tomorrow. With Kelly Olynyk out, the Celts are dearly missing his presence and treading water. Can that continue or are they in a bit of trouble in these final 23 games? LHR has that and a brief recap of the week. Rich Gotham, President of the Boston Celtics is featured on today’s episode of Celtics Beat. Rich discusses everything from the current play of the team, the perception of fans both towards the current product and the future prospects, as well as the state of the organization. Has there been any change or changes in the mindset towards constructing the team with the way the league has shifted around to where it’s harder to acquire star players. Will there be a more methodical process towards building the next great Celtics team? All this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat. Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s. Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher Sunday, February 28th, 2016. Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS TICKETS NOW: Full details of list of games on facebook.com/celticsbeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices