Celtics 2025-26, Off-Season/Training Camp Thread

[BK_2020]

Don't lose hope. Gallo came back from a torn MCL and he's played 52 games including playoff games.

[playa-hater]

Don't lose hope. Gallo came back from a torn MCL and he's played 52 games including playoff games.

M c l plus torn menescus plus 25 years older plus No n b a contract To stimulate my comeback..

[BK_2020]

Don't lose hope. Gallo came back from a torn MCL and he's played 52 games including playoff games.

M c l plus torn menescus plus 25 years older plus No n b a contract To stimulate my comeback..

The 15th roster spot is still open.

[playa-hater]

Don't lose hope. Gallo came back from a torn MCL and he's played 52 games including playoff games.

M c l plus torn menescus plus 25 years older plus No n b a contract To stimulate my comeback..

The 15th roster spot is still open.

This made me lol ..thx

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[Smart2Nesmith43]

With Hauser now signing this is the most "Closure" I feel in an offseason for Boston since message boards began.. Having nothing of major consequences to talk about concerning Boston is such a breath of fresh Air.

At the same time I already can't wait for when our Road to repeat starts!!

Guess I should also add something.Most of us already know.. Take nothing in life or in this case basketball for granted... Today on my 58th birthday, I find out I have a torn MCL and Meniscus.. Hard enough , competing with young ball players at my age already.. but this is a tough setback , and I don't know if I will ever be close to the same.. feels like I may have played my last competitive basketball ever..

I Need Boston and my 13 year old to pick up the basketball slack bigtime..

That sucks. I hope you can make a full and speedy recovery.

[Fierce1]

Knee injuries will really affect our daily lives when we reach old age.

Save the knees for when we're 70 to 80 years old.

IMO I think 40 years old is when to stop playing basketball.

All that running and jumping really wears out the meniscus.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

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[ConstableGeneva]

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[Shak_Celts]

With Hauser now signing this is the most "Closure" I feel in an offseason for Boston since message boards began.. Having nothing of major consequences to talk about concerning Boston is such a breath of fresh Air.

At the same time I already can't wait for when our Road to repeat starts!!

Guess I should also add something.Most of us already know.. Take nothing in life or in this case basketball for granted... Today on my 58th birthday, I find out I have a torn MCL and Meniscus.. Hard enough , competing with young ball players at my age already.. but this is a tough setback , and I don't know if I will ever be close to the same.. feels like I may have played my last competitive basketball ever..

I Need Boston and my 13 year old to pick up the basketball slack bigtime..

Happy belated BIRTHDAY!!


Also, DAMN! Sorry to hear it! OTOH if that was a Celtics player pissing and moaning about those injuries you’d tell them to toughen up. You have more ball ahead of you, don’t you watch videos of those old guys skilling the hell out of the young guys while not moving better than me?! Get well and skill up to shoot those young bucks out of the gym!

On my phone so *kobe gif!*

[Parliament10]

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[playa-hater]

With Hauser now signing this is the most "Closure" I feel in an offseason for Boston since message boards began.. Having nothing of major consequences to talk about concerning Boston is such a breath of fresh Air.

At the same time I already can't wait for when our Road to repeat starts!!

Guess I should also add something.Most of us already know.. Take nothing in life or in this case basketball for granted... Today on my 58th birthday, I find out I have a torn MCL and Meniscus.. Hard enough , competing with young ball players at my age already.. but this is a tough setback , and I don't know if I will ever be close to the same.. feels like I may have played my last competitive basketball ever..

I Need Boston and my 13 year old to pick up the basketball slack bigtime..

Happy belated BIRTHDAY!!


Also, DAMN! Sorry to hear it! OTOH if that was a Celtics player pissing and moaning about those injuries you’d tell them to toughen up. You have more ball ahead of you, don’t you watch videos of those old guys skilling the hell out of the young guys while not moving better than me?! Get well and skill up to shoot those young bucks out of the gym!

On my phone so *kobe gif!*

Thanks

Since 11 years old, I have never Not played Ball. Sprained my ankle bad 3 times, all I think at 16 years old. One time my back went out. But that's it.. So very lucky throughout. This is new territory for me. For the record My Knee injury did not happen due to my age.. I was pushed in the back while Jumping by an overzealous teenager who hated that I was killing.. It was point game.

My Love for the game is so strong.. I won't go out like that. Only way I quite is if I get hurt on my own with No contact Etc.. Then I will see that as a sign perhaps.

[playa-hater]

If winning 18 means having the Most boring Offseason ever then Fine I will deal with it.. But dang.. someone Do something!

Going forward I believe the first offseason we have after NOT winning a title (hopeful not next summer) Boston will trade or try to trade JB. With salary being the biggest factor of course. I Feel the new owners will bite the financial Bullet until then.

[Celts17Pride]

If winning 18 means having the Most boring Offseason ever then Fine I will deal with it.. But dang.. someone Do something!

Going forward I believe the first offseason we have after NOT winning a title (hopeful not next summer) Boston will trade or try to trade JB. With salary being the biggest factor of course. I Feel the new owners will bite the financial Bullet until then.

Celtics will keep JT & JB together, it's the others that could be moved Holiday, Porzingis, Hauser etc.

[Parliament10]

If winning 18 means having the Most boring Offseason ever then Fine I will deal with it.. But dang.. someone Do something!

Going forward I believe the first offseason we have after NOT winning a title (hopeful not next summer) Boston will trade or try to trade JB. With salary being the biggest factor of course. I Feel the new owners will bite the financial Bullet until then.

Celtics will keep JT & JB together, it's the others that could be moved Holiday, Porzingis, Hauser etc.

Agreed. I think that they'll keep that 1-2 Punch together. Traditionally, the Celtics Win with a good amount of continuity.
Keeping the Top 6 together, will be the toughest thing. But, Father Time will start that Breakup. It's inevitable.

[snowman]

I don't see the Celts breaking up the duo of Brown and Tatum. The first one I could see going is Holiday (age) or Porzingis (health) but not for another 2 years for either. I don't see anyone from the top 8 (White, Holiday, Brown, Tatum, Porzingis, Horford, Hauser and Pritchard) going anywhere over the next 2 -3 years anyway. That includes Horford. I think he will get one more two-year contract before he becomes our big man coach.
With that in mind, what do you folks see as the biggest training camp battles coming up?
For me:
I see Queta vs Kornet for backup center behind Porzingis and Horford, for when Porzingis gets back, but that battle will start in camp.
I see Springer vs Scheierman vs Walsh for back up SG.
I see Watson trying to win the 15th spot by overtaking Tillman as back up PF or to at least be in the conversation.

Wondering what you folks think.

[Hal14]

I don't see the Celts breaking up the duo of Brown and Tatum. The first one I could see going is Holiday (age) or Porzingis (health) but not for another 2 years for either. I don't see anyone from the top 8 (White, Holiday, Brown, Tatum, Porzingis, Horford, Hauser and Pritchard) going anywhere over the next 2 -3 years anyway.

Agreed - let's go for a 3-peat!

That includes Horford. I think he will get one more two-year contract before he becomes our big man coach.

Well, obviously Al is playing this upcoming season. And he said he hasn't really thought about retirement at all..can see himself playing into his 40's. So 2-3 more years is certainly a possibility.

*But* still, the guy is gonna be 39 when the 25-26 season starts. At that old of an age, I don't see him signing a multi-year contract.

From this point forward, I think the only contracts he will sign will be cheap 1 year contracts..

With that in mind, what do you folks see as the biggest training camp battles coming up?
For me:
I see Queta vs Kornet for backup center behind Porzingis and Horford, for when Porzingis gets back, but that battle will start in camp.

Well, I consider Tillman as a big, along with Queta and Kornet. There might be somewhat of a battle for mins between them but:

a) it's a long season. KP is injured, Al is old, etc. so I think there will be a decent amount of mins for all 3 (Tillman, Queta, Kornet) of them. I'm sure Brad told them that, too - which is why each of them agreed to resign here

b) In terms of hierarchy, last season before trade deadline it was:

Kornet
Queta

And then after trade deadline it was:
Kornet/Tillman
Queta

Queta only got garbage time mins in the playoffs. Tillman and Kornet both got a a decent amount of meaningful playoff mins - Kornet got slightly more, but Tillman got the mins in the NBA finals, Kornet was ineffective in the ECF (tough matchup for him) and Tillman would have played more but was out a few days with passing of his father.

They seem to be grooming Tillman for that "Al replacement" role and I figure Tillman will also get more playing time (and be more effective in his mins) with a full offseason and training camp under his belt, rather than getting thrown onto a new team late season at the deadline..

So I figure this season it could be
Kornet/Tillman
Queta

Again, or we could see:
Tillman
Kornet
Queta

Sure, I suppose there's a chance that Queta improves and ends up getting more of those mins this season. But in summer league, his touch around the basket still was really bad and he didn't appear to be improved in any area (which might be kind of concerning since he was facing such weak competition, for the most part).

I see Springer vs Scheierman vs Walsh for back up SG.

I don't really think Scheierman or Walsh are ready for meaningful mins with the big club. I figure they'll be mostly in Maine. At least for the 1st half of the season.

I think it does seem like Springer is ready for some more mins than he got last season. This will be his 4th NBA season and we traded fairly valuable assets for him so it'd be silly if they didn't at least give him a chance. And he looks ready for those mins too. It was just 1 SL game but he looked GOOD - and that 1 game was vs a Miami team that won the SL championship which makes that performance by Springer even more impressive.

I think we have the top 8 guys set in stone (although KP of course is out for the first 2-3 months which creates more opportunities for other guys) and after those 8, you have the backup big committee (Tillman, Kornet, Queta) and I think Springer is that next guy in line for playing time. So Springer would be like the 10th man (or 11th or 12th, depending on how many mins he gets compared to the backup big committee guys).

[snowman]

I was just looking at our roster, especially the ages. Considering we have just won the title, and Brad has resigned or extended most of the team, it is amazing to think what this team is capable of. With Brown being just 27, and Tatum 26, Brad has locked up the following that are younger or same age as Brown and Tatum, to grow with them.

counting this upcoming season:
Brown 27 years old, 5 seasons
Tatum 26 years old, 5 seasons
Pritchard 26 years old, 4 seasons
Hauser 26 years old, 5 seasons
Tillman 25 years old, 2 seasons
Queta 25 years old, 3 seasons
Scheierman 23 years old, 4 seasons (with an additional year as qualifying offer)
Watson 23 years old, (not yet signed, but I bet he will be)
Springer 21 years old, (not locked into a contract after this season, but I bet he will be)
Walsh 20 years old, 3 seasons

With Porzingis just 28, 2 seasons, Kornet just 29, White just 30, with 4 seasons, and all but Kornet signed past this season, Brad has put a young team, just off a championship run, in a great place for a dynasty. Just manage Horford and Holiday's minutes and there is no reason to think they both can be reliabel players for 2-4 years.

The advantage that new owners will have is knowing, for the most part, exactly what payroll will be like over the next 3-4 seasons. The trick will be finding that correct group of owners that will spend the money in taxes to keep them together. I'm sure Wyk has a plan for this. If I'm not mistaken didn't Wyk say something about being with the team until 2028 season?

[phincsfan]

I was just looking at our roster, especially the ages. Considering we have just won the title, and Brad has resigned or extended most of the team, it is amazing to think what this team is capable of. With Brown being just 27, and Tatum 26, Brad has locked up the following that are younger or same age as Brown and Tatum, to grow with them.

counting this upcoming season:
Brown 27 years old, 5 seasons
Tatum 26 years old, 5 seasons
Pritchard 26 years old, 4 seasons
Hauser 26 years old, 5 seasons
Tillman 25 years old, 2 seasons
Queta 25 years old, 3 seasons
Scheierman 23 years old, 4 seasons (with an additional year as qualifying offer)
Watson 23 years old, (not yet signed, but I bet he will be)
Springer 21 years old, (not locked into a contract after this season, but I bet he will be)
Walsh 20 years old, 3 seasons

With Porzingis just 28, 2 seasons, Kornet just 29, White just 30, with 4 seasons, and all but Kornet signed past this season, Brad has put a young team, just off a championship run, in a great place for a dynasty.

The advantage that new owners will have is knowing, for the most part, exactly what payroll will be like over the next 3-4 seasons.

Don't sleep on Jrue "the fountain on youth" Holiday. IMO, he keeps himself in great shape and some guys just find a way to stay healthy. He's averaged 65 games a year in his career. I'll take that, his production and his heart all day long.

[snowman]

I was just looking at our roster, especially the ages. Considering we have just won the title, and Brad has resigned or extended most of the team, it is amazing to think what this team is capable of. With Brown being just 27, and Tatum 26, Brad has locked up the following that are younger or same age as Brown and Tatum, to grow with them.

counting this upcoming season:
Brown 27 years old, 5 seasons
Tatum 26 years old, 5 seasons
Pritchard 26 years old, 4 seasons
Hauser 26 years old, 5 seasons
Tillman 25 years old, 2 seasons
Queta 25 years old, 3 seasons
Scheierman 23 years old, 4 seasons (with an additional year as qualifying offer)
Watson 23 years old, (not yet signed, but I bet he will be)
Springer 21 years old, (not locked into a contract after this season, but I bet he will be)
Walsh 20 years old, 3 seasons

With Porzingis just 28, 2 seasons, Kornet just 29, White just 30, with 4 seasons, and all but Kornet signed past this season, Brad has put a young team, just off a championship run, in a great place for a dynasty.

The advantage that new owners will have is knowing, for the most part, exactly what payroll will be like over the next 3-4 seasons.

Don't sleep on Jrue "the fountain on youth" Holiday. IMO, he keeps himself in great shape and some guys just find a way to stay healthy. He's averaged 65 games a year in his career. I'll take that, his production and his heart all day long.

If you look, I edited my post to say just that.