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

[Fierce1]

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He's already walking in the pool and March is still 8 months away.

[chrisab123]

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He's already walking in the pool and March is still 8 months away.

Clearly that’s AI Generated and the Celtics need to accept he’s never going to be the same and do a hard tank.

[chrisab123]

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Like how can people really hate this guy around here? Aside from BostonCouchGM who said for him to “shut up and dribble”. This is who you want representing your franchise.

[Fierce1]

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He's already walking in the pool and March is still 8 months away.

Clearly that’s AI Generated and the Celtics need to accept he’s never going to be the same and do a hard tank.

[phincsfan]

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Like how can people really hate this guy around here? Aside from BostonCouchGM who said for him to “shut up and dribble”. This is who you want representing your franchise.

I think JB has carried himself as good as you could have for the Celtics and the city of Boston.

Good all-around person in my book.

[Shak_Celts]

I’m going to put this in here, I looked but didn’t see a thread. My bad if there is one.

My starting lineup if our main players stay the same:
Simons
White
JB
QUETA

My other guy will be between Hauser and Rico (Baylor). I think it will be Hauser. I would throw in a cap for Luka but he’s less proven than Hauser and Rico has been here (Joe goes with what he knows usually).


What do you guys think? Am I missing a sleeper? Will it be Pritch over Simons?

[fallguy]

I’m going to put this in here, I looked but didn’t see a thread. My bad if there is one.

My starting lineup if our main players stay the same:
Simons
White
JB
QUETA

My other guy will be between Hauser and Rico (Baylor). I think it will be Hauser. I would throw in a cap for Luka but he’s less proven than Hauser and Rico has been here (Joe goes with what he knows usually).


What do you guys think? Am I missing a sleeper? Will it be Pritch over Simons?

PP over Simons for sure.

[darrendaye]

I’m going to put this in here, I looked but didn’t see a thread. My bad if there is one.

My starting lineup if our main players stay the same:
Simons
White
JB
QUETA

My other guy will be between Hauser and Rico (Baylor). I think it will be Hauser. I would throw in a cap for Luka but he’s less proven than Hauser and Rico has been here (Joe goes with what he knows usually).


What do you guys think? Am I missing a sleeper? Will it be Pritch over Simons?

Pritchard over Simons IMO. PP is signed for 3 more years at an excellent value contract. Org should be incentivized to underline him as a key part of the starting 5 of the championship seeking 26-27 team or a key part in a trade to acquire one.

As of now I say starters are Pritchard, White, Brown, Niang, Queta. Next 5 of Simons, Hauser, Scheierman, Minott (or Walsh), Garza.

[cloverleaf]

I’m going to put this in here, I looked but didn’t see a thread. My bad if there is one.

My starting lineup if our main players stay the same:
Simons
White
JB
QUETA

My other guy will be between Hauser and Rico (Baylor). I think it will be Hauser. I would throw in a cap for Luka but he’s less proven than Hauser and Rico has been here (Joe goes with what he knows usually).


What do you guys think? Am I missing a sleeper? Will it be Pritch over Simons?

Pritchard over Simons IMO. PP is signed for 3 more years at an excellent value contract. Org should be incentivized to underline him as a key part of the starting 5 of the championship seeking 26-27 team or a key part in a trade to acquire one.

As of now I say starters are Pritchard, White, Brown, Niang, Queta. Next 5 of Simons, Hauser, Scheierman, Minott (or Walsh), Garza.

Yep. If they're stuck with Simons, I don't want him starting or getting major minutes unlessa and until he makes himself into a good and committed defensive player.

[Parliament10]

So, Officially, we have 12 Guaranteed NBA Contracts, and 1 Two-Way, ATM?

[Shak_Celts]

I’m going to put this in here, I looked but didn’t see a thread. My bad if there is one.

My starting lineup if our main players stay the same:
Simons
White
JB
QUETA

My other guy will be between Hauser and Rico (Baylor). I think it will be Hauser. I would throw in a cap for Luka but he’s less proven than Hauser and Rico has been here (Joe goes with what he knows usually).


What do you guys think? Am I missing a sleeper? Will it be Pritch over Simons?

Pritchard over Simons IMO. PP is signed for 3 more years at an excellent value contract. Org should be incentivized to underline him as a key part of the starting 5 of the championship seeking 26-27 team or a key part in a trade to acquire one.

As of now I say starters are Pritchard, White, Brown, Niang, Queta. Next 5 of Simons, Hauser, Scheierman, Minott (or Walsh), Garza.

Yep. If they're stuck with Simons, I don't want him starting or getting major minutes unlessa and until he makes himself into a good and committed defensive player.

This doesn’t make sense to me. Why wouldn’t we play him a ton of minutes to try and build value? We have to squeeze every bit out of Simons as we can, whether we try and keep him or ship him out. From the bench or as a starter, as far as building value, he’s one of the chips we can polish to bring in more.

We already have Pritchard locked in, he doesn’t need to build value. I don’t mind him starting this season, that’s going to be fun, but I am of the opinion he’s not a playoff starter. His 7 million won’t make it easy to trade him for a stud either, if we want to move on. (I hope we keep him for seasons to come fwiw)

Like it or not, the NBA is about scoring now, you can hide a lot of bad defenders and make it far. Ask no D Luka. That’s not going to deter a team from paying Simons. I just hope we’re benefiting from whatever we do with him. Otherwise we really will have tossed Jrue for nothing. I also believe he’ll be better on D with us than the blazers, but that could be wishful thinking.


S/N: I’m still salty about trading jrue.

[Shak_Celts]

So, Officially, we have 12 Guaranteed NBA Contracts, and 1 Two-Way, ATM?

JB
White
Tat
PP
X
Queta
Baylor
Hugo
Walsh
Minott
Garza
Hauser
Simons (lol oops*)

JD (isn’t fully guaranteed?)

Who am I missing?

One 2way, but Amari and Shulga were petty much guaranteed that. That leaves no 2 way spot.


We have spots but no money. Yikes.

[Shak_Celts]

I’m going to put this in here, I looked but didn’t see a thread. My bad if there is one.

My starting lineup if our main players stay the same:
Simons
White
JB
QUETA

My other guy will be between Hauser and Rico (Baylor). I think it will be Hauser. I would throw in a cap for Luka but he’s less proven than Hauser and Rico has been here (Joe goes with what he knows usually).


What do you guys think? Am I missing a sleeper? Will it be Pritch over Simons?

Pritchard over Simons IMO. PP is signed for 3 more years at an excellent value contract. Org should be incentivized to underline him as a key part of the starting 5 of the championship seeking 26-27 team or a key part in a trade to acquire one.

As of now I say starters are Pritchard, White, Brown, Niang, Queta. Next 5 of Simons, Hauser, Scheierman, Minott (or Walsh), Garza.

Pritchard only makes 7m. To trade him for a star, we’ll have to add a lot of money to get there. When we send all that money added to him, how will we be able to afford to fill all those spots?

I think he’s fine as the 6th man, but he’ll likely start this season.

[Parliament10]

So, Officially, we have 12 Guaranteed NBA Contracts, and 1 Two-Way, ATM?

JB
White
Tat
PP
X
Queta
Baylor
Hugo
Walsh
Minott
Garza
Hauser

JD (isn’t fully guaranteed?)

Who am I missing?

One 2way, but Amari and Shulga were petty much guaranteed that. That leaves no 2 way spot.

Yeah, I think that "Officially" we haven't signed the other 2 x Two-Way Contracts. Which is good for Camp.
If I'm correct, Walsh, Queta and Davison don't have fully Guaranteed Contracts. Just Partials, w/Dates?

So we have some play room, so to speak, for Training Camp Battles.

[Shak_Celts]

So, Officially, we have 12 Guaranteed NBA Contracts, and 1 Two-Way, ATM?

JB
White
Tat
PP
X
Queta
Baylor
Hugo
Walsh
Minott
Garza
Hauser

JD (isn’t fully guaranteed?)

Who am I missing?

One 2way, but Amari and Shulga were petty much guaranteed that. That leaves no 2 way spot.

Yeah, I think that "Officially" we haven't signed the other 2 x Two-Way Contracts. Which is good for Camp.
If I'm correct, Walsh, Queta and Davison don't have fully Guaranteed Contracts. Just Partials, w/Dates?

So we have some play room, so to speak, for Training Camp Battles.

You think Shulga or Amari could be upgraded? What about big boy Lofton, think he could get a spot? I didn’t realize we may have to fill 2 more spots this season. Yeah, something has to change, I don’t know when we have to have 14, is that game 1?

[Parliament10]

JB
White
Tat
PP
X
Queta
Baylor
Hugo
Walsh
Minott
Garza
Hauser

JD (isn’t fully guaranteed?)

Who am I missing?

One 2way, but Amari and Shulga were petty much guaranteed that. That leaves no 2 way spot.

Yeah, I think that "Officially" we haven't signed the other 2 x Two-Way Contracts. Which is good for Camp.
If I'm correct, Walsh, Queta and Davison don't have fully Guaranteed Contracts. Just Partials, w/Dates?

So we have some play room, so to speak, for Training Camp Battles.

You think Shulga or Amari could be upgraded? What about big boy Lofton, think he could get a spot? I didn’t realize we may have to fill 2 more spots this season. Yeah, something has to change, I don’t know when we have to have 14, is that game 1?

I think that we have to Cutdown the day before the Regular Season starts, to 15 NBA and 3 x Two-Ways.
Until then, we can have up to 6 x Exhibit 10 Contracts (at a time), for a Maximum of 21-Players (again, at a time).

We generally tend to add more than 6 x Exhibit 10's over the course of the Offseason.
They can go to Maine as Affiliates, after being Waived. They earn $75K additional salary, if they stick for 60 Days.

[DBurks2818]

Heat fan here, but fascinated over whether PP or Simons starts for the Celts this year. And lo and behold as I visit this forum for the first time in probably years, that’s the current discussion here too lol. I could see an argument either way: build up the value of both guys, one of whom for the purpose of trading to bring in championship assets, the other to become a bigger part of a future championship core. An interesting dilemma. I have come to respect Stevens’ ability and am sure he’ll figure it out.

[Curmudgeon]

It will likely depend on Simons willingness to play defense.

[Fierce1]

PP is the perfect 6th man.

No need to change that.

[bucknersrevenge]

Pritchard over Simons IMO. PP is signed for 3 more years at an excellent value contract. Org should be incentivized to underline him as a key part of the starting 5 of the championship seeking 26-27 team or a key part in a trade to acquire one.

As of now I say starters are Pritchard, White, Brown, Niang, Queta. Next 5 of Simons, Hauser, Scheierman, Minott (or Walsh), Garza.

Yep. If they're stuck with Simons, I don't want him starting or getting major minutes unlessa and until he makes himself into a good and committed defensive player.

This doesn’t make sense to me. Why wouldn’t we play him a ton of minutes to try and build value? We have to squeeze every bit out of Simons as we can, whether we try and keep him or ship him out. From the bench or as a starter, as far as building value, he’s one of the chips we can polish to bring in more.

We already have Pritchard locked in, he doesn’t need to build value. I don’t mind him starting this season, that’s going to be fun, but I am of the opinion he’s not a playoff starter. His 7 million won’t make it easy to trade him for a stud either, if we want to move on. (I hope we keep him for seasons to come fwiw)

Like it or not, the NBA is about scoring now, you can hide a lot of bad defenders and make it far. Ask no D Luka. That’s not going to deter a team from paying Simons. I just hope we’re benefiting from whatever we do with him. Otherwise we really will have tossed Jrue for nothing. I also believe he’ll be better on D with us than the blazers, but that could be wishful thinking.


S/N: I’m still salty about trading jrue.

Not saying that I co-sign but one argument you could make is that Simons may not be here long. He could leave after this year or get traded so why play him a ton of minutes when you know Hugo, Baylor, Minott et. al will need minutes to develop?? You KNOW they will be here for the longhaul for sure. As for Simons value, none of it is really tied to his play this season. Teams for the most part know who he is and his value won't go up this season no matter how well he performs because it's based on his contract. He's an expiring deal and no GM is going to give Brad any real assets at the deadline for a rental who could possibly walk after the season; especially if they know Brad is not in a position of strength with this player and EVERY GM knows that. There's an argument to be made that it actually makes more sense for Brad to extend Simons to a deal similar to White's if only because it will put him in a better bargaining position later after next year.

One other argument as previously mentioned Simons was an abysmal defender last year. We all know who Joe Mazzulla is. Joe doesn't play guys who don't know or execute the defensive rotations. He has little patience for that, I don't care how good a shooter you are. Maybe he'll radically change this year or Simons will come into camp and blow everyone away with his defensive intensity but it is going to have to be seen to believed. Joe doesn't hand spots out here. He goes with players he trusts and Pritchard and White for better or worse have earned Joe's trust. Simons has not. Doesn't mean he can't get there but he hasn't yet.