Celtics Lab NBA Basketball Podcast

Dec 09 2024 427 ep. 48 mins
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On Celtics Lab, we go deep into the details, finding compelling narratives, data, stories and interviews you won't find anywhere else.

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Assessing the Celtics development pipeline with Jack Simone

Dec 09 2024 56 mins  
The Boston Celtics are the best team in the NBA thanks in large part to their depth, but the league's collective bargaining agreement and age will eventually force changes to the heavy-minutes players on Boston's roster in the next several seasons. Thankfully for the Celtics, they have most of their younger core players under contract beyond this season, and have several promising

Handing out player grades for the Boston Celtics at the season quarter mark with Bobby Krivitsky

Dec 03 2024 54 mins  
The NBA's 2024-25 regular season is officially past the quarter-season mark with Boston having played more than 20 games. And with that sample size in the books, we can finally say we have some idea about what this version of the storied ball club is compared to their peers around the league. With that in mind for the Celtics' current body of work, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celt

How the return of Kristaps Porzingis will impact the Boston Celtics with Ben Vallis

Nov 25 2024 67 mins  
Fans of the Boston Celtics will finally see star Boston big man Kristaps Porzingis make his season debut against the Los Angeles Clippers at TD Garden on Monday (Nov. 25) evening, barring any unexpected setbacks. And with that news will come change for the Celtics -- but in which ways? For one, Boston's frontcourt rotation will immediately be a more talented and diverse one, allowi

What Jrue Holiday sees from the Celtics backcourt so far this season

Nov 18 2024 37 mins  
When it comes to playing NBA basketball at the highest levels, what you can (and can't) see clearly can be the difference between winning it all and going home empty-handed. This perspective is not lost on veteran Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday, who recently sat down with the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast to talk all things Celtics, sight, and community. We get i

Taking the pulse of the NBA Cup in its second year with Jack LaFrance

Nov 11 2024 49 mins  
The annual league event known somewhat generically as the "in-season tournament" has returned for its second-ever iteration, and it has a new name to go with it. Now known as the "NBA Cup," the midseason tourney is starting to pick up some momentum from fans and players alike, yet is still far from being a hands-down hit that is certain to return for many years to come. What do we

What's up with the Bucks (and are they still a threat to Boston)? With Dalton Sell

Nov 04 2024 52 mins  
What is going on with the Milwaukee Bucks to start the 2024-25 NBA regular season (and are they still a threat to Boston)? This was supposed to be the season that star Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and new(ish) arrival Damian Lillard learned to play together, that coach Doc Rivers got the team chemistry in order, and that Khris Middleton got back on the court with two healthy

What 3 wins and an official sim tell us about Boston's season ahead with Ronnie 2K

Oct 28 2024 36 mins  
Not even a full week has passed, and we are already projecting the entire NBA season for the Boston Celtics off entirely too little data. But that has never stopped the league's media from trying to do so in the past, and we have new tools to project how the season might go in NBA 2K's official season projection for the Celtics that the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast

Boston makes Ring Night historic, crush Knicks in season opener

Oct 22 2024 25 mins  
The Boston Celtics elected to take Ring Night to a whole new level, blowing out the new-look New York Knicks 132-109. That it was against the team that was framed as their biggest rival for the 2024-25 NBA regular season made the victory all the more sweet, wrapping up a timeless ring ceremony replete with Celtics champions of past eras there to celebrate the historic moment pre-ga

Stock up, down, or steady - surveying the NBA ahead of opening night

Oct 21 2024 60 mins  
The 2024 NBA offseason is coming to an end, and the 2024-25 regular season kicking off with it. Which teams around the league have seen their stock rise in recent weeks? Which clubs have seen their stock fall, and which are holding steady as injuries, extensions, and signings shift the title odds ever so slightly? And of course, where are the Boston Celtics trending throughout all

On what it takes to be a repeat NBA champ (and whether Boston has it) with Adam Mares

Oct 14 2024 63 mins  
What does it take to repeat as an NBA champion -- and do the Boston Celtics have it? There has not been a repeat champ in the league since 2018, and there have only been a handful since the turn of the century. At present, the Celtics are heavy favorites to win it all and hang Banner 19, but what does the past tell us about Boston's potential future as a back-to-back champ? What he