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NBC Sports Boston’s Abby Chin to return to cover Celtics in ’20-’21

The popular sideline reporter will step into a new role for the coming season.

Boston Celtics fans who have grown accustomed to having NBC Sports sideline reporter Abby Chin as part of their game day coverage will be pleased to hear the popular media figure will be returning to the network in a new role after initially being one of several employees laid off at the end of the 2019-20 NBA season.

Chin, along with co-worker A. Sherrod Blakely stuck around to finish last season, with an uncertain future after. Then Kyle Draper — who initially survived those layoffs — took a job as a play-by-play announcer for the Sacramento Kings, creating an opening Chin applied for and won according to the Boston Globe’s Chad Finn.

The popular sideline reporter received an outpouring of support on her termination, support which may well have influenced the brass of NBC Boston to rehire Chin for the coming season in her new role.

The NBC Sports Boston new hire shared her feelings on that opportunity and hire in Twitter shortly after the news broke.

“It’s hard to put into words how grateful I am right now. I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue to cover the greatest franchise in sports. But, I’m even more grateful for all of you!! The support you’ve shown the last few months has been nothing short of amazing.”

“It’s an honor sharing [Celtics] game nights with you and now we get to do it for one more season. I can’t wait! See you tomorrow night [NBC Sports Boston]!” she added.

We’re glad to have you back, Abby.

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Gordon Hayward has a ‘beard-stache’ — is it good luck for Boston?

The Butler product has been sporting some unusual facial hair recently — is there a connection to the Celtics’ recent blowout wins?

You may have noticed a little something different on veteran forward Gordon Hayward’s face in recent days; the Indiana native has been sporting some unusual facial hair NBC Sports Boston’s Abby Chin couldn’t help but inquire about on Saturday’s Boston Celtics media availability session.

“Gordon, I’m going to start it off light,” said Chin, “and I know we can’t see it, but the moustache — was that an intentional thing you have going on for the ‘bubble’?”

“It’s intentional,” came the reply from the Butler product.

“It’s a ‘beard-stache,’ I’m trying to make it work. My wife doesn’t like it so much,” he added. “I think it’s more aerodynamic — the wind goes right off of it, you know?”

At least to the Celtics Wire, Hayward’s new facial adornment seems to ride the line between 1970s porn star and Magnum PI — and if nothing else seems like quite the good luck charm given the Celtics’ recent spate of blowouts.

You’d better not shave that thing while you’re out of the ‘bubble’, Hayward.

Also, save Abby Chin’s job, please, NBC Boston.

As you were.

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Celts president Danny Ainge happy NBC’s Abby Chin around to season end

Boston Celtics team president Danny Ainge added his voice to those who are happy to have NBC Boston’s Abby Chin around a little longer.

It isn’t just the fans that want Abby Chin to stay.

On Friday, Boston Celtics team president Danny Ainge weighed in on the news that — despite being laid off as part of big cuts from NBC Universal — NBC Sports Boston’s Chin would be sticking around at least until the end of the season.

Along with other Celtics media stalwarts Gary Tanguay and A. Sherrod Blakely, news that Chin would be laid off caused a massive stir in the greater Celtics community as fans and fellow journalists decried the move.

And while Blakeley and Chin will both be finishing the season covering Boston in the Disney ‘bubble,’ the push to keep Chin on the beat picked up a new supporter of note today in Ainge.

The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn wrote an op-ed petitioning the management to reconsider their call on Chin’s future covering the team, and the Celtics Wire adds their voice to the fray as well.

We know this is a tough time for every outlet, but this one stung too much — if you can find a way to keep Chin on board, NBC, you’ll earn a lot more good press than any marketing firm could buy you among Celtics fans worldwide.

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