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WATCH: The Boston Celtics get in a rare practice day at Auerbach Center

For some Celtics, this was among their first opportunities to learn the team’s system outside of live game action.

The Boston Celtics got in a rare in-season practice at the Auerbach Center in Waltham, Massachusetts on Tuesday morning with an also-rare back-to-back set of days without a game to play in the overburdened (and soon to end) 2020-21 regular season.

And with the 2021 NBA Playoffs looming just seven games away, it’s at exactly the moment players like Evan Fournier, Aaron Nesmith, Luke Kornet and Jabari Parker need for a chance to maximize their fit with the Celtics heading into the postseason. Team President Danny Ainge can be seen in this video of the team’s newest members putting in the work to get up to speed on what they need to know as the regular season winds down.

While the trade deadline might be over a month in the past, the Celtics have had precious little opportunity to get their new guys fully integrated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1JadAMIEuQ

Watch the video of their practice courtesy of CLNS Media as we wait for Boston to get back in action against the Orlando Magic this Wednesday.

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NBA to allow up to 10 players to practice, train at team facilities

The Boston Celtics will be able to use Auerbach Center to train again as the NBA has informed teams they may use their practice facilities again.

Auerbach Center is back in business for the Boston Celtics according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, who reports that all 30 NBA teams may begin using their training facilities again.

There will be health-related restrictions in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic’s rising case numbers around the country, with Charania reporting groups using the facilities for “group practices, workouts and scrimmages” cannot be bigger than 10 persons at any given time.

Players have been using unapproved gyms in many instances to stay in shape, so the move will help lower the overall risk of the league having an outbreak on a team as a result.

The NBA will require strict protocols in place requiring daily coronavirus testing for any players planning on using the facilities according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The move stands in contrast to the facilities policies ahead of the Disney restart, which limited use of team facilities to individual workouts.

This is likely due to a combination of increased testing availability and general growth in the body of knowledge of how to safely manage such activities in a pandemic over the course of that restart.

It will be a critical component to starting the 2020-21 season as well.

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WATCH: Tacko Fall, Gordon Hayward putting in work in Auerbach Center

Boston Celtics veteran forward Gordon Hayward and two way fan favorite Tacko Fall were getting in reps at Auerbach Center recently.

As the revised NBA 2019-20 season ‘Orlando bubble’ restart target date of July 30 draws closer, the Boston Celtics are ramping up their training in anticipation, most notably two way big man Tacko Fall and veteran forward Gordon Hayward.

The duo was recently filmed getting in some reps at the Auerbach Center practice facility in Waltham, Massachusetts in videos shared on Monday by team president Danny Ainge on Twitter.

The Senegalese center can be seen working on his footwork and rim protection skills while the Indiana native was busy bombing away from long range.

The pair was clearly in the zone, locked in as they brush off some of the dust their respective games accumulated over the three month hiatus.

Watch the video embedded above to see Hayward and Fall doing their thing as they get ready to get back in action in the Magic Kingdom; with a little luck, live game action isn’t too many more weeks away.

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WATCH: the Boston Celtics are practicing at Auerbach Center again

The Boston Celtics have resumed practicing at their Auerbach Center facilities in Waltham, Massachusetts as they prepare to resume the season.

It might feel like another lifetime ago, but the Boston Celtics are finally, undeniably, back at work.

Nearly three months to the day that the entire NBA was shut down out of concern for the growing threat of coronavirus transmission, the New England franchise could be seen back at Auerbach Center, the team’s practice facility in Waltham overlooking the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Familiar sights like Jayson Tatum shooting the ball in the familiar backdrop of the state-of-the-art facilities were juxtaposed with less familiar sights, like the Duke product’s mini-Afro, his hair still evidently uncut since going into quarantine in early March.

You can see both Tatum and forward Gordon Hayward putting up shots in the video embedded above; give it a look if you miss seeing the Celtics doing basketball things in Bostonian contexts.

Watching Paul Pierce flop at H-O-R-S-E may have been better than nothing, but even this low-energy practice session is closer to games that count than that will ever be.

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Boston Celtics to begin voluntary individual workouts June 1st

The Boston Celtics announced in a press release they plan to resume individual workouts at Auerbach Center on June 1.

The Boston Celtics have announced that they plan to begin holding voluntary individual workouts at the team’s practice facilities at Auerbach Center in Waltham, Massachusetts on June 1 via a press release.

Working closely with local and state health authorities and infectious disease experts, the team will begin “allowing phased limited access” to the facilities beginning next month as the Celtics and rest of the league prepare for a July 31st target date to resume the suspended 2019-20 NBA season.

“We’re happy that our players will now have the option to work out individually in a safe environment at the Auerbach Center, and we hope it signals a step back towards playing basketball again,” related team president Danny Ainge.

According to the Celtics, protocols for reopening the facility for individual workouts will include (but are not limited to):

  • Workouts are voluntary and will be conducted in strict accordance with city, state, CDC, and NBA requirements and guidelines.
  • Symptom and temperature checks will be done by team medical staff before anyone enters the facility.
  • Workouts will be limited to individual (1-on-0) shooting, strength and conditioning work, and medical evaluation and therapy as needed.
  • Only essential areas will be accessed. There will be no access to locker rooms, showers, hydrotherapy, medical exam rooms, cafeteria, and offices.
  • Only four players will be able to work out at a time, each working with only one staff member at a time. There will be no more than one player per half court at a time.
  • All staff members will wear masks in the building, and any staff member working with a player must wear gloves. Players will wear masks except while engaging in physical activity. Players and staff will adhere to CDC and NBA compliant social distancing standards at all times.
  • Social distancing will be required in the building except in limited specific instances  (e.g. physical therapy), when PPE will be used.
  • A thorough cleaning and disinfection of all spaces and equipment, including basketballs, will take place before and after each player uses the building.
  • Only staff members essential to these workouts will be present at the Auerbach Center. There will be no access for general staff, public, or media.

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