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Celtics Lab 226: On Boston’s hot start, life after Lakers – Celtics, cannabis biz with Derek Fisher, Gloria Govan

This pod, we explore the state of the Celtics – Lakers rivalry and what alumni have been up to in conversation with Derek Fisher and Gloria Govan.

The histories of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are forever intertwined via the greatness both ball clubs honed against one another over the decades of their storied rivalry. Lakers legends and Celtics greats have taken their on-court battles to the league’s biggest stage as both have fought to lead the league in titles won, now tied at 17 each.

Iconic Lakers have since helped contemporary Celtics find their way as NBA players as was the case with Kobe Bryant and Jayson Tatum — and former Celtics Hall of Famers now do a tidy business with a different sort of green the basis for the enterprise with Paul Pierce working with Derek Fisher and his wife and partner Gloria Govan.

That ancient rivalry still echoes in the present, and could even see the two old foes square off for Banner 18 in the 2024 NBA Finals if everything breaks right.

Which makes Govan and Fisher ideal guests to explore the state of affairs between the two teams, where they stand to start the season, and what Fisher, Govan, Pierce, Gary Payton Sr., and other Boston alumni are doing with those Los Angeles ties for the latest episode of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast.

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Despite strong start, Boston’s thin frontcourt and bench need work; what can they do?

The team’s great start masks a few weak spots still in need of attention.

At present, the Boston Celtics truly look like the contender many expected of them ahead of the 2023-24 season and the blockbuster trades the team made in the NBA’s 2023 offseason, owners of a three-game winning streak to start their next run at a title off right.

But not everything is perfect, with the ball club’s frontcourt rotation thinner than many would like to see it be, and the team’s bench relatively thin in terms of impact players. At the same time, the Celtics are now a second apron team with all that entails in terms of the restrictions it places on the front office in terms of team building. So what is on the table, and what can Boston no longer do to get better?

The hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast sat down to talk this over with HoopsHype cap expert Yossi Gozlan on a recent episode.

To find out what feathers the Celtics still have in their metaphorical cap to elevate their pursuit of Banner 18, check out the clip embedded above.

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Celtics Lab 225: On Boston looking good to start the season and what they can do to get better with Yossi Gozlan

Will this team need more moves as the season wears on? Does it realistically have the assets, cap space, or budget for such moves?

The Boston Celtics are now 2-0 to start their 2023-24 NBA season after having defeated the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden to kick off their current campaign, following it with a 119-110 victory over the ball club that bounced them from the 2023 postseason, the Miami Heat.

The Celtics top six players look as good as any team in the league so far and there are only a few lingering concerns it seems the team still needs to iron out, but some of them have been ongoing concerns with the team for several seasons now. Still, they appear to have the talent and more importantly the chemistry and fit to overcome what’s left of momentary lapses of focus or devolution into “my-turn, your-turn” basketball.

Will this team need more moves as the season wears on to address those issues? Does it realistically have the assets, cap space, or budget for such moves? Or can we count on improvement from within to ameliorate the few remaining problems that could be a barrier to Banner 18?

The hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with HoopsHype’s Yossi Gozlan to talk over where the Celtics stand as a second apron team that might need to make more moves. We also get into what we’ve seen from the team so far in their home and road openers.

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Projecting the Boston Celtics’ season opener vs. the New York Knicks and beyond

The start of the season is always a moment of optimism and chaos as an order emerges out of the games that are played, and this one is no exception for the Celtics.

The Boston Celtics’ 2023 offseason ends today, and with that begins the Celtics’ 2023-24 campaign vs. the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The team will look very different from the last time the Celtics took the floor for a game that counts, with Marcus Smart, Robert Williams III, Malcolm Brogdon, and Grant Williams now with other ball clubs and Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis wearing green and white this season.

What can we say about the tilt with the Knicks? What about the rest of the season after it? What concerns remain for Boston to solve with its roster? What might the front office have planned?

The start of the season is always a moment of optimism and chaos as an order emerges out of the games that are played, and this one is no exception for the Celtics.

The hosts of the CLNE Media “Celtics Lab” podcast sat down to project the season opener and beyond on the last days of preseason; check it out in the clip above.

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Celtics Lab 223: Looking ahead to Boston’s 2023-24 season opener, wrapping up unfinished business

With the NBA’s 2023-24 regular season nearly upon us, what else do the Celtics need to get done?

Opening night for the Boston Celtics‘ 2023-24 season opener against the New York Knicks is nearly upon us, leaving little time for the Celtics’ front office to make final roster decisions about a number of rotation players, extend or offer full contracts to two way players if they so desire, and to tend to any other issues in terms of how the team will play on both ends of the court that they believe still needs attention for the season ahead.

The team also signed a new two way player to fill the slot left by Jay Scrubb after his ACL injury ended his season with Boston before it began in Nathan Knight, and in a more immediate sense have games against the New York Knicks and Miami Heat for their season and home openers to prepare for.

With all of that in mind, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast put together one final offseason pod for the summer of 2023 to talk our way through all the above and more.

We also get caught up on the trickle of news left to cover before the games begin to count.

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Celtics Lab 222: Boston vs. everyone – assessing NBA over/unders for 2023-24 with Souichi Terada

To get a bead on the over/under outlook on all 30 teams in the NBA, Celtics Lab linked up with Souichi Terada to break down what we expect from Boston and their peers this season.

There has been no lack of coverage of the new-look Boston Celtics, and as their preseason slate of games has showed us, that’s for a very good reason indeed. The additions of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday have made this ball club a wagon, with only a handful of teams in the NBA likely to be able to hold their own vs. Boston.

The Celtics are, by all accounts, a contender — and in many corners the favorite to win it all. But what about the rest of the league? Where will Boston’s peers fall in terms of wins and losses in the 2023-24 regular season? How is the conventional wisdom surrounding the Association’s other contenders, pretenders, and also-rans?

To get a bead on the over/under outlook on all 30 teams in the NBA, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with MassLive’s Souichi Terada to break down what we expect from Boston and their opponents this coming campaign.

We also talk about our camp and preseason perspectives, potential extensions, and a surprising hire as we get caught up on news.

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Separating fact from fiction in the Boston Celtics’ 2023-24 campaign

When a new season starts, quite a lot of what players say at Media Day is true until it isn’t.

When a new season starts, quite a lot of what players say at Media Day is true until it isn’t. People are in the best shape of their lives, undefeated, and a contender for the league title, just to name a few such examples — but a discerning eye can often get some educated guesses in on what is hot air, and what has substance.

In the case of the Boston Celtics, it’s probably safe to say that the team is a contender when healthy, but that healthy bit is doing more work than it does on most teams in the league, and there are several other unanswered questions looming for the team. Who will start — and when? How often will key players rest in the hopes of avoiding injury? What training camp players will make the regular roster? How will the team use its two way slots with Jay Scrubb out for the season and Neemias Queta looking like he might be too good for such a role?

With those and several other issues yet unresolved about this team and the league for the 2023-24 season, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with USA TODAY’s Jeff Zilgitt to separate Celtics fact from Boston fiction.

To hear their thoughts on what we can safely believe and what we’re still guessing about, check out the clip embedded above.

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Celtics Lab 221: Separating fact from fiction in Boston’s 2023-24 campaign with Jeff Zilgitt

When a new NBA season begins, every team is undefeated — but which ones are the juggernauts, and which team will win it all?

When a new NBA season begins, every team is undefeated, and, at least mathematically speaking, a title contender as well. But for fans of the Boston Celtics, such slights of hand are not going to be enough to slake the thirst for Banner 18 raging in the gullets of Bostonians and their ilk.

But the consensus seems to be that Boston is as well-prepared to do the deed as any team in the league next season, with the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets virtual co-favorites to win it all. When the dust settles on the 2023 NBA Finals, we will have our answer, but in the meantime, it is the duty of the league’s press corp to sort fact from fiction regarding the season ahead.

To such an end, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with USA TODAY’s Jeff Zilgitt to do exactly that, from the preseason tilts we have seen thus far all the way on to the future of the league beyond this season and the next.

Brace yourself for a few spicy takes plus plenty of agreement regarding this tea’s potential — no matter how it pans out, the NBA’s 2023-24 season already looks like the wildest of rides.

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Celtics Lab 220: Sorting out the new-look Celtics, Media Day and training camp with Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance

With ownership publicly stating they are ready to do whatever it takes to hang Banner 18, there’s a lot to be excited about in Boston.

After a series of blockbuster trades to remake their roster into the vision Boston Celtics team president Brad Stevens and the rest of the team’s front office have for a championship roster surrounding the ball club’s All-NBA wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the Celtics held their annual Media Day proceedings.

Those proceedings and the training camp after it generated as much buzz as has been seen in a Boston facility since 2009, with the energy palpable ahead of the Celtics’ 2023-24 campaign. With ownership publicly stating they are ready to do whatever it takes to hang Banner 18, there’s a lot to be excited about in Boston.

But who ARE these Celtics? What are they good at individually? How will they fit together? And what else needs to be done to make this a complete contending roster?

The hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with the hosts of the “How Bout Them Celtics!” pod Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance to hear what went down at Media Day and day 1 of the team’s 2023 training camp, as well as what might be coming down the pike.

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Celtics Lab 219: What to expect from Jrue in Boston and Dame on the Bucks with Dalton Sell

Did these trades set the stage for an epic Eastern Conference postseason showdown?

The Boston Celtics pushed in a fair amount of their chips to land former Milwaukee Bucks All-Star guard Jrue Holiday in the wake of the Bucks trading away the UCLA alum to land ex-Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard.

The twin trades set up the Bucks and Celtics to potentially collide yet again as each ups the ante in pursuit of their next title — did these trades set the stage for an epic Eastern Conference postseason showdown? What do Celtics fans need to know about Holiday and how he could fit in Boston? Do the Celtics and Bucks need to make more moves in anticipation of such a matchup? And how do we expect each team to do in the regular season and playoffs?

With so many questions to answer about these two teams, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with Behind The Bucks Pass’ Dalton Sell to talk all things Jrue and Dame between the Bucks and Celtics organizations.

Join us for our second emergency pod of the week after a seismic trade has reset our expectations of the Celtics, the Bucks, and the East.

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