Maybe Amari can step up and be the extra center.

Spain and England with big plays that won the game for the Celtics.

Amari!

Nice sub Joe.

Tonight the Celtics play the Brooklyn Team-With-An-Extra-Center-To-Trade.

The top 6 teams in the NBA are the only ones to have winning records against opponents .500 and above. OKC, Detroit, San Antonio, Denver, Houston, Boston. The team with the best record against .500 and aboves? Detroit at 14-4.

The Celtics' leaders in three point percentage this season: 1. Garza .480 2. Minott .438 3. Walsh .435 4. Scheierman . 422 5. Simons .402

Via Celtics Reddit... Zach Lowe on his show today: "All the rumblings around the league are that Boston is going to buy at the deadline." He said he had no idea for who. I'd be surprised if the Celtics get past Feb 5 without acquiring another center.

Great game last night. The two teams are good and they're closely matched. Maybe they'll meet again in the spring. The Celtics have two obvious potential avenues to improve quite a bit for the playoffs. If Boston adds a big man and Tatum successfully returns, the chess board changes.

Queta +15. Size is needed vs the Pistons.

Garza's three quick fouls underscore one of the reasons why the Celtics will look for an additional center at the deadline

It's been some time now since the NBA joined hands and began skipping down the lane with the gambling industry. I'm not interested, I never will be, and I still mute all those annoying betting ads.

The Celtics moved ahead of the Wolves last night, and are now 5th best in the NBA. Despite the big win, they actually lost ground to Detroit in point differential, and are 3rd. The way they're trending, it's possible that the Knicks and Lakers both dip down to play-in status in the standings.

Mike Conti "The 52 points scored by Boston in the second quarter are the most allowed in any quarter by the Hawks. Ever."

Amari is gonna be a player. Hats off to the Celtics front office for that second round trade last draft. They get this year's Bucks 2nd rounder from that deal.

I just realized, the Celtics two-wayers are active tonight. With the huge lead, it could be Amari time in the 4th quarter.

Celtics all time record for 3s in a game is 11 by Marcus Smart. Hauser's got 7 at the half.

Is it a sure thing that having Zubac instead of Simons would significantly improve the Celtics? I ask because the second question is... Is Zubac all that much better for this team than the rapidly improving Queta? ...and will he be better at all going forward?

Indiana beat New Orleans, moving the Pacers ahead of the Pels, who now have the worst record in the NBA. This matters for the Celtics. Boston owns New Orleans' 2nd round pick. That selection is currently at the top of the round, for the moment giving the C's the #31 pick in the 2026 draft.

If Pritchard is out against the Hawks tomorrow night, who starts, Simons, Walsh, Hugo or Scheierman?

Say the Celtics keep Simons, but do make a deal. The other likely tradables are: 1) Hauser 2) one of the young non-Hugo wings (Minott or Scheierman, less so Walsh) 3) a bench guy like Boucher or Tillman When Tatum comes back, minutes will be lessened. The Cs have extra wings.

Forsberg: Opponents are shooting 2 percent below expected output when Simons is the primary defender this season. Any negative number is excellent, & consider that All-Defense stalwart Derrick White is holding opponents to 2.2 percent below expected and Jordan Walsh is at 1.3 percent below expected.

How many draft picks are the Clippers going to have to throw in to swap Zubac for Simons?

Last night the Celtics moved into 2nd place in the East. They passed LA for 6th in the League. They passed Houston and moved into a 2nd place tie in point differential. Best gap year ever.

The Celtics won the boards by a wide margin last night. Queta has leveled up off the glass. He only played 20 minutes due to foul trouble, but got as many rebounds as Bam and Ware combined. The two Heat centers played 42 minutes total.

Remember when the Celtics would definitely trade Simons and would need to include draft picks to do it?

Walsh starting increases the defense, rebounding, and most important, the intensity.

The Maine Celtics just added another British player. Forward Tosan Evbuomwan was recently a two way player with the Knicks.

Jaren Jackson Jr's contract puts this rumor somewhere between extremely implausible and impossible. If the Celtics got him without trading Brown, Tatum or White, the future would be apron hell, no flexibility, minimum salaries across the rest of the roster, and probably filled with regret.

Last night in the anticipated battle between former Celtics' centers, Kristaps Porzingis's Hawks defeated Al Horford's Warriors 124-111. Unfortunately they both produced pretty much as they have throughout their luckless 2025-26 seasons. Horford scored 5 points, while Porzingis sat out the game.

Wemby over Scheierman for the game clincher. The Celtics could have used Tacko Fall on that one.

With Hauser out, Scheierman should get some minutes. If Queta gets into foul trouble, it'll become an unpredictable rotation without tallness to face Wemby and Luke. (Amari Willimas is in uniform). Hugo's starting. Hugo playing zero minutes in Maine and now getting starts was not predicted.

Amari Williams highlights from last night. It's good to see he's backing his man down now. www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=99Hf7vQjMz4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fmaine.gleague.nba.com%2F&source_ve_path=MTM5MTE3LDI4NjY2

Amari Williams keeps doing things in Maine. He played a modest 27 minutes but got 22 points on 6-9, with 9 rebounds, 3 assists and a block, leading the Lobster Celtics to another win.

The Celtics snapped their one game losing streak.

It didn't feel like it, but the Celtics won the 3rd quarter.

The Celtics should play Kornet in the third quarter.

Why do people want the Celtics to trade Simons? I do not understand the enthusiasm for this.

Queta is all league in total points generated from screen assists (picks that lead to a score). He's third behind only Gobert and Nurkic. In screen assists per 36 minutes for guys who've played 25 games or more, Queta is 5th and Kornet is 3rd. Garza is 1st.

Noa Dalzell asked a question to Joe Mazzulla about Simons improvement on D. Joe said something like, He's picked up the schematics and once you do that you can play even harder.

How about maybe keep Anfernee Simons?

‪White and Brown a combined 8-36 right now. Despite that the Celtics still lead by double digits.

That 3 point shot Scheierman's been working on where he doesn't drop his hands even an inch when receiving the ball ,and then instantly releasing is incredible. And he hit one of 'em.

Nice D on Buzelis by Simons.

Amari Williams highlights from the last three games. 12 pts, 15 rebs, 10 assist triple double; 33 pts 16 rebs; 30 pts, 14 rebs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXES... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2D... www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2cS...

Garza had been performing well against teams that lacked real centers. Last night though, it was against real bigs. Impressive. That & Amari Williams rapid rise may change the Celtics wants at the deadline. If they think Amari will contribute soon, the need for center help changes and diminishes.

The gap year Celtics are roaring. First place in the East is a realistic goal. Joe Mazzulla's 25-26 season is a coaching masterpiece.

With the big win over the Clippers, the Celtics leapt ahead of Denver in point differential. They're +7.2, and trail only OKC and Houston.

The Celtics' four young high energy wings are all on the floor with Pritchard. Fun lineup.

Simons just stopped Harden on D (then hit a 3). Man his defense has improved.