NBA Fans React to Marcus Smart, Lakers News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Over the years, plenty of Boston Celtics ...

"Young players often only worry about scoring points, but he was different. He wanted to develop every area of his game." ...

In theory, Simons is a solid enough fit for the Celtics. He averaged 19.3 points and 4.8 assists per game for the Portland Trail Blazers last season across 70 games, shooting 36.3 percent from three.

The Celtics did some serious work in reducing salary with the deal, trimming $22.5 million in salary for next season by dropping down from Porzingis’ $30 million salary to Niang at $8.2 million.

Fischer reported Saturday the Celtics "told at least one rival team that it would have insisted on a 'Mikal Bridges-type' package to part with [White]." ...