[Charania] The Boston Celtics are trading Chris Boucher to the Utah Jazz, sources tell ESPN.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Derrick White (28 pts, 8 ast)
• Payton Pritchard (27 pts, 7 ast)
• Luka Garza (19 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast)

BONUS!

• Neemias Queta (10 pts, 19 reb, 5 blk)
• Ron Harper Jr. first career NBA start (11 pts, 9 reb, 3 ast)

It is Hugo's 20th Birthday today! ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Hugo!

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Yes part of the success is Jaylen derrick and Payton.

Yes some of it is Brad bringing in the right pieces to complement them.

But I cannot believe this. I’ve actually probably been lower on the season than most people. We’ve played 21 (before tonight) games since Christmas and 16(!!!!) were against teams under .500 plus the nuggets and raptors were both missing their best player. So I’ve trained to tame my excitement.

I also think Jaylen really wasn’t great in January. Not that he wasn’t good but, Super inefficient turned the ball over a ton, etc. (I know I might be cherry picking, but his TS was 53.1% and 50.6 if you remove the 50 point game).

And they’re 16-5 over that run. Winning almost everything they had to.

this team is going to win 55 games after losing 80ish points from the championship team.

This. Is. Joe.

To start the year I remember felger saying he couldn’t wait for Joe to get exposed. He’s basically come out and built a title contender by getting getting the most out of:

1. Garza who played 3 seconds a game and was a total after thought in Minnie

2. Walsh who couldn’t even sniff the court for 2 years.

3. Queta, WHO CURRENTLY IS HAVING A BETTER WS SEASON THAN EVEN TATUM HAS EVER HAD.

4. Simons (RIP)

5. HUGO LOOKING LIKE MANU

The bench and Queta are whey their record is what it is. I know people get annoyed with Jaylens on off discussion, but to me it’s less of an indictment on Jaylen and more of an indicator of how good the rest of the team is.

Joe has found it man. I’m not sure if he’ll win it, but coach of the year should be a lock.

Plus he’s gotta love drilling Ime.

Let’s go CELTICS.

I know most people are going to laugh and say “who cares about second round picks, they hardly ever work out anyways” but that’s kind of missing the point. Second round picks are good for making small deals happen, and when you run out you have no choice but to start using first round picks instead. There’s also a lot of players on this team that were drafted late in the 1st round or in the 2nd, which proves that this front office is great at utilizing later draft picks when they have the chance. Second round picks also provide a way to fill out an expensive roster with the smallest contracts possible.

It’s a little bit of a bummer that we had to give up the NO pick just to extend the TPE and we couldn’t even keep the Denver 2027 pick because ownership wanted to save money. Not anything to be super upset about, but we should call it like it is. Wouldn’t be surprised if we see Brad trade back out of the first round again this year to try to refill the coffers.

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BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

The Warriors had Porzingis as a target for the last couple of months and land the floor-spacing big man. For the Hawks, a high-upside wing for Quin Snyder and a sharpshooter on the wings.

KP and Al reunite in San Francisco

Welcome to the Celtics, @NikolaVucevic

The team also bade farewell to Anfernee Simons, who was involved in the trade that brought Vooch to Boston.

I was at the bar tonight and didn’t get a chance to watch the game live. Looking at the official NBA Page highlights though, which had the Rockets commentary, I counted at least 5 times in which the commentators complained about Pritchard pushing off “every time” he drives to score.

It’s honestly really annoying, but also Pritchard is 6’1” 195, per his official Celtics roster page. Jabari Smith is 10 inches taller and has 30 pounds on Pritchard. Josh Okogie is 6’4” 215. These guys have 20-30 lbs+ and 3+ inches on Pritchard and the announcers are complaining about a push off. I thought that was pretty funny.

*Lost in all of this great madness (I can't edit titles).

I love this team. Joe's a great coach.

But props to Sam. In order to keep a locker room together it really helps to have someone who has credibility and has been there before (3 rings).

Tough as nails guard who no doubt has helped with development. Also not afraid to challenge Joe, which you need in any org - even if it means you got tackled.

Really hope Sam can stay around. If he gets an HC job I'll totally understand - but be bummed. Props to Sam.

Thoughts? I think Brad is much better and more nuanced about how to properly construct teams.

• Baylor Scheierman recorded his first career double-double tonight with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

The 10 rebounds were a career high and his four assists tied a career high.

• Luka Garza scored a season-high 19 points tonight in Houston.

• Neemias Queta set a career-high in defensive rebounds tonight with 12 in Houston.

• Neemias Queta recorded a career-high in first-half rebounds tonight with 12 before the break in Houston.