www.bostonherald.com Nov 16, 2018
Celtics star in Turkey Bowl
The Celtics served up a heaping helping of healthy competition yesterday, as the basketball org and members of the West End House Boys & Girls Club gathered for this year’s Turkey Bowl.The candlepin bowling match, which took place at Flatbread Company in Brighton, had players, coaches and kiddos all hitting the lanes and chowing down on pizza together before they ended the day’s alley activities by giving each child a Celtics backpack brimming with holiday surprises.The C’s — who were busy have a ball while bowling with the group of local kids — included players Aron Baynes, Jaylen...
CelticsBlog Nov 15, 2018
Brown, Tatum play to offensive strengths in win vs. Bulls
After hearing all pre-season about Boston’s offensive versatility, the Celtics have started to find their spots on the floor. There were some offensive staples that Brad Stevens knew he could count on. The Kyrie Irving-Al Horford pick-and-roll. The Celtics’ perimeter shooting eventually finding its level. Gordon Hayward’s all-around talent. And of course, Aron Baynes being a three-point marksman. The versatility of the Celtics starting lineup was supposed to be their main strength; anybody could be a playmaker, anybody could be a finisher. However, that versatility has largely...
www.bostonherald.com Nov 12, 2018
Struggling Celtics reflect on slump
Subtitle: Hope to reverse fortunesTimes like this lead to a team-wide exercise in navel-gazing. And the Celtics, in the wake of a 1-4 road trip, might need their own maharishi before a solution is found.Kyrie Irving sees an emotional need for someone more experienced than himself, or Al Horford, or Aron Baynes, maybe even Marcus Morris, to calm down the anxieties of an otherwise young team in early crisis, the most recent lump a 100-94 loss in Portland on Sunday.“Looking at this locker room, me being in my eighth year and being a veteran as well as Al and Baynes, right now I think it would...
CelticsBlog Nov 9, 2018
Marcus Morris and Kyrie Irving team up for the tie and 8 other takeaways from Celtics/Suns
Kyrie Irving and Jaylen Brown keyed the comeback in Boston’s wild win in the desert 1. The Celtics got off to a nice enough start. Solid ball movement on the game’s opening play led to Kyrie Irving knocking down a wide open three-pointer as Boston took a 3-0 lead. It would be nearly seven minutes before Aron Baynes tipped in a missed layup to get the team’s fifth point. Brad Stevens never stresses about his offense, as long as they are moving the ball and getting good looks. This nearly seven-minute scoreless stretch featured the Celtics missing twelve straight shots, of which seven...
CelticsBlog Nov 2, 2018
From Australia to Lithuania to Boston: How Aron Baynes went from slam dunk champion to the Celtics’ rim protector
Yes, Aron Baynes won a Lithuanian dunk contest in 2010. Hear what the Celtics center and World Wide Wob had to say about the victory. What if I told you that in 2010, Boston Celtics center Aron Baynes won a slam dunk contest in Lithuania? Yes, the same Baynes who has been the victim of countless posters himself. The same Baynes who prides himself on defense and rim protection. The same Baynes who has an NBA Graveyard named after him on NBA Twitter. I’m here to tell you that 8 years ago, the LKL’s best dunker was a 6-10 Australian center. The LKL is Lithuania’s top professional...
www.bostonherald.com Oct 31, 2018
Celtics pick up Yabusele’s contract for next season
The Celtics, as expected, picked up the third-year options on the contracts of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown Wednesday – decisions about as automatic as it gets for two young players with such dynamic futures.But in something of a surprise, because his $3,117,240 salary would be doubled under luxury tax penalties, was the team’s decision to lock in Guerschon Yabusele’s contract for next season. But as evidenced by Brad Stevens’ decision to turn to the young power forward when plugging in holes left by recent injuries to Aron Baynes and Daniel Theis, the team sees something in...
CelticsBlog Oct 30, 2018
Aron Baynes “didn’t even notice” hamstring in first game back
Baynes returned to action on Tuesday night in the Celtics win over Detroit. BOSTON - Boston Celtics center Aron Baynes returned to action on Tuesday night in the team’s 108-105 win over the Detroit Pistons. When asked about how his previously-injured hamstring felt during his 12 minutes of play, Baynes responded with his typical toughness. “It was great,” said Baynes. “I didn’t even notice it.” Baynes knocked knees with Blake Griffin in the early going, and once against responded in the most Baynes-way possible. “Knee-to-knee. One of those things, it’s alright. Made me...
CelticsBlog Oct 30, 2018
Kyrie Irving leads Celtics past Pistons 108-105
The Celtics improve to 5-2 behind 31 points from Kyrie Irving. The Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night by a score of 108-105 to improve to 5-2 on the season. Detroit falls to 4-2. Kyrie Irving led the way for Boston tonight and looked sharp in the early going coming off of a 3-point effort on Saturday night in Detroit. In his first game of the season without his afro, Irving had 7 points in the first 5 minutes of tonight’s game and did not stop there. Zig. Zag. Stare pic.twitter.com/XtlkBu0WTo— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) October 30, 2018 Aron Baynes saw...
The Republican Oct 30, 2018
Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons: Aron Baynes available, Celtics 'thrilled' with Robert Williams' progress
The Boston Celtics take on the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday.
CelticsBlog Oct 30, 2018
Aron Baynes will play Tuesday night vs Detroit Pistons
Brad Stevens confirmed Baynes will be available off the bench. BOSTON - Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens confirmed before Tuesday night’s game that center Aron Baynes will play against the Detroit Pistons at TD Garden. Baynes was listed as probable on tonight’s injury report before Stevens’ pregame press conference. The Celtics will welcome back the big man’s presence following the loss of center Daniel Theis. Theis is out indefinitely with a slight plantar fascia tear in his right foot. Boston’s Tuesday night matchup with Detroit tips-off from TD Garden at 7:30 PM EST.
CelticsBlog Oct 29, 2018
Celtics react to Red Sox World Series title
Brad Stevens, Gordon Hayward, and Aron Baynes each congratulated the Red Sox after practice on Monday. Since 2001, the city of Boston has seen it’s four major sports teams win eleven championships. The twenty-somethings of New England have been spoiled to say the least, and that continued on Sunday night with the Red Sox taking home the 2018 World Series title. As Alex Cora stated at his introductory press conference, the expectation here is to win championships, and that rings true for the Boston Celtics as well. On Monday, the Celtics reacted to the World Series win. Head coach Brad...
CelticsBlog Oct 29, 2018
Update: Aron Baynes listed as probable for Tuesday’s game vs Detroit
The center has missed 3 straight games with a hamstring injury. Update: Aron Baynes is now listed as probable for tomorrow night’s game against the Detroit Pistons per the team. This comes shortly after Baynes told media that he was 100 percent following the team’s Monday afternoon practice. BRIGHTON - Boston Celtics Aron Baynes said on Monday afternoon that he is 100 percent after missing three straight games due to a hamstring injury. “(I’m) 100 percent of what I can be,” said Baynes. “I feel good. ... It’s about waiting for them to give me full clearance. I’m a bull out...
CelticsBlog Oct 28, 2018
Kyrie Irving on new Celtics role: “be cool”
The worst statistical game Kyrie Irving ever had as a Celtic was back in November 2017 of last season. It was in the middle of the 16-game winning streak when Irving got inadvertently hit by an Aron Baynes’ elbow less than two minutes into a game against the Hornets. He’d finish with zeroes across the box score vs. Charlotte and would play the next two weeks with a mask. A year later, Irving had his second worst game in green, logging 23 minutes, hitting just one of his five shot attempts, pulling down seven rebounds, and dishing out five assists in a wire-to-wire blowout of the...
CelticsBlog Oct 28, 2018
The Celtics look like the Celtics again and 8 other takeaways from Boston vs. Detroit
Celtics dominate in wire-to-wire victory 1. The Boston Celtics looked like the Boston Celtics again. The defense was excellent. The offense was efficient and versatile. For the first time this year, we saw the Celtics look like the team we expected. This was easily the most complete effort of the young season. 2. With Aron Baynes sidelined for the game with a sore hamstring, the Celtics biggest concern was rebounding, especially with Andre Drummond on the other side. But Boston got it together as a team. The bigs were hyper-focused on keeping a body on Drummond and Blake Griffin...
www.bostonherald.com Oct 27, 2018
Celtics hammer Pistons
DETROIT — Oh, so this is what all those prognosticators were talking about when they predicted beastly things from the Celtics.The second-half blitz in Oklahoma City Thursday was apparently not some smoke and mirrors production. The C’s came in here Saturday night and put a beatdown on a Piston crew that had won its first four games and figured to hurt the Aron Baynes-less Shamrocks inside.Instead, the Celtics swarmed the Pistons on the way to a 109-89 victory.The positive signs, both large and small, were everywhere. Daniel Theis, questionable earlier in the day with a sprained left...
