Jaylen Brown Makes Announcement After Celtics' Loss to Knicks first appeared on Athlon Sports on May 22, 2025

But to really shed some big bucks off the books, Stevens will have to trade either Jrue Holiday or Kristaps Porzingis -- or both. Dealing one should help Boston get under the second apron, and dealing both would get them under while allowing Stevens some wiggle room to build out the rest of the roster.

The Pacers forward dropped a career-high 31 points in Indiana’s stunning overtime win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Twenty of Nesmith’s 31 points came in the fourth quarter.

Here's an explanation of what the NBA's second apron is, why they need to get under it, and how they can make it happen.

Do the Dubs even have a package they could offer that Celtics president Brad Stevens would not immediately hang up the phone on?

Banner 18, captured last June and raised in October, is the confirmation and the reminder: Flags do fly forever.

Danny Ainge, in the middle of the pandemic, drafted a pair of key rotation players in Payton Pritchard and Aaron Nesmith back in 2020.