After a transformative summer, the 2025-26 Celtics are set to begin a new season.

There will be plenty of new faces in Boston as the team opens training camp on Tuesday, with Joe Mazzulla, Brad Stevens, and multiple players addressing a painful summer and both the challenges and opportunities that await this season during Monday’s Media Day session.

Beyond Jayson Tatum’s ongoing recovery from a torn Achilles and Bill Nye crashing Jaylen Brown’s presser , here are eight additional takeaways from Monday’s interviews at the Auerbach Center.

Stevens isn’t putting a ‘ceiling’ on this team

A year after the Celtics opened training camp as both the defending NBA champions and title favorites, expectations have shifted for Boston in the span of a few months.

Beyond Tatum’s Achilles injury

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