On Wednesday evening, the Boston Celtics will kick off their 2025-26 NBA season with a home game against the divisional rival Philadelphia 76ers. It's been a tumultuous offseason for the Celtics , who were forced to part ways with multiple key pieces, including both Kristaps Porzingis and Jure Holiday, and now enter this season without Jayson Tatum, sidelined due to injury.
Recently, NBA reporter Marc Stein shed light on the New York Knicks' reported interest in Joe Mazzulla as their next head coach in the wake of firing Tom Thibodeau; however, Mazzulla himself has since shot down those rumors.
“That never reached me. There is only one team that I want to coach: it’s the Boston Celtics. I’m going to be here for however long ownership and the city will have me. There is no other