The growing buzz around the Celtics : Heading into the 2025-26 season, expectations were unusually low for the Celtics , but for good reason. Superstar Jayson Tatum was expected to miss most (if not all) of the season due to the ruptured Achilles he suffered in the playoffs back in May .

In addition, salary cap maneuvering left Boston without two pillars of its 2024 championship run (Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday were both traded). Added to that was Al Horford’s departure in free agency for the Warriors.

And yet, while oddsmakers initially ran away from the Celtics as a contender in the short term, Boston has quietly put together a five-game winning streak (and has won eight of its last 10). Currently, the Celtics are actually third in the Eastern Conference.

The positive dev

See Full Page