During the offseason, the Celtics elected to shed salary as they traded both Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday and allowed Al Horford and Luke Kornet to walk in free agency.

Former New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau been spotted within the Boston Celtics’ facility with an unspecified role.

Mazzulla will keep the Boston defense in the top 10 for the ninth time in the last 11 seasons. The Celtics haven’t fallen out of the top 15 since Brad Stevens’ rookie season as a head coach in 2013-14. Despite the personnel losses, this won’t be the season that streak ends.

For the 76ers, Monday was all about preparation for their season opener against the Boston Celtics. Joel Embiid had a towel wrapped around his waist and his blue practice jersey was drenched in sweat as media members entered the gym.

The former Knicks coach visited Celtics practice and offered advice five months after New York eliminated Boston in the conference semifinals.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/celtics as Celtics HC Joe Mazzulla Appears to Reveal His Starting Center. With the Celtics facing a massive overhaul at the center position, it appears that head coach Joe Mazzulla might have tipped his cap as to who will take over the starting spot.

Recently, in an interview with Sports Illustrated senior reporter Chris Mannix, Haliburton confirmed his aspect of those conversations with his fellow Achilles Bros., saying ( via HoopsHype) that "me and Jayson (Tatum) talk pretty often, probably once every week, once every couple weeks."

Celtics beat reporter Adam Himmelsbach and NBA columnist Gary Washburn took a break from emailing about their bosses to have a lengthy exchange about the upcoming Celtics season.