After losing some easy games by their standards, the Boston Celtics part ways with Jrue Holiday to gain a big-name center in a recent three-team trade prediction as the trade deadline creeps closer.

At the No. 2 position in the Eastern Conference, this is a pivotal time to ensure that their roster is set to be a title contender before Feb. 6.

Despite some of these struggles, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla had a perplexing word to describe this frustrating stretch and claimed that he is “more excited” now than at the beginning of the year.

Although using different words than his coach, Celtics’ star Jayson Tatum delivered his own type of honesty about the recent miscues by Boston and what the future looks like for their season.

The Boston Celtics ownership is going through the vetting process of perspective bidders to acquire the winningest franchise in basketball. The sale is set to exceed $6 billion reportedly and may even have implications on an expansion team in the NBA.

Joe Mazzulla:

“There's no fear. I'm actually more excited at this juncture of the season than I was at the beginning.” pic.twitter.com/sKCA5stph1

— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) January 19, 2025

Jayson Tatum on how he’s navigating this stretch:

“You’ve gotta take the good with the bad. Understand that down the road, we could be grateful for this stretch… If we figure it out together, we come out on other side of this, we'll feel a lot better about ourselves.” pic.twitter.com/AAop5P2Xx6

— Justin Turpin (@JustinmTurpin) January 19, 2025

Two years ago today Big Deuce put up FIFTY ONE 🔥

JT is one of four players ever to score 50+ PTS on MLK Day. pic.twitter.com/NWpfMNNwlm

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 20, 2025