{"id":27902,"date":"2025-01-22T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27902"},"modified":"2025-01-22T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:33:09","slug":"celtics-notes-blockbuster-trade-prediction-joe-mazzulla-makes-strange-claim-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=27902","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Notes: Blockbuster Trade Prediction, Joe Mazzulla Makes Strange Claim, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4258,h_2395,x_0,y_102\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/inside_the_celtics\/01jj2yb9gb9zc72y66bd.jpg\" alt=\"Jan 3, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla on the sideline against the Houston Rockets during the first quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_7vqir9moq\">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.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_nz43nq4qf\">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.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_4233ne27m\">Despite some of these struggles, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla had a perplexing word to describe this frustrating stretch and claimed that he is &#8220;more excited&#8221; now than at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_c4n1r0ndf\">Although using different words than his coach, Celtics&#8217; star Jayson Tatum delivered his own type of honesty about the recent miscues by Boston and what the future looks like for their season.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_ibp82emuy\">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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Mazzulla: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#39;s no fear.  I&#39;m actually more excited at this juncture of the season than I was at the beginning.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sKCA5stph1\">pic.twitter.com\/sKCA5stph1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Noa Dalzell \ud83c\udfc0 (@NoaDalzell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoaDalzell\/status\/1880817040992395692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jayson Tatum on how he\u2019s navigating this stretch: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve gotta take the good with the bad. Understand that down the road, we could be grateful for this stretch&#8230; If we figure it out together, we come out on other side of this, we&#39;ll feel a lot better about ourselves.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AAop5P2Xx6\">pic.twitter.com\/AAop5P2Xx6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Turpin (@JustinmTurpin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinmTurpin\/status\/1880834252377620916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two years ago today Big Deuce put up FIFTY ONE \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>JT is one of four players ever to score 50+ PTS on MLK Day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NWpfMNNwlm\">pic.twitter.com\/NWpfMNNwlm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/1881390072316276988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 predictio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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