It’s been a tough past couple of months for the Boston Celtics fans. It all started with the horrifying injury to their superstar, Jayson Tatum, in the playoffs, which ruled him out for the next campaign. Not to mention, Boston also failed to defend their title. However, as if all of this wasn’t enough for the Cs supporters, now they’ve got to witness their championship-winning core being torn apart right in front of their eyes. In fact, it has already begun with Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis waving goodbye to Boston.
However, it’s not just the fans who are hurting from these emotional exits from Boston. The Celtics’ general manager, Brad Stevens, also shares a similar feeling with the fans. In a recent interview, the Boston GM spoke about how he’ll be alongside the Celtics supporters cheering for Holiday and Porzingis from afar. “Thank you to Jrue and KP and Luke … we wish these guys well. We’ll be rooting from them from afar.” Stevens said.
However, this also begs the question of why the Celtics traded two of their core members from the title-winning 2024 team, if they like them so much? Stevens had a fair explanation for that, too. “The second apron is why those trades happened.” He emphasized. Well, that’s true. We all knew that the implications of the tax cap were looming over Boston, even if they managed to win it all last season.
However, their crashing out earlier than expected and Jayson Tatum tearing his Achilles tendon made matters worse, forcing them to make these trades.
Brad: “Thank you to Jrue and KP and Luke … we wish these guys well. We’ll be rooting from them from afar.” pic.twitter.com/LFpjHt3Uxj
— Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) July 8, 2025
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