The defending champs began the season as the most likely ball club to win it all in the 2025 NBA Playoffs, but there have been some understandable murmurs emanating from the depths of the league's media sphere as to whether the Celtics can do it again.

P.J. Tucker has become a buyout candidate for the Jazz. He had fallen out of the rotation with the Clippers and still wants to play for a contender. The Celtics could go after him in the buyout market if he is bought out. Tucker would be a veteran presence who can play some good defense.

When the Celtics were in the thick of their rebuild, with piles of assets and big dreams, they were connected to just about every big star who became available on the trade market.

After the trade of star Dallas Mavericks wing Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for big man Anthony Davis and the deal that sent De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs for Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine in a three-team deal,