Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles in the 2025 NBA Playoffs, but has a chance at returning before the end of the 2025-26 season.

NBA season due to an Achilles tendon injury sustained last spring. While Tatum is eager to return, his recovery is progressing slowly, with no set timeline. The team faces a challenging start without him,

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.

The Boston Celtics have dropped their first three games of the season. Clearly, losing Jayson Tatum to an injury and moving on from Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday, and Al Horford has taken a big toll on their chances of competing at the highest level.

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum updated his social media followers on his injury recovery process on Tuesday.

Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said pregame that Brown needed to go through his warmup before determining whether he’d be able to suit up. The four-time All-Star wing has been dealing with a left hamstring strain that he suffered in last Wednesday’s preseason finale, but he was able to fully participate in practice Monday and Tuesday.

The Boston Celtics snapped their three-game losing streak with a 122-90 win over a short-handed New Orleans Pelicans roster on Monday, Oct. 27. It was the Celtics' first win of the season following losses to the Philadelphia 76ers,

Jaylen Brown’s hairline goes viral, smudging Ronald Holland II’s jersey in Celtics vs. Pistons. Fans joke his “spray paint” struck twice.