The Boston Celtics are over the second apron and have limited options to make a move before the 2025 NBA trade deadline.

Former Boston Celtics forward Oshae Brissett is playing for the Long Island Nets, the G League affiliate for the Brooklyn Nets, after a long absence from the sport once he wasn't brought back by Boston in the 2024 NBA offseason.

The Indiana Pacers have won 15 of their last 20 games, and are surging up the Eastern Conference standings. Behind the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, the New York Knicks, Milwaukee Bucks, and Pacers comfortably make up the second tier of Eastern Conference contenders.

On this day in 2001, future Celtic champion Brian Scalabrine made his NBA debut, and Boston played a game it would like to forget.

The Hawks have a bottom-10 offense, having seen the league’s third-biggest drop in points scored per 100 possessions. Their February schedule offers them just one game (the fewest in the league) against a team — Washington — that currently ranks in the bottom 10 defensively.

MPS has named three finalists for its next superintendent. The board hopes to make its choice by late February or early March.

James Harden (24), Norman Powell (23) and Ivica Zubac (25) all scored 20+ points in the loss, snapping LA’s two-game win streak. Kawhi Leonard played a season-high 28 minutes and finished with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block.

Veteran superstars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry continue to perform at an All-NBA level, more recent MVPs like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic keep stuffing stat sheets, and six promising young players have leaped into the All-Star pool for the first time this season.

The month of January has not been kind to yours truly when it comes to betting the NBA, but Friday offers a chance to close out the month strong with plenty of

Tres Gatos (Jamaica Plain): Boston’s first full-service restaurant, book, and music store. Wild Child (Somerville): A shop selling cookbooks, wine books, and culinary accoutrement, run by the team behind natural wine bars Rebel Rebel and Dear Annie.

The best NBA players play in the All-Star Game, but we are going to look at the worst NBA All-Stars ever according to ChatGPT.

The Oklahoma City Thunder orchestrated another sublime month to start the new year, going 10-4 against a gauntlet of opponents. Oklahoma City took down the LA C