Rainin’ J’s

The Celtics are BACK!! And Sam Packard joins me to run down the good, the bad, and the ugly from a near collapse against the Brooklyn Nets. Jae Crowder had a quietly awesome game, Al Horford had a quietly Al Horford Game, and Jaylen Brown made his Celtics debut in… OK… fashion. We cover it [...]

On the eve of the regular season, MassLive’s Jay King and WEEI’s Sam “Jam” Packard debate some predictions for the Boston Celtics and elsewhere in the NBA. In the final segment, King and Packard compare Celtics players to characters from The Wire. Why? Because it seemed like fun. Enjoy the show! Having trouble listening? Go [...]

In the first ever three-host Locked on Celtics podcast, MassLive’s Jay King, WEEI’s Sam Packard, and I all reacted to the news that James Young has beaten out RJ Hunter for the final roster spot. What gave him the edge over RJ Hunter? The guys also take Twitter questions from listeners. Enjoy the show! Having [...]

After a quick update on Marcus Smart and Kelly Olynyk’s injuries, MassLive’s Jay King and I get into a new round of win projections for the league and the Celtics. The numbers say one thing, but we think it’s wrong, and we’ll explain why. Enjoy the show! Having trouble listening? Go directly to our show page [...]

The preseason is (mercifully) over… so it’s time to hand out some preseason awards. Thanks to you all on Twitter, we have a few to hand out. On top of that, we look at some of the final lessons learned this preseason. Sam Packard and I get into it all… enjoy the show!! Having trouble [...]

MassLive’s Jay King and WEEI’s Sam Packard discuss Isaiah Thomas’ comments about a star player (guess who) from another team, unsubstantiated rumors about another All Star, the race for the last roster spot; and the fashion scene from the Boston Celtics Shamrock Gala on Tuesday night. Enjoy the show! Having trouble listening? Go directly to [...]

This is the final week of the preseason, which means we’ve basically learned everything we’re going to learn about this team. MassLive’s Jay King and I discuss the major takeaways from the Boston Celtics’ first five preseason games, including Al Horford’s impact, the backup point guard responsibilities for Marcus Smart and Terry Rozier, and Jaylen Brown’s [...]

The Celtics pulled out a preseason win thanks to a wild finish highlighted by Jaylen Brown’s ambitious behind the back bounce pass to a streaking Jordan Mickey for the go-ahead dunk. That play has us pretty excited, as does Jonas Jerebko’s overall play in Brooklyn. Some other post-game topics: Marcus Smart handling the ball more [...]

MassLive’s Jay King welcomes Celtics Hub’s Ryan “Dangercart” Bernadoni for an interesting discussion on whether pursuing Gordon Hayward is the right idea next summer, or if it will just keep the Celtics in that “really good but not a real contender” tier of the NBA. Also, there’s a good debate over whether Gerald Green’s minutes [...]

Al Horford is already playing well enough to make a few of us giddy, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still trying to figure himself and his teammates out. In today’s show, you’ll hear from Al Horford on his frontcourt mate Amir Johnson, as well as Brad Stevens’ discussing why Horford is making the team [...]