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With the fate of the Boston Celtics in the 2016 NBA Draft now sealed, Brad Stevens, Danny Ainge, team management and everyone else now know what the Celtics have on their hands as they enter the summer of 2016: Three first-round draft choices including the third overall as well as $50+ million dollars of cap space.  So therefore, we can now finally preview the 2016 NBA Off-Season. Sean Grande, Celtics radio play-by-play for 98.5 FM The Sports Hub in Boston will do so with Larry H. Russell.  Sean and LHR will spend the entire show together, take one last look back on the season -- all that was accomplished this year, both short and long term and use that to assess where the Celts are heading into this summer and what legitimate opportunities there are out there for the team.  Will the organization and fans just have to accept this will be a longer process where Boston will build through the draft? What free agents out there will the Celts target and who will be the best fit? What about the future of Evan Turner and Jared Sullinger? And of course, what will the Celts do on Draft Night? Check out this special Memorial Day edition of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network.  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 29th 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Maj 20161h 2min

The 2016 NBA Draft Lottery has yielded the third overall selection for the Boston Celtics...courtesy of the Brooklyn Nets.  Boston held serve for the first time in a while.  Should fans and team executives be disappointed at the lack of lottery luck? Jeff Goodman of ESPN is back on Celtics Beat to breakdown the coming NBA Draft and lay out all the scenarios for the Celtics.  Goodman gives a rundown and scouting reports on all potential draftees for the Celts, and lays out scenarios and his own predictions as well.  How likely is it that the Celts even use the pick anyways. There’s more: Goodman discusses the value of the Celtics pick courtesy of the Nets NEXT YEAR, what they should do in this coming off-season, as well as discusses if Boston has the best future of any NBA team.  And if not, who does? It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by Blue Apron, audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network.  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 22nd 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Maj 20161h 2min

Time for the unofficial official 2015-16 Season in Review show for the Boston Celtics.  It was still a bit too fresh from their loss to the Atlanta Hawks to do it two weeks ago, and there was still a lot to take away from that particular postseason series in the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals.  But now, it’s time... Mike Gorman, Celtics play-by-play announcer returns to the show and joins LHR to run through the entire 2015-16 campaign on the 157th edition of Celtics Beat.  The Celtics’ voice will not just recap the entire season which began at this time last year with the off-season, but Mike will go through his off-season intuitions, pre-season predictions, in-season thoughts and other musings and thoughts that come to his mind when recapping this last calendar year.  Mr. Gorman and LHR will shoot through what they felt was the turning point of the season, what was less-obvious things were accomplished this year, the wins against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, the early-season frustrations and why they were occurring, and they’ll offer some final takes to the series against the Hawks as well as early summer predictions on who’s coming and going That’s not all, Celtics beat reporter Mike Walsh of CLNS Radio will discuss his featured column in the Celtics’ loaded backcourt that ran on the website this week.  What is the value of each Marcus Smart, Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley and what is the likelihood that they all return? Catch this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network..  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 15th 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Maj 20161h

Scrap those five-point plans on getting Kevin Durant to the Boston Celtics this summer.  There’s still a bit of a wait-and-see game there with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the midst of a huge playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Playoffs.  So until that series reaches a conclusion and if the Spurs can take care of business, the Thunder remain overwhelming favorites in keeping their superstar.  So let’s talk about what we have in front of us and that still being a fairly fresh, and wildly successful 2016 Celtics campaign in the NBA.  This week, we’ll get the red pen out and dish out report cards. Kyle Draper, host of Celtics Pre + Postgame live on Comcast Sports Net New England is today’s only guest and he’ll play the role of professor as he and LHR hand out their grades.  Where did they agree and disagree? How much should injuries detract from the breakout seasons of Avery Bradley, Kelly Olynyk and Jae Crowder? Despite struggling in the postseason, can you give anything less than a straight A to Isaiah Thomas? What about James Young and the rookies? And is Jared Sullinger worthy of an ...F? Kyle and LHR go up and down the entire roster and even dish out grades to Coach Brad Stevens, Danny Ainge, and the fans! It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, and American Farmer’s Network..  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 8th 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Maj 20161h 2min

That’s a wrap on the 2016 NBA Playoffs and season for the Boston Celtics.  The Atlanta Hawks have dispatched the Celtics in six games and are moving on to the second round to face LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers while Boston is going home.  We’ll put the final bow on the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals series and recap Game 6 with Jared Weiss of The Garden Report. Bob Ryan returns to the show as today’s featured guest segment.  Mr. Ryan too will recap the series against Atlanta and go a bit more in depth as he offers his take on whether or not Brad Stevens was outcoached by Mike Budenholzer; whether the Celts’ effort levels at times during Games 5 and 6 were acceptable; whether Boston should’ve rested a few bodies down the stretch.  Professor Ryan will also get his red ink out and grade the Boston Celtics in 2016 as well as take some preliminary looks at the Celts’ off-season which starts with the NBA Draft Lottery on May 17th. It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s.  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, May 1st 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Maj 20161h 2min

Well the Boston Celtics are back in this 2016 NBA Playoffs series against the Atlanta Hawks, but is it at a major price? Isaiah Thomas had a huge game against the Hawks but there’s much to discuss about what the deal will be from the NBA league office. Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution is back on the CLNS Radio airwaves to talk about Boston’s big Game 3 win over the Hawks.  How’d they do it? How much of an impact did that home crowd the C’s had at the TD Garden? What adjustments, if any, do the Hawks have to make? As short handed as the Celts are, can extend the series let alone beat the Hawks? And what about this whole Isaiah Thomas so-called incident? Has the NBA taken it too far micromanaging every non-basketball play? Isn’t the Marcus Smart flop worse in terms of impacting the integrity of the game? That and more as well as an appearance from Celtics Stuff Live Justin Poulin to discuss LHR’s latest article which ran this past week on CLNSRadio.com. It’s all on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s.  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, April 24th 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Apr 20161h 1min

The 2016 NBA Playoffs is underway and the Boston Celtics have drawn the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.  Celtics Beat will be released Sunday at 8 AM ET with a recap of Saturday night’s playoff opener. Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston will be at Game 1 down in Atlanta, and then he’ll be on Celtics Beat to psychoanalyze everything that happened in the Celtics first playoff game with LHR, as well as what will happen in the rest of the series.  And while a day’s worth of NBA Playoffs games will be played, LHR and Chris will make their 2016 NBA Finals predictions. So tune into this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s.  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, April 17th 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS GAME 3 PLAYOFF TICKETS NOW: Subscribe, rate & review Celtics Beat on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Apr 20161h

Biggest regular season game...in a long time: The Boston Celtics battled it out Saturday night with the Atlanta Hawks in a fight for the NBA Eastern Conference third seed in the 2016 NBA Playoffs.  LHR recaps that as well as wins against the New Orleans Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks and also looks at the possible benefits of being the fourth seed in the conference. Tas Melas of NBAtv continues on this conversation and discusses the best potential matchups for the Celtics in the playoffs.  They also discuss the hypothetical of a Celtics and Toronto Raptors playoff series should that ever come to fruition. Tas and LHR continue to make their way around the NBA as well, including the possibilities of the Cavaliers losing early as well as where they are leaning towards who will be in the NBA Finals.  It’s all this on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.  Brought to you by audiblepodcast.com/celtics, Casper, American Farmer’s Network, and Harry’s.  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, April 10th 2016.  Powered by CLNS Radio. ENTER CONTEST FOR BOSTON CELTICS TICKETS NOW: Full details of list of games on facebook.com/celticsbeat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Apr 201658min