Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens explained the trades that sent Kristaps Porziņģis to the Atlanta Hawks and Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers in a straightforward manner on Tuesday. "The second apron is why those trades happened,

Fans of the Boston Celtics could use some good news amid an offseason of retooling, and they got some on the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown injury fronts on Tuesday.

Brad Stevens said that Jayson Tatum's Achilles injury did not factor in the Celtics' decision to overhaul its roster.