Pritchard said Monday that he's focused on making incremental improvements across the board rather than dramatically changing his game heading into the 2026-27 season, Bobby Krivitsky of Forbes.com reports.
Cenac received high praise from teammate Neemias Queta on Monday, with the veteran center saying the rookie has the potential to become a "juggernaut" in the NBA, Taylor Snow of the Celtics' official site reports.
Scheierman is a candidate to start for the Celtics this season, per Bobby Krivitsky of Forbes.com.
Head coach Mitch Johnson said he expects Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper and Fox to play together more during the regular season, per Raul Dominguez Jr. of the Associated Press.
Wembanyama believes he's in better shape this season, per Jeff Garcia of KENS 5 San Antonio.
Robinson expressed confidence Monday that he's capable of handling a more consistent workload this season after focusing on his conditioning throughout the summer, Justin Turpin of WEEI.com reports.
Williams signed a training camp contract with the Spurs on Thursday, Paul Garcia of ProjectSpurs.com reports.
Elmore signed a training camp contract with San Antonio on Thursday, Paul Garcia of ProjectSpurs.com reports.
Zack Cox of the Boston Herald believes Tatum (knee) should be close to 100 percent this season.
Gray signed with Boston on Wednesday, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.com.
FanDuel. This is a bet on Baylor Scheierman’s role tonight. The second year wing should be poised for significant minutes off the bench, as Boston will be without Payton Pritchard and Nikola Vucevic, and Jayson Tatum is likely still caped at around 30 minutes. Scheierman has cleared this line in 12 of his last 14 games, and in 14/17 with at least 24 minutes this season.
This should be a fun game Tuesday and a possible NBA Finals preview with Jayson Tatum now back for Boston. He has been limited to 27 minutes in his first two and that's not likely changing tonight. The C's are thinned out with Payton Pritchard and Nikola Vucevic both out. Vucevic's big body/six fouls would have been helpful against Victor Wembanyama tonight. The Spurs have won 15 of 16 and largely are trucking people. San Antonio is 21-0 when shooting at least 40.0% from beyond the arc this season. The only other such unbeaten team? Boston at 19-0. Pritchard and Vucevic are both pretty good from deep so they will be missed.
