Williams joins Shulga and Luis Jr. as the two-way players for the Celtics for next season. Luis Jr. was acquired from the Utah Jazz last week officially in exchange for Georges Niang and two second-round picks. Boston currently only has one spot open on the 15-man roster.

Today in Boston Celtics history, the Celtics prevented the Memphis Grizzlies from a postseason berth in the depth of the 2020 pandemic. They pulled it off with a 122-107 win in the Orlando bubble, where NBA ball clubs played after the league resumed play after close to a four-month hiatus due to the COVID outbreak).

The Boston Celtics will enter the 2025-26 NBA season as one of the most incomplete teams across the league. They lost Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis during the summer, primarily as a cost-cutting measure that Boston had to go through.

The Atlantic Division rivals are grouped with the Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, and another division foe, the Brooklyn Nets, in East Group B in the in-season tournament.

On this day in 1961, Celtics champion reserve center Greg Kite was born in Houston, Texas, and Boston beat the Nets in the Orlando bubble.

While Porzingis was noticeably sick during the Celtics’ playoff run, it appears he’s moved past that. Porzingis has played for his home country, Latvia, during the EuroBasket tournament, where he played much more up to his standards.

Orlando Magic NBA Cup East Group B predictions highlight key matchups, bold outlooks, and what could define their tournament run.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Celtics forward alum Antoine Walker was born in 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. Walker played his NCAA basketball at Kentucky, where he won an NCAA championship in 1996, and was drafted by Boston with the sixth overall selection of the 1996 NBA Draft.