With the Boston Celtics roster decimated by injury and free-agent departures, one NBA analyst expects them to drop in the standings.

The Boston Celtics have been among the top teams in the league in recent years, but they are facing a much different reality next season. When the Celtics tip off the 2025-26 season, they won’t be among the top contenders to come out of the Eastern Conference.

The Boston Celtics are entering what could be a throwaway season in the 2025-26 campaign. After Jayson Tatum went down with a torn Achilles in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, the team underwent major changes during the offseason.

The Boston Celtics and their star forward, Jayson Tatum, faced a heartbreaking blow during the Eastern Conference semifinals this May. A ruptured Achilles tendon ended Tatum’s season, leaving both the player and the franchise grappling with uncertainty about what lies ahead.

Even when the storied ball club won its 2024 NBA Championship, the Celtics did not exactly have the stoutest big man rotation, with Latvian center Kristaps Porzingis missing large chunks of the regular season and playoffs due to injury and vet big Al Horford sitting out back-to-back games to avoid the decline in play seen when Horford was on court for too many minutes.

A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has a deal in place to buy the WNBA's Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million and plans to move the team to Boston, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reportedly reached a deal to buy the Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million.