It seemed possible that Scheierman might have a tough battle ahead of him to get back on the court with Boston early in the start to the season, and such dynamics do not exactly lend themselves to the sort of confident play needed to snap whatever errors were keeping the Hastings,

The Boston Celtics handed the Philadelphia 76ers their first loss of the season and delivered a wire-to-wire reminder of their resilience, edging out a tense 109-108 victory to open NBA Cup play on Friday night.

The former Celtics big man will have to work his way into Portland’s rotation. The Blazers have leaned on Donovan Clingan as their starter thus far, with Duop Reath and first-round pick Yang Hansen coming off the bench. It’s unclear how Williams fits in the front court, but getting him back on the court is still a positive sign.

If the Celtics can figure out how to build on that performance, they could be a sleeper team in the Eastern Conference, despite all of the cost-cutting moves the front office made during the summer. In a recent episode of the "Hoops Tonight" podcast,

In fact, one NBA writer believes that fresh off of their embarrassing performance, the Celtics could contact the Rockets and Brooklyn Nets to negotiate a blockbuster three-team trade to deal their two-way star Derrick White and fully lean into taking a gap year.

The Celtics have two starters listed on the injury report ahead of their 8 p.m. Saturday game against the Rockets. Derrick White (bilateral neck stiffness) and Payton Pritchard (left ankle sprain) are both probable for the game. Jayson Tatum remains out with his Achilles injury.

And for today's article, we will continue with the seventh of 14 people to wear the No. 42, Boston big man alum Joe Wolf. After ending his college career at UNC, Wolf was picked up with the 13th overall selection of the 1987 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.

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