The Boston Celtics are facing a challenging 2025-26 season, significantly hindered by injuries and a restructured roster. Key players, including Jayson Tatum, are sidelined, with Tatum potentially missing the entire season due to an Achilles injury. Other departures related to luxury tax penalties have weakened the team, leading to expectations of a low finish in the Eastern Conference. Despite these challenges, players such as Payton Pritchard remain committed to striving for a championship, emphasizing the team's standard of excellence.
We're definitely trying to be a playoff team. We're trying to win a championship. It's not even about playoffs, we have one standard in Boston and it's to win a championship. Everybody in that locker room will have the goal of competing for a championship. And we will do everything in our power necessary to go for that.
Looming luxury tax penalties forced Brad Stevens to trade away lineup stalwarts like Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday, while Boston's limited cap space also made it untenable for the team to re-sign players like Luke Kornet and Al Horford in free agency.
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