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Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast

Havlicek Stole the Pod

On Havlicek Stole the Pod, we go deep into the details, finding compelling narratives, data, stories and interviews you won"t find anywhere else.

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01:14:19

What do we think the Boston Celtics will do at the...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2026/01/03

The Boston Celtics and the rest of the NBA are closing in on the midway point of the 2025-26 NBA regular season, and the players who signed new deals this offseason are becoming available to be dealt or will be soon. And with that, the rough outline of how the season might play out (and what teams can do to change those outcomes via trades) is coming into focus.Teams that don't have the horses to compete for titles will need to make hard choices under the current, punitive collective bargaining

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00:58:01

Checking on the gap year teams as Pacers, Celtics...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/12/24

The Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers play each other twice this week, but the parallels between the two Eastern Conference ball clubs go beyond the home-and-away series. Both teams were seen as so-called 'gap year' teams heading into the 2025-26 NBA regular season after their stars Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton went down in the 2025 NBA Playoffs with Achilles tears.They are having very different seasons so far, but they both might be looking to trade for the same or similar players at the 2026

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00:50:21

The new Robert Parish biography ‘The Chief’ and why...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/12/19

Hall of Fame Boston Celtics big man Robert Parish has a reputation as one of the most guarded NBA stars of his era, and it is a not a reputation without merit, the intense criticism the Louisiana native went through early in his career set the tone for his stoic persona on and off the court. But in recent years, Parish has opened up to help tell the story of the team he won three of his four titles with -- and now, to tell his own story.Working alongside co-author Jacob Uitti, Chief (as the Celtics

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01:17:43

How did the Celtics lose to the Bucks (and what's up...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/12/13

How did the Boston Celtics lose to the Milwaukee Bucks (and what is going on with Giannis Antetokounmpo)? The Celtics dropped a game to the Bucks this past Thursday (Dec. 11) night at Fiserv Forum to the tune of 116-101, and to make matters worse, Milwaukee was without their star forward, Antetokounmpo on the sidelines for the next several games at least while he rests a calf strain.How did it happen? Does it change our opinion about Boston's hot start? And what do we know about Giannis wanting out

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01:01:02

What we think about the Celtics early-season success...

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2025/12/12

The Boston Celtics elected to take a season star forward Jayson Tatum would be out much or all of the campaign to rehab a torn Achilles tendon to retool the roster, get younger, cheaper, out of the second apron and towards dodging the repeater tax, knowing the team would part ways with much of the core they won a title with in 2024. But then something weird happened -- the Celtics kept winning games even with players like Jrue Holiday, Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis, and Luke Kornet playing for

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79:28

How the NBA can lessen injuries, bring Jayson Tatum...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/12/05

The Boston Celtics know as well as any ball club in the NBA the importance of keeping your star players healthy after losing star forward Jayson Tatum to an Achilles injury that transformed their title window. But as we have seen around the NBA, it is not just Tatum dealing with serious injury this season. Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers, and others are currently working their way back from the same injury, and many other star players are riding

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46:37

Celtics face a tough stretch, and what we're thankful...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/11/26

The holidays are upon us as the Boston Celtics gear up for one of the toughest stretches of their 2025-26 NBA regular season schedule, with games against some of the best Eastern Conference teams set to go down over the next week. And Thanksgiving falls right smack in the middle of that gauntlet for Boston. Will fans of the team be celebrating their success with a mighty feast, or drowning their sorrows in comfort food and family time?Either way, there's a lot to be thankful for if you are a fan

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65:31

How the Pistons got good, why the Celtics look better...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/11/20

The last time the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons crossed paths, the Celtics were seen as a team leaning into development for the season and the Pistons an interesting ball club projected to end up somewhere in the middle of a weaker Eastern Conference milieu. Then the two teams played, and Detroit center Jalen Duren had what then seemed like an outlier game with 24 points and 18 rebounds in a 119-113 Pistons victory Boston might have won had it been able to keep up on the boards.But as we near

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65:39

Larry Bird, Boston ghosts, Celtics grail stories y...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/11/14

The Boston Celtics are the winningest team in the history of the NBA, and with that success comes a lot of historic moments that left indelible marks on our collective consciousness over the years. But with that success has also come a fair share of heartbreak that can only come from coming right up to the edge of winning it all and falling short.These are the sort of moments that famed NBA writer and cultural historian Shea Serrano evokes in his new tome "Expensive Basketball," out as of late

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82:14

Early slumps, defensive woes: The Celtics, Magic, the...

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2025/11/07

Beset with shooting slumps early in the season, trying to play faster and struggling with the results, and running into issues integrating new players are early-season road bumps that the Boston Celtics are trying to contend with (pun unintended) to start their 2025-26 campaign, but we could also easily be talking about the surprisingly underwhelming start of the Orlando Magic this season as well.And these two Eastern Conference ball clubs will take the court at Kia Center this Friday, Nov. 7, to

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90:25

On injuries, contention, coaching ties, and Celtics...

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2025/10/31

Injuries and the collective bargaining agreement are impacting the early seasons of the Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets both, if in different ways. And these two teams will collide for the first time in the NBA's 2025-26 regular season this weekend as Boston hosts the Rockets at TD Garden this Saturday (Nov. 1). What can we expect from a Houston - Boston tilt without Fred VanVleet and Jayson Tatum? How are their respective seasons going so far -- and why? And what does a successful season look

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80:31

What we learned about the Boston Celtics on opening...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/10/24

What have we learned about the Boston Celtics in their season opener vs. the Philadelphia 76ers? What things do they still need to work on? And what do we think about the Celtics season now that we have had our first look at how this version of the team on the court in games that count? The hosts of "Havlicek Stole the Pod" wanted to take the pulse of the season now that we have the smallest of sample size to work with.To that end, they linked up with NBC Sports Boston's Max Lederman to talk all

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55:31

Looking back at Boston's preseason, and ahead to...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/10/17

Preseason for the Boston Celtics has come and gone, and Opening Night for the NBA's 2025-26 regular season is coming soon. With it comes a tilt with the Celtics' Atlantic Division rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers, at a moment where neither team is on especially solid footing regarding their respective futures. We have a basic idea of what this version of the Celtics will play like after letting Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, and Luke Kornet go, but little clarity about how that will

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59:54

First impressions from the Celtics preseason win vs....

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/10/10

The Boston Celtics have played their first preseason game of their 2025-26 campaign, and with it, we can begin to talk about how the roster looks on the court together for the first time. Playing as fast as they were billed to be, Boston showed they can play another style of basketball when the rawness of their talent base demands it.But they also showed some of the sloppiness and inexperience one might expect to see on a team with so few vets and so many new faces, hinting that there are still

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60:16

What we think we learned about the Celtics at media...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/10/03

Media day for the Boston Celtics has come and gone with the team upbeat about the season ahead, and training camp has started. What have we learned about this version of the team as we inch closer to preseason basketball, if anything? It is the norm for players to be optimistic about the season ahead at what serves as the first official team act of any NBA campaign (often, irrationally so), but one can often pick up subtle clues about the direction and plans of a ball club as well with a trained

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54:36

Which rising Boston Celtics prospects will make a...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/09/24

Which rising Boston Celtics prospects will make a leap forward this season? In something of a retooling season for the Celtics as star forward Jayson Tatum rehabs a torn Achilles tendon, the usual emphasis on deep postseason runs in pursuit of NBA titles has downshifted into a campaign that will focus on trying to find some diamonds in the rough among Boston's younger players.More established players on the Celtics roster like Neemias Queta, Luka Garza, Josh Minott, Baylor Scheierman, and Jordan

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65:15

What should we expect from the Boston Celtics...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/09/18

What should we expect from the Boston Celtics veterans this season? Much attention has rightfully been focused on the incoming and existing members of the roster who will be developmental projects for the season ahead, and rightfully so, given the importance of making the most out of this so-called "gap" year for the Celtics.But while finding a diamond in the rough or two is important, keeping the winning culture of the team strong while continuing to expand the roles and capabilities of the vets

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64:59

What does Neemias Queta's FIBA EuroBasket play tell...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/09/12

While there may yet be games to be played in this summer's FIBA EuroBasket tournament, for Boston Celtics big man Neemias Queta and his Portuguese National Team, the ride has come to an end. But Queta and Portugal literally made history together, with the latter having one of the best EuroBasket debuts in the history of the event vs. the Czech National Team on the way to Portugal's first tourney win in EuroBasket play as well.The Lisbon native of course kept up the impressive play while picking up

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42:10

How the Kawhi allegations might affect the Celtics,...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/09/05

There might yet be weeks to go before the Boston Celtics and the rest of the NBA start their training camps, but that doesn't mean the news cycle is slow. In fact, we still have Boston big man Neemias Queta and his Portuguese National Team staying in the mix in FIBA EuroBasket play, some hints that the free agency gridlock keeping vet Celtics alum Al Horford from signing with the Golden State Warriors may soon relax, and a HUGE scandal brewing in the wider NBA.That scandal, which alleges that Los

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75:49

How is the NBA's Western Conference looking in a...

Havlicek Stole the Pod NBA Basketball Podcast ·

2025/08/27

How is the NBA's Western Conference looking in a likely down season for the Boston Celtics? Did the Celtics miss a chance to capitalize on the parity era and a weaker West by downshifting their roster after Jayson Tatum got hurt? Or is the Western Conference looking tougher than ever, making it a good moment to retool Boston's roster for the future?To try to get a handle on how the league's West standings may look by the end of the 2025-26 regular season, the hosts of "Havlicek Stole the Pod"

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