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Adam Himmelsbach
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Celtics writer for The Boston Globe. 🏀 [email protected]
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Dec 17, 2025
    New: “Who the hell is this guy?” Globe longform inside the intense meetings, high-stakes bets, and stressful nights that helped Bill Chisholm close the wildest deal of his life and become owner of the Boston Celtics, a team he has loved forever.
    ‘Does he even have enough money?’ Bill Chisholm closed the deal of his life when he bought the...
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    May 16, 2023
    “Man, you’re in the Garden with me. You can go anywhere you want. Come on.” Jayson Tatum met a young cancer patient 2 months ago, and it was nice. But Tatum wanted it to turn into something more, and it has. And that’s where his 51-point game ball went. bostonglobe.com/2023/05/16/spo…
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Jan 24, 2023
    Joe Mazzulla just walked past Marcus Smart in the locker room, did a full somersault in front of him, turned and said ‘you can’t do that.” Then walked out.
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Jun 18, 2024
    Payton Pritchard will never pay for a beer in the city of Boston again.
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Dec 8, 2022
    Tatum on Grant taking his kiss of death celebration: "He was too excited, too hyped. He was jumping. I was like, ‘Grant, it’s still the 2nd qtr.’ So I pulled him aside & said, ‘You can do it, but I’m cool when I do it. I look cool. You didn’t look cool. You looked like a kid.'"
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Dec 8, 2022
    Tatum: "None of this means anything if we don't hang a banner."
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Jul 25, 2023
    Per source, Jaylen Brown requested that instead of a formal press conference at Auerbach Center, his extension will be announced at his 7uice Bridge Program, a collab with MIT for minority high school students.
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Jun 22, 2023
    New: Sources said Marcus Smart was completely shocked by last night’s trade and is still trying to process it today. “Marcus loves Boston. He thought he was going to retire there. He wanted to retire there.”
    ‘Complete shock’: Inside what went down after Marcus Smart learned he was being traded - The Boston...
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Feb 2, 2025
    This is the day the music died
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    May 31, 2024
    Luka was enjoying a post W beer with his dad before Mavs VP, Michael Finley, took it away 😂 (via @GrantAfseth)
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Feb 9, 2020
    Kemba was asked if that felt like a playoff game. Cracked a big smile. “You’re asking the wrong guy about the playoffs.”
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Apr 9, 2022
    Pretty great two-part Twitter story here. IT is a truly good dude.
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Feb 8, 2019
    Kyrie: "Being guarded by Brandon Ingram most of the game, I can’t even lie to you guys, those guys on the defensive end are unusual. Driving lanes that I see against every other team, they were closing down the lane."
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Oct 5, 2022
    Been in the Cs locker room for 5 mins and seems like Blake Griffin has been here 5 years. Engaging everyone and roasting Grant lol.
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    Adam Himmelsbach
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    Nov 16, 2019
    Kemba: “I’ve never won this many games in a row. I’ve never had a start like this. I’m just loving the way I’m feeling after games.”