🏀 Official 2025‑26 Boston Celtics 15‑Man Roster
Based on confirmed contracts and transactions:
1. Jayson Tatum (under contract, recovering from Achilles injury)
2. Jaylen Brown (Office-going leader and Finals MVP‑caliber)
3. Derrick White (locked in with multi‑year extension)
4. Sam Hauser
5. Payton Pritchard
6. Kristaps Porziņģis (final year contract)
7. Xavier Tillman
8. Neemias Queta
9. Jordan Walsh (guaranteed)
10. Baylor Scheierman
11. JD Davison (team‑option converted)
12. Hugo González (rookie, No. 28 pick)
13. Noah Penda (No. 32 pick)
14. Amari Williams (traded pick, big man center)
15. Max Shulga (second‑rounder, wing guard)
⚜️ Fictional Narrative: “Green Storm Rising”
On October evening, 2025, TD Garden hums with anticipation. Boston’s banners hang heavy in the rafters, but this season feels different. Jayson Tatum, still limping slightly from his ruptured Achilles, takes the court in a nerve‑shredded meet‑and‑greet press session—promising fans “a return that echoes past greatness.” His voice cracks with emotion, yet steely resolve flickers in his eyes.
At tip‑off, Jaylen Brown transforms into the new warlord of Celtic lore. His first drive—a high‑arcing dagger into the paint—is a statement: here is Boston’s heartbeat. He logs 34 points, 8 boards, 6 assists, artistry in motion. The bench erupts.
In the shadows, Derrick White courts chaos. He runs point like a shortstop salvaging every broken play, his 3‑pointer slicing defense mid‑air. By the second quarter, he’s already cracked 20 points—telling a story of evolution: from iron‑clad defender to offensive fulcrum.
Payton Pritchard enters as the stealth bomber. Off screens he drifts—cold release from the corner. Crowd roars. Sam Hauser follows, quiet but deadly, spotting up for triples off movement. Together they form Boston’s lethal perimeter tag team.
Inside, Kristaps Porziņģis—fragility and grace. His jump‑hook floats above defenders; a shot‑block veers forward like a hawk. Yet whispers ripple through the crowd: is this his swan song?
Young bloods pulse beneath. Max Shulga bursts off the bench with fiery assists; his vision mirrors old Celtic guards of lore. Noah Penda, French‑born forward, rises off the baseline for his first dunk—it snaps the rim, and Boston explodes. Amari Williams, UK steel, threads defensive rotations like an eastern hedge maze—unmovable.
In the scrums on the wing, Jordan Walsh sweats early turnovers, but by game’s end he garners two steals and a fingertip block. Teammates slap his back; Celtics hope stirs. Xavier Tillman backs up Porziņģis with put‑backs and pick‑n‑roll discipline. Neemias Queta returns from knee rehab, each pivot and contest echoing his EuroBasket grind. And JD Davison—G‑League king—zips lanes, a lightning bolt causing hesitation; when he leaps for a rebound and slams, the crowd loses its breath.
Coach Joe Mazzulla draws up a late play: Brown extricates Tatum from the corner with the look, roll to rim. Tatum, still not at 100 %, catches foot, contingency plan: White hits an open Pritchard on the arc for the buzzer‑beating triple. TD Garden detonates.
And so the green storm rises—worn in foot, rich in history, desperate in ambition. Injury may shadow Tatum, cap space may strangulate Boston’s flexibility, but in this moment the team lives in a heartbeat. They are legends tempered by pain—but the 2025‑26 Celtics lineup, official on paper, becomes myth in life: fifteen souls battling under parquet dreams, forging a new chapter in Boston’s immortal saga.
