Today in Boston Celtics history, Cornelius "Connie" Leo Simmons was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1925. Simmons did not play college basketball before playing in the NBA; instead, he made the leap directly from Flushing High School in New York City to the Celtics during Boston's inaugural season of 1946-47.

The Celtics still have one open 15-man roster spot, which they’ve kept vacant since the start of the season. They could fill it before the playoffs by promoting Ron Harper Jr., who’s seen by far the most NBA playing time among Boston’s current two-way players.

The Celtics brought back a familiar face as part of their efforts to get to the finish line of this season under the luxury tax, and maybe become big spenders in the future.

The Boston Celtics made a move around the fringes that had some fans scratching their heads. The Celtics signed two-way player Max Shulga to a standard

"We’re both on the same page," said Brown.

On Thursday night, the Boston Celtics will be without Jayson Tatum when they play the Oklahoma City Thunder (in Oklahoma).Tatum has been ruled out for the first time since he made his season debut earlier his month.

The Phoenix Suns continue their six-game road trip on March 16 against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden. The Suns lost to the Celtics in Phoenix, 97-81, last month as they were without Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks and Jordan Goodwin.

Back when Boston Celtics wing Baylor Scheierman was still suiting up for Creighton at the college level, he pulled down 8.5 rebounds per game. But that went away for a while when he was picked up by the Celtics in the draft,