ESPN's Brian Windhorst ruled out the possibility of the Boston Celtics, or the NBA's 28 other teams, extracting big man Ivica Zubac from the Los Angeles Clipper

The Celtics had a clean injury report, but they had a relatively late addition ahead of the Pistons game Monday.

This time, the Pistons return to TD Garden riding a three-game winning streak after beating the Hawks, Trail Blazers, and Bucks. Boston is coming off a Thursday night loss in Milwaukee that snapped its five-game winning streak. Revenge, meet Redemption.

Following his first three-game losing streak in two years, Jaylen Brown reiterated a belief he had stated several times before. This was in late October, after a frustrating road loss to the Detroit Pistons. At 0-3, Brown and the Boston Celtics were in an unfamiliar situation. He still wanted to give his young team time.

Brad Stevens has to weigh several factors when considering Boston's next moves as NBA trade season begins on Monday.

Things don’t get any easier for the Celtics with the top team in the Eastern Conference, the Pistons, in town on Monday night. Detroit had a franchise-record-tying 13-game win streak snapped in its last trip to Boston, when the Celtics prevailed in a nailbiter the day before Thanksgiving.

The Boston Celtics are not guaranteed to welcome Al Horford back to the team a third time. That's the sentiment Hardwood Houdini's Jack Simone shared amid the 3