Overview

• On a livestream, Brown said it “feels like a new era” and noted that roughly half of Boston’s roster from the title run is gone.
• Boston traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Hawks and Jrue Holiday to the Trail Blazers, lost Luke Kornet to the Spurs, and Al Horford is poised to join the Warriors.
• The retool was spurred by second‑apron pressures, and the team could still trim about $12 million more to duck the tax threshold, per cap reporting.
• Brown underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in June and described a “great healing summer,” with expectations he will be cleared for training camp.
• Tatum tore his Achilles in the 2025 playoffs and is likely to miss most or all of the season, leaving Brown and Derrick White as the only returning starters and a young, guard‑heavy roster that analysts expect could start unevenly.