SLAM magazine cover features the Boston Celtics

SLAM magazine cover features the Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics have the cover of SLAM magazine this month.

Five of the team’s players grace the front page of SLAM #226, with the headline: “Good Money: We Trust Celtics.”

SLAM tweeted the cover with photos of each of the five players, along with a nickname for each of them.

Kemba Walker: “The leader.”

Marcus Smart: “Heart and soul.

Jayson Tatum: “The Bucket”.

Jaylen Brown: “The Gifted”

Gordon Hayward: “The X Factor”.

The Celtics have looked like a revitalized team this year, and their unexpected excellence was likely a big reason for the coverage given to the new roster.

UConn product Walker starts All-Star game. Wings Tatum and Brown are both candidates for the reserve spot.

10-year veteran Hayward is playing the best basketball of his tenure with the Celtics, and Smart is the heart and soul of the franchise as always.

The article discusses lower league-wide expectations for Boston this season compared to last, and how the team has tapped into that energy.

“We just knew everyone was going to doubt us,” Smart said. SLAM’s Alex Squadron. “So for us it was just about getting out there and being able to show what we were capable of.”

Another focus is on the upbeat attitude and locker room atmosphere that made Boston so successful.

“Were happy [now]. Everyone actually talks to each other,” Smart said. “Last year we didn’t talk to each other as much as we do now for some reason. Everyone was minding their own business personally so it was a bit difficult to sit with each other and really listen.

The fact that Boston is not only considered a contender by the popular hoops-focused publication, but worthy of gracing the cover is remarkable – almost as remarkable as the unexpected synergy that created the hit from the ashes of a season. best left in the past.

Amanda P. Whitten