The Boston Celtics are entering brand new era with a lot of new faces on the roster in 2025-26, but some fans are still pining for the recent past. A topic on X recently arose around the sad fact that Boston’s championship core five of Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Kristaps Porzingis only played 51 total games together between the 2023-24 title season and last season (2024-25).

With Brad Stevens’ hand forced this offseason by financial pressures, he traded both Holiday and Porzingis to the Portland Trail Blazers and Atlanta Hawks, respectively.

Both players suffered from injuries during their joint, two-year stint in Boston, although Holiday was more or less durable. He appeared in 69 games in 2023-24 and 62 in 2024-25. He played in every playoff game i

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