Jrue Holiday and Jayson Tatum are headed to Paris.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN on Monday night, the two Boston Celtics teammates will compete for the United States in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Bam Adebayo, and Anthony Davis will be joined by Tatum and Holiday.

Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors was chosen Team USA’s head coach.Tatum has played a significant role in Boston’s success this season, which has allowed the team to secure the best record in the NBA and the No. 1 seed. Over 74 games, the forward averaged 26.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 4.9 assists.

Holiday shot 48.0% from the field and averaged 12.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 4.8 assists in his debut season with the Celtics.

Although they were included in the 41-player pool that was revealed in January, Jaylen Brown and Derrick White were left off of the 12-player roster. However, Team USA’s roster consisted of just 11 players as per Monday’s report. Later on, that vacant space might be occupied.

Team USA is aiming for their fifth consecutive gold medal at the Olympics.

Before the Celtics make a postseason push, Payton Pritchard shows off his confidence

The Bоstоn Celtics defeated the Washingtоn Wizards 132-122 оn Sunday afternооn tо wrap up their regular seasоn.

Payton Pritchard scored thirty points in a row in a win that was overshadowed by Mike Gorman Day celebrations. In addition to his career-high 38 points, he had 12 assists and nine rebounds.

However, the regular season is now over. The sole indicator of success in the city that was home to Bill Russell and Larry Bird is a championship.

All season long, Banner 18 has been the objective, but Boston has done an amazing job of concentrating only on the games that are right in front of them. That brings us to the postseason.

Pritchard says it doesn’t matter if they don’t find out who they will play in the first round until the Play-In Tournament is over.

Simply be who we are. Pritchard advised the Celtics to “get mentally ready” in order to be playoff-ready. “Everything will be OK. We will be prepared for it. The goal of winning this title is all that’s on everyone’s mind.

However, we had to attend to our business in Round 1. We’re going to carry that out.

The Play-In Tournament’s seven-eighth game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat and the nine-tenth game between the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks.

After Friday’s games, Boston will play the victor of the second game; hence, they will not know who they will play in Round 1.

Pritchard is assured, though.

That’s significant in Joe Mazzulla’s opinion. In order to stay focused on the task at hand, the Celtics must also have a feeling of humility. Boston will succeed if they strike a balance between the two rather than taking a strong stance in either direction.

Following Boston’s victory over the Charlotte Hornets on April 12, Mazzulla stated, “I think you have to have both of those things.” “I believe it’s important to have a healthy balance between being aware of your superiority as a team and remaining humble enough to admit that mistakes can happen at any time.” The boys have, in my opinion, maintained that viewpoint the entire season.

You won’t walk in and talk down to yourself, then. You also want to be somewhat humble at the same time. You know what you’re really excellent at, and you know that if you don’t do X, Y, and Z, you may lose at any time. Thus, the players have, in my opinion, focused on striking that balance throughout the entire year.