There were concerns that he might not return after his contract was up, and his status in terms of health was unclear after a knee injury.

The Celtics will play in Group B in the Eastern Conference with four matchups (two home, two away) coming as part of their regular season schedule. Boston will also be in the first NBA matchup televised on Amazon Prime on Oct. 24 when they face off against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden during opening week.

Meanwhile, FanDuel Sportsbook has the Celtics’ over/under at 42.5 wins. The 18-time NBA champions will open their season on October 22 against the Philadelphia 76ers and will have eight instances of back-to-back games. Bookies.com’s Bill Speros also wrote that the Celtics will travel 42,804.6 miles in 18 road trips.

With more of the month of August behind us than in front, the 2025 NBA offseason is most of the way over. But there are still a few more weeks left in this month, with September and most of October ahead of us. With that much time having passed since the end of the last season, most players have found their home for the coming campaign ahead.

The Celtics roster is coming together, though there's still time for the front office to continue making tweaks.

White got into that dynamic on a recent episode of his "White Noise" podcast with cohost Welsh, who ribbed him that one of White's youngest teammates managed to get himself tossed from a game in this year's Las Vegas Summer League. "There are guys on the team that have been giving me hell about not having a technical foul," said White.

Calling his shot with Boston a "once in a lifetime opportunity," Shulga related that he "couldn't even tell what to feel" when his name was called.