Did Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens hint at future plans for the storied ball club? With the Celtics staring down not only star forward Jayson Tatum being out for much or even all of next season with a torn Achilles tendon,

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens provided an update on the meeting with Duke star phenom Cooper Flagg.

Despite all the questions surrounding the Celtics’ coming offseason, Brad Stevens didn’t want to discuss the future much at his annual end-of-season press conference on Monday. In an opening statement,

The Boston Celtics added context to Kristaps Porziņģis' limitations during the NBA playoffs as president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said Monday that Porziņģis battled "post-viral syndrome" throughout the final stretch of the season.

The Celtics, of course, lost star forward Jayson Tatum to an Achilles injury in Game 4, while Kristaps Porzingis was battling what Stevens called a “post-viral syndrome, which is just lingering effects of a long illness.” ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne also reported that Jaylen Brown finished the season with a partially torn right meniscus.

Simmons wondered whether the Celtics should ship Porzingis off to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for 27-year-old power forward John Collins, who is set to earn $26.6 million next season before becoming an unrestricted free agent. “John Collins was in one of my get-the-Celtics-under-the-second-apron trades,” Simmons said.

Presumptive No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg interviewed with the Celtics last week at the NBA Draft combine, an unexpected interaction between the former Duke star and Brad Stevens, Boston's president of basketball operations.