With the available cap space for the NBA’s looming 2023-24 season nearly gone, the remaining players still unsigned to a contract who can actually help a team will have to start considering one-year, prove-it deals if they want to be in the league next season.

The Boston Celtics have revealed via press release their 2023 preseason schedule for the upcoming NBA season. The team is set to kick off their preseason games on October 8 at TD Garden, facing off against the Philadelphia 76ers. This marks the beginning of a five-game exhibition series for the storied ball club.

All five of the Celtics’ preseason games will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Boston and streamed on the newly launched NBC Sports Boston app. The network will also provide comprehensive pregame and postgame coverage throughout the preseason. In addition, select preseason games will be broadcast live on 98.5 The Sports Hub.

Let’s take a look at Boston’s full 2023-24 preseason schedule.

There has been information that questions the participation of Kristaps Porzingis in the FIBA World Cup. LBS denies this information,” wrote the Latvian Basketball Association

Fans of the Boston Celtics were biting their nails about the health of their recently extended All-Star big man Kristaps Porzingis after a report the Latvian big man might not play for his national team in the 2023 FIBA World Cup due to an undisclosed foot injury.

However, the Latvian Basketball Association denied the claim in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday. In a statement, the association declared Porzingis’s foot is not injured and that he will continue training for the tournament.

“There has been information that questions the participation of Kristaps Porzingis in the FIBA ​​World Cup. LBS denies this information,” wrote the Latvian Basketball Association (translation via Google Translate).

It also stated both individual player preparation and team training are ongoing with the lineup for the match against the Dominican Republic to be announced on Aug. 12.

In the wake of forward Oshae Brissett electing to sit out World Cup play for Team Canada as a precautionary measure as the result of an undisclosed knee injury and Al Horford (sans injury) for the Dominican Republic as well, Boston fans are likely breathing a sigh of relief.

Especially less than a year removed from another major signee — Danilo Gallinari — tearing an ACL in FIBA play.

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