Celtics just caught another tough break if latest leak is true

It’s an annual tradition at this point. Early September rolls around, and Boston Celtics fans get their first glimpse at the team’s “City Edition” uniform for the upcoming season. The preseason leak for the 2025-26 campaign came on Saturday evening.

Celtics fan account, “Green Runs Deep,” shared a photo of the likely design, which features a white base, gold lettering and numbers, with black trim.

While this isn’t an official release, this account has previously leaked the accurate design in years prior.

Judging the newest Celtics threads isn’t easy, especially considering the monstrosity that Nike gave the team last year. The “Action Green” jerseys were a curse from the get-go, and should’ve never been greenlit. Boston’s fanbase should’ve been able to predict the disastrous second-round exit as soon as the team put those ugly things on.

Sheesh. 

Essentially, the designers had nowhere to go except up this season.

They did that, for sure. How high up did they go, though?

Well, for starters, you may have noticed that the written description of these unis didn’t include the color green. It’s a bit odd for the Celtics to have no green at all in a design, right?

The first thing that comes to mind when I look at it is the New Orleans Saints. Maybe Vanderbilt University? It’s too bad Luke Kornet isn’t on the team anymore to rock the colors of his alma mater.

Despite the lack of green, it’s not a bad jersey by any means. I’m sure that whenever the official release happens, it’ll come with a brief paragraph describing the lore behind the design, which will likely tie the gold to the franchise’s record 18 NBA Championships.

The black accent is strange, though. Designers could’ve easily replaced that with a dark green and made these feel more like Celtics uniforms.

With that being said, I’d probably give these a 6/10. Not bad, not great either.

This leak could lead to a massive win for the Celtics down the line

Celtics-wise, the design is pretty similar to the famed St. Patrick’s uniforms, with the main difference being the white base instead of the old green one.

As Barstool Sports’ Dan Greenberg aptly pointed out, the leak is a massive tease for those of us who have been awaiting the return of the St. Pat’s jerseys.

Now, there’s no guarantee, but Nike does like to recolor some designs year to year. For example, the Miami Heat received three or four different colorways of their “Vice City” uniforms. Should they pursue the same idea with Boston’s new threads, maybe they’d release the design with a green base.

For now, I’ll just keep dreaming.

Dodgers Predicted to Sign Top MLB Free Agent After 2025 Season

Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman

The Los Angeles Dodgers have notoriously been one of the top spenders in MLB for several years now. They showed that at the beginning of 2025, they signed many top free agents to improve their roster.

However, that has not led them to become the juggernaut team many analysts and executives thought they would be. Los Angeles is 79-64 and will likely not reach the 90-win mark with just 20 games left this regular season.

Whatever the Dodgers do in the postseason, one MLB Insider believes they will sign the top free agent after 2025.

---

Dodgers Predicted to Sign Kyle Tucker

The Chicago Cubs’ slugger is having a rough last two months of the season, but is still considered the top free agent.

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale believes it will be to the Los Angeles Dodgers:

“Rival executives still believe he’ll be the highest-paid player in free agency,” Bob Nightengale reported Monday. “Their prediction where he’ll land? The Dodgers, who badly could use outfield help.”

The Dodgers could use outfield help, but signing Tucker to say, $400 million would put them far over the luxury tax. But it would address a much-needed positional issue. Los Angeles signed Michael Conforto to a one-year, $17 million deal before the season, and he has looked like a massive bust the entire season.

Conforto still isn’t above the .200 average mark, despite playing in 124 games. His OPS is 77, well below league average. The Dodgers also traded for left fielder Alex Call back in July, and he hasn’t had much production either. Signing Kyle Tucker in free agency is right up the Dodgers’ wheelhouse.

Although Tucker has struggled for the past few months, he’s still had a solid season. Kyle Tucker still has 22 home runs and an OPS+ of 140.

---

Kyle Tucker Has So Many Accolades As a Player

Bleacher Report recently came out with a prediction piece about Kyle Tucker’s free agency, and it showed how tenured he is as a player:

“After all, Tucker’s resume includes a World Series title, four All-Star selections, a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove. He led the league in RBI in 2023 when he was with the Houston Astros and has hit more than 20 home runs in each of the last five seasons. While he hasn’t been himself since the All-Star break with a .242 batting average, five home runs and 17 RBI, some of that can be explained by injury concerns. And he still has solid overall numbers this season with a .270/.381/.472 slash line, 22 home runs and 73 RBI. Tucker is also just 28 years old, which is another reason he will surely command a significant deal this offseason.”

The next question is how much the Dodgers would pay him, and that will be up to Tucker’s agent.

Fans of other MLB teams would not be happy with the Dodgers making a big-money signing like this, but it would put a lot of pressure on the Cubs to attempt to dish out a higher AAV contract. Tucker’s free agency will be one of the highest-anticipated events this offseason.