Boston Celtics: NBA season preview

With stars Tatum and Brown headlining a stacked roster, will Joe Mazzulla's NBA champions go back-to-back?

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00:00There's no target on our back. Everybody else is a target. We're going after everybody else.

00:04Celebration's already happened. Now it's time to get back to doing it again.

00:22Last season was special. We accomplished something. We made history.

00:25But that was last year. So we've got to reset our mind and start all over and not skip any steps.

00:32We've just got to move on to the next thing. We have a great group of guys that are ready to go after the goals that we have for the season.

00:41This is a journey. You're going to have high levels of achievement, which if there's one player that has in the last 10 years, it's him.

00:47The things that he's accomplished, I think he's accomplished so much.

00:51The benefit that we have is we've got everybody returning and we know how we play and we know the things that really work for us.

00:57We're looking to expand on that.

01:02We need all of our teammates out there to contribute to help us be who we are.

01:06We like to highlight duos or individuals for their play.

01:11But I like to be a part of the team and uplift the team because that helps me be who I am.

01:19The way that the Celtics roster is constructed from top to bottom, I think they're probably the deepest team that we have in the NBA.

01:26We have guys coming back from that team who has a little chip on their shoulder for this upcoming season.

01:33The second one is always tougher than the last one.

01:36And the one that you're going out there right now, that's the most important one.

01:41We want to be the Seekers. We want to be the ones who lock into every single game and every single detail.

01:46I think that's what we're trying to do this season.

01:48Teams have gotten better, but I think for us, taking a mindset of not skipping any steps.

01:54That's what we did really, really well last season.

01:57Obviously, championship is the goal, but we can't skip to the jump.

02:02We're just trying to get a little bit better every single day.