Are the Celtics Buyers at the Deadline? Latest NBA Trade Buzz

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Trade season heats up as the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks rethink their strategies amid shifting Eastern Conference power dynamics. Can Brad Stevens’ Celtics add the right center to make a title run with Jayson Tatum’s return, or will the challenges from surging teams like the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons expose their remaining weaknesses? The Milwaukee Bucks face a franchise-defining choice: pursue another blockbuster deal to keep Giannis Antetokounmpo or prepare for a rebuild as the window closes.

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0:00.0	Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA Daily.
0:02.9	On today's show, we've got more and more buzz around trade season.
0:05.6	We've got a ton of new intel to get to, including new strategies by the Celtics and the Bucks
0:09.5	and a Hall of Famer who could be on the move to a contender.
0:18.5	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:23.3	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:29.8	Welcome back to Locked-on NBA Daily, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network.
0:33.5	Now the number one sports podcast network, however you're tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app thanks so much for making us your first listen every day i'm west goldberg and today
0:41.7	we're talking about the latest trade buzz around the league and we're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts i have two of the best with me as always from the lockdown nuggets podcast senior NBA writer for the action network it's Matt more Matt
0:52.9	whoever invented elf on his shelf is going to hell one senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt Moore, Matt.
0:57.0	Whoever invented Elf on a shelf is going to hell.
0:59.5	One of them made it perfectly clear.
1:01.0	I agree.
1:04.1	My wife and I decided whether or not we were going to start it with our newborn, and we both agreed, don't recruit your problems.
1:06.4	Why do it?
1:07.2	Why bring that chore into your house?
1:09.6	Things I wish someone had told me previously.
1:12.4	From the Lockdown Bulls podcast, he's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacher Report. It's Hayes.
1:17.2	You talk about Elf on the shelf. There's a neighbor who's literally three houses down for me, who has a large
1:21.8	inflatable elf. He moves around different places of his house every night. It was on the front of the
1:26.0	house the other day. It was on the back of the house today when I was walking the dog. And then another day earlier in the week, it was on the side of the house, humping the side of the house. That is Christmas spirit except for the humpings. I mean, that's a definition of doing too much. It feels like there. All right, we've got a bunch of trade intel to get to here.
1:47.4	It's been a couple of days since we've talked about stuff.
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