Jaylen Brown will spend his 29th birthday playing the Knicks in New York, but the Celtics star is being honored with his own day in the city of Boston.

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The Celtics’ depth chart suddenly looks dramatically different with Kristaps Porzingis now a member of the Atlanta Hawks and Neemias Queta, a former second round draft pick of the Sacramento Kings, the likely starting center, backed up by Luka Garza.

"To have Thibs here at our practice and explaining some of the things that he saw to help them beat us only helps ... us get better," said Brown.