{"id":702991,"date":"2026-04-07T09:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/702991\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:22:24","slug":"how-luka-garza-became-a-boston-celtics-success-story-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/702991\/","title":{"rendered":"How Luka Garza became a Boston Celtics success story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 6, 2026, 8:02 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Luka Garza has been a success story of the Boston Celtics season. The fifth-year big man joined the Celtics as a free agent during the summer, following the departures of Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Luke Kornet, via trade and free agency, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before landing in Boston, Garza had spent the past three seasons buried on the Minnesota Timberwolves bench, primarily due to the depth in talent at Chris Finch&#8217;s disposal. However, as part of the retooling Celtics roster, Garza found minutes easier to come by and has proven himself to be an elite screener, solid rebounder and talented perimeter shooter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a recent episode of &#8220;The Celtics Chronicle&#8221; podcast, host Adam Taylor was joined by Frank Garza, the father of Luka Garza. Frank broke down Luka&#8217;s transition from being an elite collegiate talent to a developmental big man in the NBA, how he&#8217;s fit in with the Celtics, and the work Garza is still putting in behind the scenes to ensure he continues to get opportunities on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_conH5HecDQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Frank Garza on Luka&#039;s Celtics Breakout, Work Ethic &amp; Championship Ceiling\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_conH5HecDQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">You can watch the full discussion by clicking into the embedded video above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Watch or listen to the &#8220;Celtics Chronicle&#8221; podcast on:<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3QnlPcS\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3QnlPcS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Spotify:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/40JRevf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/40JRevf<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Apple:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/45sAUBG\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/apple.co\/45sAUBG<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Substack:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WoA0Cf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3WoA0Cf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 6, 2026, 8:02 p.m. ET Luka Garza has been a success story of the Boston Celtics season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[72400,7,45,75,3798,46,6,72493,72494,72404,72999,72405,72406,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-702991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-celtics","12":"tag-bostonceltics","13":"tag-celtics","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sstssportsnbaceltics","16":"tag-sstsnceltics","17":"tag-tagbasketball","18":"tag-tagluka-garza","19":"tag-tagoverall-positive","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116362696765365751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}