The 2017–18 Boston Celtics season will be the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They originally acquired the #1 pick of the NBA Draft due to a previous trade involving the Brooklyn Nets, only to then trade the #1 pick of the NBA draft to the Philidelphia 76ers in exchange for two different draft picks.

Despite owning the best record of the entire Eastern Conference the previous season, the Celtics would win themselves the #1 pick due to them activating the right to swap what's originally their own first round draft pick (which was pick 26) with the Brooklyn Nets, who in contrast held the worst record of the entire NBA that same season, thanks to a previous, infamous trade with the Nets where the Celtics traded, alongside both role players Jason Terry and D.J. White, superstars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in exchange for many more players and multiple first round draft picks that were considered unprotected and the right to swap first round picks in the 2017 NBA Draft. However, on June 19, four days before the 2017 NBA Draft commenced, the Celtics would trade that coveted pick to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the third pick of the draft (which was projected to be a small forward in either Josh Jackson or Jayson Tatum) and either the Los Angeles Lakers' 2018 first round pick or maybe the Sacramento Kings' 2019 first round pick, depending on what happens this upcoming season. Other than that, the Celtics also hold three second round draft picks, each of which were acquired by trades, while losing their own second round pick as an added piece of help for the Nets later on down the line. Their first second round pick was acquired from the Phoenix Suns back when it was considered a first round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Brandan Wright. The next second round pick was had from the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside their 2016 second round pick and Keith Bogans in exchange for John Lucas III, Erik Murphy, Dwight Powell, Malcolm Thomas, and the protected rights of the Sacramento Kings' own second round picks from both 2015 and 2017. Finally, their last second round pick was acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-way trade with the Phoenix Suns, where Boston would acquire Shavlik Randolph again and a trade exception from the Suns, as well as both Chris Douglas-Roberts and a second round pick from the Clippers.

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