Celtics preparing application to host 2022 All-Star Game

Throw "The Garden" into the mix for 2022.

Boston Celtics majority owner Wyc Grousbeck recently revealed to the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn the organization is mulling over applying to become the host city for an All-Star weekend at some point in the near future, potentially in 2022, the next available opening for the league's prestige event.

"We're looking at an application package," Grousbeck said. "But we have to work it out with the Convention Center.

"We are going to ask for an application package and we'll see what happens."

The NBA's first two All-Star Games were held at the now-demolished Boston Garden in 1951 and 1952, but the city hasn't hosted the festivities since 1964.