In this week's NBA Self-Mailbag, Grantland's Bill Simmons ranks the teams with the best chances to win the Kevin Love pursuit and places the Boston Celtics second behind only the lottery-winning Cleveland Cavaliers. Boston Celtics: They have a war chest of assets, including two 2014 picks (no. 6 and no. 17), two 2015 first-rounders (their own and an unprotected Clippers pick), two unprotected Brooklyn...
Nice start kid. Congrats to Kelly Olynyk for earning his place on the All Rookie team. Olynyk tops All-Rookie second team - Boston Celtics Blog - ESPN Boston Olynyk was the top vote-getter on a second-team that also features Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Minnesota's Gorgui Dieng, Charlotte’s Cody Zeller , and Oklahoma City's Steven Adams. Olynyk earned 19 first-team votes (worth 2 points...
We talking about money again? We've come full circle it seems. The day that Jeff Green signed his contract it was widely panned as being a gross overpay. Over time he's performed well enough (though not consistent enough) to make the deal look more reasonable. He's not exactly a bargain at $9.2M a year, but he hasn't been seen an albatross either (Gerald Wallace took that title this year). Yet...
Courtesy Jack HamiltonThe draft lottery hasn't been kind to the Celtics. Is trading in their ticket the best option yet again?My fondest memory of the NBA draft lottery happened in May 2007. The previous fall I’d moved back to the Boston area, where I’d been born and raised, and for my homecoming had endured one of the worst seasons of Celtics basketball history. In January and February...
Boston Celtics rookie Kelly Olynyk landed on the NBA's All-Rookie second team. Olynyk was the top vote-getter on a second-team that also features Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Minnesota's Gorgui Dieng, Charlotte’s Cody Zeller, and Oklahoma City's Steven Adams. Olynyk earned 19 first-team votes (worth 2 points apiece) and 81 second-team votes for a total of 119 points, tops among second-teamers....
This week's ESPN Boston Hot Button focuses on whether the Celtics should sacrifice a Kevin Garnett-like package of draft picks and talent in the pursuit of Minnesota's Kevin Love: [Read and vote in the Hot Button]...
Trading Rondo is an option. I just think it is Plan Z. It was only a matter of time before this topic was raised again. The Celtics are in a similar (yet still very different) situation with Rajon Rondo that Minnesota is with Kevin Love . So if we somehow can't trade for Love, would it make sense to trade Rondo? Some think so. No question that it's worth exploring. RT @Gary_Tanguay : Time to trade...
The Boston Celtics return to the Orlando Pro Summer League in early July. The seven-day event features 10 teams playing five games apiece with the Celtics joined by the Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers. A look at Boston's schedule for the week: July 5: Boston vs. Oklahoma City,...
Many fans are disappointed that their team "lost" the lottery, but those people seem to forget that this is a deep draft and there is a plethora of talent available. At the sixth pick, the Boston Celtics will have a number of quality options to choose from; some of which could even develop into go-to scorers. Kevin O'Connor's 2014 NBA Draft Big Board 4.0 Kevin O'Connor This is a link to my big board....
All the Celtics news you need in one convenient place. Herald Celtics drop to sixth pick in NBA draft Celtics slip to sixth in NBA draft; Cleveland wins lottery again Callahan: Take chance on Kevin Love Celtics fall out of pluck in draft lottery Cleveland’s good . . . at lottery AP Sources: Wolves get permission to talk Joerger Globe Pickings Slimmer for Celtics at No. 6 -- Four Players Likely...
The lottery is over. We're picking at #6 (and #17). Kevin Love is available. Celtic fans are freaking out. Cats and dogs are living together. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE YELLING ABOUT! Let's all take a deep breath and count to three here. Breath in through your nose. Breath out of your mouth. 1. 2. 3. The draft order has been set and we're all a little disappointed. There's a number of guys that the...
Headlines after the Boston Celtics landed the No. 6 pick in the 2014 draft lottery: ...
In the immediate aftermath of the 2014 NBA draft lottery, Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was asked about his team's strategy moving forward. Ainge noted there was "a possibility of moving up. Moving down is also a possibility. And moving out, or using all those picks are all options. We'll explore all those things." Well, that clarifies that. It'd be like asking someone...
Ainge is skilled at saying nothing with a lot of words. Below are a number of quotes from Danny Ainge's conference call immediately following the lottery. Followed by my interpretations: "There will be choices there. Kids that will have a lot of potential." Not really saying much here. Just indicating that they'll be picking the best player available. Not based on need. "There's less value in the...
The lottery wasn't much help. Now we turn our eyes on the Kevin Love plan. To borrow and change a phrase from the infamous Rick Pitino, the Lottery luck in this town just stinks. Tim Duncan is not walking through that door. Kevin Durant is not walking through that door. Joel Embiid is not walking through that door. We're just going to have to make our own luck. The obvious next step is to start...
Grantland's Bill Simmons ranks the 14 lottery teams in terms of karma before Tuesday's pingpong drawing and the Boston Celtics land at No. 2: You gotta admit, they sold as high as possible on Pierce and Garnett (three unprotected no. 1s from Brooklyn in 2014, 2016 and 2018 plus a pick swap in 2017) and Doc Rivers (an unprotected no. 1 in 2015 that has a puncher’s chance of becoming a gem if...
NEW YORK -- The Boston Celtics secured the No. 6 pick as part of 2014 NBA draft lottery Tuesday evening in Times Square. The Celtics entered with a 10.3 percent chance at the No. 1 pick and a 33.4 percent opportunity for a top-three position, but wound up slipping one notch. The sixth pick was the team's highest statistical probability (34.2 percent) entering the lottery. The Cleveland Cavaliers were...
NEW YORK -- Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca found a small silver lining after his team earned the sixth pick at the 2014 NBA draft lottery on Tuesday night: At least the rival Los Angeles Lakers finished a spot behind the Green. Pagliuca sat next to Lakers legend James Worthy during the television unveil and put what he had hoped would be a lucky Portuguese rooster between them to play defense....
ESPN Insider's Chad Ford unveiled Mock 6.0 following Tuesday's lottery results and has the Celtics selecting Arizona power forward Aaron Gordon at No. 6 and North Carolina's P.J. Hairston (via the D-League) at No. 17. A snippet on both players: "The Celtics will likely shop this pick, though at No. 6 I am not sure exactly what they can get for it. They have been high on Gordon for a while, and I think...
NEW YORK -- Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, still clutching a Portuguese rooster he hoped would bring his team better lottery fortune than it has had in the past, stood in the middle of Times Square Studios in the immediate aftermath of the NBA draft lottery and began scanning the crowd. "Anyone seen Rich?" Pagliuca asked. David Dow/NBAE/Getty ImagesCeltics co-owner Steve Pagliuca and his...