The odds suggest that the Boston Celtics are most likely to walk away from Tuesday's draft lottery with the fifth (23.7 percent) or sixth (34.2) pick in the 2014 NBA draft. And while luck hasn't been on their side in past years, let's assume the ping-pong balls pop the right way and the Green vault to one of the top three spots. David Sherman/NBAE/GettyWould you trade a top pick in this year's draft...
This report may not be much of a surprise, but Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports says league sources told him that the Boston Celtics are one of a few teams that will make a hard run for Kevin Love this summer. Sources: Sam Mitchell emerges as Minnesota candidate with Kevin Love's future undecided - Yahoo Sports "For the first time, [Saunders] sounds like looking at deals for [Love] is an option,"...
Which prospects did the Celtics interview at the NBA Combine? Why? After an eventful NBA Combine, the Boston Celtics will now advance to the next stage of the draft scouting process. Individual and group workouts will start as early as next week for some teams, and the Celtics are expected to be one of them. Before that step is taken, it's important to look back at this past week. Only 14 players...
BOSTON -- There might not be many obvious similarities between high-tech electric car racing and some dude in a hoodie riding a skateboard. To Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck and his fellow investors at Causeway Media Partners, it's all about re-imagining the way you look at sports. "It's a twist on an existing sport," Grousbeck said this week after the group invested in Street League Skateboarding,...
AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastDante Exum answers questions at the NBA draft combine in Chicago.CHICAGO -- The other draft hopefuls entering the room slowed their pace and started rubbernecking as they navigated the overflow media scrum encircling Australian guard Dante Exum on Thursday morning at the NBA's annual draft combine. Like everyone else in the building, even the players in this draft class...
Running down the list, there's a lot to like. While re-iterating his position that there are no franchise-changers (like LeBron or Durant) in this draft, Ainge does like a lot of what he sees. There are some good comments from Bulpett's article today. He talked about Parker being a scorer, Embiid being a rim protector (there's that term again), and Wiggins being an athlete. I think that's a pretty...
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CHICAGO -- Noah Vonleh, one of the draft's top-rated big men, had just sat down for his media obligations on Friday at the NBA draft combine when Wayne Embry, a former member of the Boston Celtics, came over to introduce himself. "Son, before you were born, I played for the Boston Celtics,” explained Embry, showing off a championship ring he won with the team in 1968. Embry, a former NBA general...
CHICAGO -- Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Friday that the fan-shoving incident that left Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart suspended for three games might not necessarily be a negative as teams consider the guard prospect. "I sorta like Marcus Smart. I like his fire," Ainge said while appearing on ESPN's combine broadcast during the second day of on-court activities...
CHICAGO -- Two prevalent themes emerged when draft prospects were quizzed about their interviews with the Boston Celtics at this week's NBA draft combine: Most meetings were brief but cordial and Boston's brain trust often varied its approach while trying to learn more about potential draftees. Scorers like Michigan's Nik Stauskas, Michigan State's Gary Harris and NC State's T.J. Warren were all sent...
Along the way to a 25-57 finish this past season, Danny Ainge cast away a few guys. Who were they, and how can we assess their performance? At one of the last few games of the Celtics ' regular season (it's hard to recall exactly which - all the losing just kinda blurs together), things were quiet at halftime on press row, and with a few minutes to kill, a group of us basketblogger types were poking...
Let the Rondo rumors begin... again. Or did they ever really stop? Like it or not, believe them or not, ready for them or not, the Rajon Rondo rumors are going to persist. I don't know what (outside an actual trade) would make them really stop. Maybe once he hits free agency and if he happens to choose to stay in Boston and can work in a no-trade clause of some sort, then the rumors would die down...
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CHICAGO -- The Boston Celtics' brain trust spent Thursday observing potential future additions at the NBA's draft combine in Chicago, but chatter about the team often turned to its past given the recent playoff ouster of the Brooklyn Nets and old friends Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. David Richard/USA TODAY SportsWhat does the future hold for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett after Brooklyn's season...
After Steve Kerr snubbed Phil Jackson and the Knicks to take the head coaching job in Golden State, Stephen A. Smith is reporting that Carmelo Anthony's attention has begun to wander as New York has passed up opportunities to get Lamarcus Aldridge, Kyle Lowry, and Rajon Rondo. I'll chalk this up as hyperbole from Mr. Hyperbole : Melo knows the Knicks had a chance at LaMarcus Aldridge and blew it....
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With the NBA Combine experiencing a gradual erosion , player interviews still remain extremely valuable for each organization. Various players have already spoken with the Boston Celtics for up to 30 minutes in their private interviews, and some have scheduled future workouts. Each team may submit interview requests for 30 players, but they are only able to meet with up to 18 players. However, if...
CHICAGO -- Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens reaffirmed what's often been echoed at this week's NBA Draft Combine: The real work is being done behind the scenes as teams conduct private interviews with potential draftees. "The best part is the interviews," Stevens said Thursday afternoon as the first day of on-court activity concluded at Quest Multisport. Stevens and the Celtics' personnel staff,...
CHICAGO -- Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens joked before the team's season finale last month that he had only one firm offseason plan: To watch Disney's "Frozen" with his 4-year-old daughter, Kinsley. He smiled Thursday at the NBA Draft Combine when asked if he had completed that task before admitting he'd managed to avoid movie night thus far. But don't blame him; it's his kids who have asked to...
The Nets' gamble didn't work out. Will they double down? The Nets made a big move last offseason, bringing in Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett at the steep price of 3 draft picks (and the right two swap a 4th pick). The goal was a championship, or at least to take down the defending Champion Heat . They fell short of that goal last night and now the question remains. What's next for Pierce and KG?...