With Cleveland losing tonight, Boston has reclaimed sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference. Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck is thrilled with how the team is playing and he’s pleased with the direction of the franchise, as A. Sherrod Blakely of Comcast Sportsnet relays. “There’s no reason to put a ceiling on the season,” Grousbeck said. “I think this season already looks good to me. I love our coach. I love our young players. I love our draft picks and our potential cap room [this summer]; all of our fans. So I’m already happy with where the team is going.”
Here’s more from Boston:
- The Celtics knew Malcolm Brogdon would be available in the second-round, but chose to pass on him because of the team’s surplus of guards, as GM Danny Ainge tells Comcast Sportsnet. Boston had the No. 31 overall and No. 35 overall picks but traded them to Memphis for a future first-rounder. Milwaukee selected Brogdon with the No. 36 overall pick last June.
- No. 16 overall pick Guerschon Yabusele has officially joined the Maine Red Claws, the D-League affiliate of the Celtics, Chris Forsberg of ESPN.com tweets. Yabusele played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association this season. The CBA’s season concludes earlier than the NBA’s, which gives Yabusele a chance to run with Boston’s D-League to close the season.
Man with all of Boston’s picks I wish they could’ve pulled Brogdon. Didn’t they draft Demetrius Jackson in the 2nd round this year? If they like Brogdon they should’ve taken him.
agreed, take who you like and deal with surplus later. But it’s tough to criticize ainge with the assets he’s got
Yeah, I just take an issue with him saying he knew Brogdon was good and they just didn’t need a guard, but they took Demetrius Jackson. And I think Ainge is great at collecting assets, I’m just not sure he’s the guy I want drafting with them. Also, I think he’s honestly a little bit of a puppet at this point. There’s some rumblings around Boston that Brad Stevens has a whole lot of pull around there. I think he’s won Wyc over for the most part, not like Brad runs the show, but Al Horford is a Brad Stevens guy. He’s coachable, and not flashy. I think if Gordon Hayward is seriously pursued by Boston we’ll know where Boston is at. If Ainge was in full control with no coach obstruction, we’d have Paul George or Butler. We could’ve had Al Jefferson, Pierce, and Jeff Green years ago, and that would’ve been a core to build around at that time. But Ainge blew it up for Allen, Garnett, and Pierce which was the right move. He’d do it again with Butler, George, or Cousins. The Cousins price was literally the deal Danny waits for. Star at a discount. That was it. He’d have Boogie here right now if he could have it his way. Cousins is literally everything Stevens hates, which I think means something.
Agree, when DA said this on his weekly radio call-in I think he was counting on the fact that the local morning dj’s probably wouldn’t catch him on this