“Good people. Actually all four of (the picks).” Ainge said. “Very good guys. That played a very big part into why we selected them. Who they are, not just what they are capable of doing on the court. Very excited about their personalities and their character and I think they have the will to become great.”
There’s more this morning out of Boston:
- Steven Adams could be a possibility if the Celtics want to solve their center issue through trade rather than free agency, writes A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston. The Thunder are looking to trim salary to reduce their league-high luxury tax bill and may be willing to part with Adams, who will make $25.8MM next season and $27.5MM in 2020/21. Adams is among the league’s best defenders and rebounds and has a career shooting percentage of .588. Blakely lists Nikola Vucevic, Dewayne Dedmon, Ed Davis and Noah Vonleh as other possible targets.
- Free agent Jared Dudley had good things to say about Celtics coach Brad Stevens in a tweet on Friday. Dudley responded to a question about Stevens by posting, “One of the best X and O’s in the game.. players coach but not afraid to try all types of lineups… Rewards playing time by playing smart but Hard.. heard only good things.” Dudley has expressed interest in joining the Celtics, notes Michael DePrisco of NBC Sports Boston.
- Celtics legend and ESPN analyst Paul Pierce supports Horford’s decision to leave the team. “A lot of these guys when they get in their late 20’s or early 30’s and they know there’s light at the end of the tunnel, they try to maximize their dollars,” Pierce said in an interview with John Karalis of MassLive. “So if there’s an opportunity for Al Horford to get more money, I’m sure that’s something you have to look into.”
I’m not sure Horford is leaving because he wants more money. All that dysfunction, I think, is why he wants out. Stevens lost control of the team when he couldn’t get his younger players to fall in line.
He wants a 4 year 120M$ contract I’m sure it’s the money
It’s the city of Boston. No one wants to be in a city of wahlbergs
Wicked
How do u like dem apples?
I love it. You perfectly exemplified your stupidity.
Whatever u say golden jaws. Keep sucking em down
It’s the city of Boston, aka best sports city right now. Bruins, Sox, Pats all played in the championship game/series. With 2 championships in the past year yeah Boston is such a horrible city.
I didn’t say anything about their franchises. Just the city and it’s garbage people
There’s more to a city then sports teams. A city can be horrible and still have good sports teams and the other way around.
Who peed in your Cheerios?
If you have to tell people that players would love to play on your team, they don’t.
Truth
Horford leaving for money. Square deal. Stephen Adams would be a good fit. Rozier must be gone. Solid draft picks. It’s a team game…let’s go!
Backup plan for Celtics might be former Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas. He played for Memphis last year and averaged close to 16 points/9 rebounds
Jared Dudley brings what to the table? If he wants more than minimum….take a pass. Sucking up to coach via tweet….shallow.
You don’t know Jared Dudley.
He’s an underrated defender and a knock down shooter with a long history of being an outstanding teammate.
Nets should keep him.
Cancer has been cured with the Kyrie tumor being removed. Kyrie can try and pretend he’s Zen-like on his IG attempting to fool people into believing he can actually lead, but at the end of the day, he’s a child. Cancer is cured! The future will be bright in Celtic Nation!
Sure, Celtic nation was convicned they were getting a super team. Instead its Hayward, Tatum and Brown lol
free agency hasn’t started. dummy
I love how when its the Lakers you say “no one wants to play with Lebron” but when its the Celtics its “wait for free agency”. Just further proves you just come on here to troll
dummy, look what you wrote. skinned the team BEFORE free agency
You skin the Lalers every time an article on them comes out. But its ok then because its the hated Lakers lmao
I hate the lakers, but only post factsHelp
Horford has earned well over $100 million in his career. I’d have to think that “maximizing dollars” isn’t as urgent for a man like that as it might be for a career bench player or the like.
I’d be ok with losing Adams to the Celts if they took on his entire contract. We need cap space badly in okc.
Doesn’t give you cap space bud. Just keeps u from paying a enormous tax bill for a perennial 1st round loser
Good decision pg-13
Hemp is a clueless, homeless, brainless piece of …..
Golden jaws will meet u behind the dumpster to suck ur ….
Be nice everybody.
One player doesn’t make for a bad locker room. It doesn’t get fixed because the one elite player on the roster bolts. It’s why Ainge pulled out all stops to keep him.
But the way the league salary / tax rules are now, it’s really not a reason to get down when any player won’t take your second or third level max offer, unless he’s breaking up a championship team. The franchise moves on, and at some point that money will be put to other uses.
Sorry, but can we really call Pierce an analyst? I like the guy, but his analysis has never been particularly good.
The Celtics are the only team in Boston that could get away with 1 title in 33 years and having to rebuild twice in 5 years.
Think Ainge is a good guy but he needs to relinquish his GM duties, so they can get someone who can actually deal all theses lowly draft picks assets they’ve accumulated over the years instead of stashing them in the G-league and Europe.