Official Boston Celtics Thread

[tonybologna]

Celtics News(7-14-16): http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celti...-summer-league

http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/i...le-and-results

Chris Forsberg ESPN Writer:

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Danny Ainge on No. 3 pick Jaylen Brown: "I like the integrity with which Jaylen has been playing with. I like that he defends, he rebounds, he passes. He's a complete player. He's gotta become a better shooter and he will because he'll put in the work. And he'll be better finisher around the rim and all those kind of things, but at age 19, with his body and athleticism and willingness to play defense, I think he's going to be a terrific player."

http://www.celticsblog.com/2016/7/14...-blake-griffin (Griffin in my opinion)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...tle-contender/

http://www.celticsblog.com/2016/7/14...source=twitter

https://twitter.com/Sportando/status/753265905317081088

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2016/07/c...-budinger.html

[jeremym480]

Some person on twitter @StonewallSieve is saying he has "a friend" inside the Celtics organization and is saying that it's Griffin for Bradley, Amir and the 18 Brooklyn pick.

I'm not for certain, but he seems like he's friends with that Dan Lifshatz guy from 98.5 thesportshub, who has been adamant about Boston trading for Griffin for the past few days.

The stonewall guy is saying that he expects something to happen by the end of the week..... take it with a grain of salt because it could all be nothing, but it's fun to speculate.

[tonybologna]

Celtics News(7-15-16): http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=17083025 (Oh really??)

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celti...et-is-patience

http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/i...le-and-results

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/re...ite-some-time/

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/inde..****mors_te.html

http://www.celticsblog.com/2016/7/15...source=twitter

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/inde...ell_jared.html

http://www.celticslife.com/2016/07/s...yer-power.html (Abdel Nader at #3 has been the surprise for me)(he just might make the 12-man roster come opening day or at least the 15 player roster for sure)

http://www.celticslife.com/2016/07/r...medium=twitter (That's some interesting chat!)

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2016/07/a...r-bennett.html

[tonybologna]

Celtics News(7-17-16): http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/rumors/p...cs-james-young

http://www.celticsblog.com/2016/7/17...dead-san-diego

http://www.celticslife.com/2016/07/g...d-back-to.html (I think this makes perfect sense!)

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...earch-and-more

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2016/07/c...-yabusele.html

http://uproxx.com/dimemag/jaylen-bro...i-die-celtics/ (Love this guys attitude!)

[tonybologna]

Celtics News(7-18-16): From ESPN Chris Frosberg:

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Boston Celtics rookie Jaylen Brown, the No. 3 pick in the 2016 draft, was named to the All-NBA Summer League second team for his performance in Las Vegas. Brown averaged 16 points on just 32.8 percent shooting, but lived at the free throw line and added 6.2 rebounds and 2.8 steals over 29.2 minutes per game. Second-year guard Terry Rozier, clearly Boston's best overall player at summer league, didn't make the Vegas team after sitting out two of Boston's five games.

http://www.celticsblog.com/2016/7/18...a-city-thunder

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...-blake-griffin

http://www.12up.com/posts/3459352-4-...ffin-to-boston

http://www.celticslife.com/2016/07/j...medium=twitter (Rozier should have made the team too!)

https://twitter.com/SteveBHoop/statu...76961412665344 (I've been asking this same question, we actually have multiple shooters already on this team)

http://www.nba.com/celtics/video/hor...stpitch-071816

[tonybologna]

Celtics News(7-19-16): http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celti...such-greatness

http://www.celticsblog.com/2016/7/18...tics-offseason

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/inde...ics_jayle.html (This guys gonna have a decent rookie season I believe)

http://www.celticslife.com/2016/07/c...medium=twitter

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/...-blake-griffin

https://twitter.com/RealGM/status/75...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/...s-could-target

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/ce...nUN/story.html

http://www.csnne.com/video/blakely-d...-blake-griffin

https://twitter.com/Tom_NBA/status/7...324864/photo/1

[areobee401]

Celtics SF Jae Crowder was in a talkative mode yesterday.

Missing All-Defensive team by a single vote.

Quote:

"That pissed me off," an animated Crowder said. "They gave it to Paul George on some bulls---. One of the reporters like you -- I’m not saying it was you -- but I rubbed somebody the wrong way down the road. And it cost me."

Quote:

"What can I say? One vote. Cost me a little money. There was an incentive in [his contract]. It’s all good, though. It’s part of it. But that’s one thing: All-Defensive team, I’m going to get that next year, for sure. I really deserved it this year and I worked my *** off trying to be an elite name as a defender in the NBA, and I’m still working my butt off to do so. I feel like it’s only a matter of time to get recognized for that."

KD going to GSW in free agency.

Quote:

We were the only team in the NBA to beat both (Cleveland and Golden State) on their home court – the only team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics,” he told MassLive.com. “We told him that. We played him clips from both games and told him basically the scouting report of how we guarded Steph (Curry) and Klay (Thompson) – our entire game plan, basically. That’s what made me mad. We (expletive) told him everything we do to beat these guys, and we beat them, and he went and joined them.

Quote:

“I felt like afterward, I was talking to Isaiah, like maybe after you sit back, you shouldn’t have told him everything,” Crowder said. “Like, who the (expletive) thought he was going to Golden State, realistically? It was like a slap in the face for us, basically.”

Quote:

“That team is for sure the villain of the league,” he said. “Every other NBA guy, friends of mine, are really disgusted for how the league is turning on that standpoint. Everybody is joining together, everybody wants to go to Golden State or Cleveland.”

That's my SF *TOcryingface*

[tonybologna]

Sounds to me like somebody was scared of losing his playing time due to a man named KD coming to Boston or maybe he's mad from all the beatings he's taken the past couple of seasons. Crowder has been beat to death & was injured season before last as well.