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Celtics will begin Las Vegas Summer League play on July 13

Included on their schedule is a matchup with the Mavericks.
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Cooper Flagg and Payton Pritchard chosen for USA Basketball select team to help with Olympic prep

The Maine native and the NBA champion were among the 15 players announced as members of the select team that will train alongside the squad the US sends to Paris.
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Where does this Celtics championship rank among the other 17?

The 18th title was eminently satisfying and joyful, but this is a franchise steeped in history, and the bar is set high.

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School buddies Jayson Tatum and Matthew Tkachuk brought home titles. It’s no surprise to their St. Louis teacher.
The high school classmates won professional championships within a week of each other, completing a path to success they began years ago.

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DeWanna Bonner had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut, which struggles against a Washington team with only eight available players.

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Four things to know about Celtics’ 2nd-round pick Anton Watson

Only John Stockton recorded more steals at Gonzaga than Watson, whom the Celtics selected with the 54th overall pick.
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Celtics select Gonzaga’s Anton Watson in second round of NBA Draft

Like Celtics first-round pick Baylor Scheierman, Watson was one of the older players in the draft, as he’ll turn 24 by the start of next season.
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All in the family: Lakers draft Bronny James at No. 55 in NBA Draft, setting up a possible on-court pairing with his father

There have been about 100 instances in NBA history of players joining the league after their fathers played, but those always came at least five years after the father’s career ended.
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Tyler Kolek, Quinten Post add New England flavor to second round of NBA Draft

Kolek, the Big East Player of the Year and conference tournament MVP for Marquette as a junior in 2022-23, was taken No. 34 by Portland, who reportedly traded the point guard to the Knicks. Post, meanwhile, went No. 52 to the Warriors.
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In Baylor Scheierman, Celtics may have a quarterback for their future backcourt

The Creighton guard was a football star in high school and believes those skills translate well to basketball.
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Kristaps Porzingis will be out 5-6 months following ankle surgery

The recovery timeline makes it unlikely that the Celtics' big man will be ready for training camp.
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Five things to know about Celtics first-round pick Baylor Scheierman

The 23-year-old guard stuffed the stat sheet at Creighton, averaging 18.5 points and 9.0 rebounds last season.
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Celtics’ blueprint will be impossible to copy, and other leftover thoughts on the champions

You have a better chance of lucking into a future MVP in the draft than you do of building a complex, connected roster that mirrors this one.
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Celtics draft a pro-ready player in Creighton’s Baylor Scheierman with 30th pick. But can he crack the rotation?

Scheierman will turn 24 on Sept. 26, giving the Celtics a seasoned player who has an opportunity to play immediately.
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The Celtics selected Creighton’s Baylor Scheierman to close out 2024 NBA Draft’s first round. See how it unfolded.

Scheierman averaged 18.5 points per game as a senior last season.
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Knicks reportedly keep OG Anunoby with five-year contract worth more than $200 million

The Knicks went 20-3 with Anunoby in the lineup in the regular season and were up 2-0 on Indiana in the Eastern Conference semifinals before he was injured.
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Celtics playoff nemesis Bam Adebayo reportedly will sign an extension with Heat

The Heat will add three years and $166 million to the remaining two years and $72 million on Adebayo's current contract, according to the Associated Press.

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Celtics will begin Las Vegas Summer League play on July 13

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Brad Marchand (Canada) and Charlie McAvoy (US) are named to 4 Nations Face Off rosters

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