Celtics Off-Season News

[Goldstar88]

Another one!

Michael Scotto: The Boston Celtics have agreed to a deal with Kendall Brown, sources told @hoopshype. He?ll compete for a two-way spot in camp. Brown was a two-way player with the Brooklyn Nets last season. He averaged 16.1 points on 57% from the field and 40% from 3-point range in the G League. pic.x.com/CxUB4SNDUi
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Another forward, listed at 6'-7".  Here is the blurb I found on him:

Kendall Thomas Brown is an American professional basketball player for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best small forwards in the 2021 class

He was drafted in 2022 after his freshman season.  Sounds like he came out way too early.  Anyone know more of the back story?  Going from a "5 star recruit and one of the best SF in the 2021 class" to a journeyman hoping to get a 2-way deal 4 years later?

According to Indiana Reddit - Looks the part but doesn't do anything well. Never developed his game same player today as when drafted. They question his motivation/drive. Can't shoot. Given tons of opportunity just never did anything with it in the NBA.

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Well, that?s encouraging. 

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Another one!

Michael Scotto: The Boston Celtics have agreed to a deal with Kendall Brown, sources told @hoopshype. He?ll compete for a two-way spot in camp. Brown was a two-way player with the Brooklyn Nets last season. He averaged 16.1 points on 57% from the field and 40% from 3-point range in the G League. pic.x.com/CxUB4SNDUi
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Another forward, listed at 6'-7".  Here is the blurb I found on him:

Kendall Thomas Brown is an American professional basketball player for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best small forwards in the 2021 class

He was drafted in 2022 after his freshman season.  Sounds like he came out way too early.  Anyone know more of the back story?  Going from a "5 star recruit and one of the best SF in the 2021 class" to a journeyman hoping to get a 2-way deal 4 years later?

According to Indiana Reddit - Looks the part but doesn't do anything well. Never developed his game same player today as when drafted. They question his motivation/drive. Can't shoot. Given tons of opportunity just never did anything with it in the NBA.

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Well, that?s encouraging. 

There is a reason he was unsigned until mid-September.  Still, for this season I would rather take a chance on an athletic and talented 22 year-old figuring out how to be a pro than a 28 year-old who is a pro but with less talent.  He is a training camp invite whom the Celtics intend to send to Maine and evaluate for half a season.  If he has a terrific camp he has a chance to win a 2-way.

Also, that Indiana opinion was written about him after seeing his play as a 19 and 20 year-old, and also included him missing half his rookie season with a broken leg.  It probably is not wrong, but that is because the same words could be written of about half of the one-and-done draftees every year, and not something specific to Kendall Brown.

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Bobby Krivitsky: Jayson Tatum on when he might make his return while on Today With Jenna & Friends: "I think for me & my team, the doctors, the organization, the most important thing is making a full recovery, [and] being back 100%?But I haven't said like, 'Yo, I'm not playing this season,' or anything like that." Tatum when asked if he has a goal in his mind for when he makes his return: "I have a goal in my mind...I'm not working out, rehabbing six days a week for no reason."

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Bobby Krivitsky: Jayson Tatum on when he might make his return while on Today With Jenna & Friends: "I think for me & my team, the doctors, the organization, the most important thing is making a full recovery, [and] being back 100%?But I haven't said like, 'Yo, I'm not playing this season,' or anything like that." Tatum when asked if he has a goal in his mind for when he makes his return: "I have a goal in my mind...I'm not working out, rehabbing six days a week for no reason."

There was zero doubt in my mind from the second he went down that Tatum would be a maximum effort recovery guy.

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Tatum interview on First Take from earlier today.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a828_LnNghc&pp=ygUMamF5c29uIHRhdHVt

[SparzWizard]

It'll be a home game at the TD Garden, is what Tatum has in mind right now for his return.

I'm predicting March 18, 2026 at home against Golden State Warriors. National TV on ESPN. It'll be between the 9-12 month mark since he torn and had surgery on his Achilles. Return to sports by a little over month 10.

Maybe just in time for a play-in playoff push? But who knows how badly this team will perform w/o Tatum the first few months of the season. We are without Porzingis, Holiday, Kornet, and Horford as well.

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Dr. O'Malley says that Tatum's progress has been impressive: "I don't think I've seen a person's calf look as strong as his. At six or eight weeks he was doing double heel rises. He worked his calf so hard that the side effect of loss of strength, I don't think he's going to have any."

Tatum admits it will be hard to watch the season start and not be on the court. "It's frustrating being in this situation, not being out there with my team and just having to sit there and watch it. I played in 96% of the games that I was able to play in my career. I don't sit out."

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Dr. O'Malley says that Tatum's progress has been impressive: "I don't think I've seen a person's calf look as strong as his. At six or eight weeks he was doing double heel rises. He worked his calf so hard that the side effect of loss of strength, I don't think he's going to have any."

Tatum admits it will be hard to watch the season start and not be on the court. "It's frustrating being in this situation, not being out there with my team and just having to sit there and watch it. I played in 96% of the games that I was able to play in my career. I don't sit out."

Glad he?s a Celtic!