Summer league TV schedule and Celtics Roster for at least the Orlando League

http://www.nba.com/nbatv/schedule/

 Celts 1st game on Sunday at 11 am

 Swish

Unlike the past few years, where we watched just to handicap the bubble players (Kris Joseph vs Xmas vs Smith for the remaining spot or two at the very end of the bench), this year we have players on our summer league team who will get regular season minutes (Kelly) and who have a legit shot at making the team because we a screaming need for the role they play (Melo and Iverson).

A meaningful summer league for us.


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cowens/oldschool wrote:excited to see 3 7 footers, hopefully one could emerge as a legit piece, or more.

Hey cow, nice to see you (you know what I mean),

I think Iverson is your type of player.


bob


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This rundown of the Celtics Orlando Summer League roster appeared in the Boston Globe.  BobH, I don't see Sims on it.  Maybe we'll see him in the Las Vegas League?

Also, Brad won't be coaching the Celtics team.  (Heck, he hasn't even been announced yet as the Celtics' new coach, has he?)  Larranaga will coach them, at least in Orlando.

Sam

The Celtics' Summer League team was scheduled to begin practicing Thursday in Orlando. It begins Summer League play there July 7, when the Celtics will face the Magic at 11 a.m. The Celtics' Summer League team will be coached by Celtics assistant Jay Larranaga.

League sources confirmed to the Globe that the Celtics' Summer League roster has been finalized, and, according to those sources, here are the 13 names on it:

F Tim Abromaitis: A 6-foot-8, 236-pound former Notre Dame forward who played three seasons for the Fighting Irish, lastly in 2011-12, when he averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds in just two games before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The Unionville, Conn., native was denied a sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA. He finished his college career averaging 13.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

G/F Courtney Fells: A 6-foot-6, 210-pound former North Carolina State swingman who has played professionally overseas in the Dominican Republic, Cyprus and, most recently, Israel, where he averaged 11.1 points in 34 games last season.

G Jayson Granger: A 6-foot-2, 180-pound point guard from Uruguay who played professionally in Spain last season, averaging 12.6 points in 24 games.

F Lawrence Hill: A 6-foot-8, 235-pound former Stanford forward who has bounced around the NBDL and played professionally in Israel last season, where he averaged 12.8 points per game in 27 games. He has also played for the Maine Red Claws and participated with the Sacramento Kings during their 2011 training camp.

C/F Eli Holman: A 6-foot-10, 255-pound former center/forward for the Detroit Titans of the Horizon League. He played three seasons for the Titans, averaging 10.8 points and 7.0 rebounds during his last season, in 2011-12. Was removed from all team-related activities for an indefinite period following an incident in which he allegedly assaulted a student at Detroit.

C Colton Iverson: A 7-foot, 255-pound center whom the Celtics acquired in the NBA draft. Iverson was selected by Indiana in the second round with the No. 53 overall pick, and the Celtics traded for him, giving the Pacers cash in exchange. He averaged 14.2 points and 9.8 rebounds last season at Colorado State. He sat out 2011-12 after leaving the University of Minnesota after three seasons.

G Darius Johnson-Odom: A 6-foot-2, 215-pound guard from Marquette who was drafted in the second round (55th overall) by Dallas in 2012. The Los Angeles Lakers acquired him in a draft-day trade with Dallas, and he played four games with them last season before the Lakers waived him in January. He also played in 13 games with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, an NBDL team, and averaged a team-high 20.6 points.

C Fab Melo: A 7-foot, 255-pound center entering his second season with the Celtics. A first-round draft pick out of Syracuse in 2012. Appeared in six games with the Celtics last season, averaging 1.2 points in limited minutes.

F Tony Mitchell: A 6-foot-6, 216-pound former Alabama standout who played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA's Development League last season, earning NBDL Rookie of the Year honors after averaging a team-high 21.9 points as well as 6.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 35.3 minutes in 48 regular-season games.

C/F Kelly Olynyk: A 7-foot, 234-pound center/power forward out of Gonzaga whom the Celtics acquired in the 2013 NBA draft. The Celtics traded up three spots, from No. 16 to No. 13, to select him in the first round. He averaged 17.8 points and 7.3 rebounds in 32 games last season as a junior, earning West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors.

G Phill Pressey: A 5-foot-11, 176-pound point guard who left Missouri as a junior after averaging 11.9 points and a league-best 7.1 assists per game. He was under consideration for the Bob Cousy Award as the best collegiate point guard in the country as a sophomore when he averaged 10.1 points and 6.4 assists on a team that went 30-5. His father, Paul, a former NBA player himself, was an assistant coach for the Celtics on Doc River's staff. During that time, Pressey played one year at Waltham High.

G/F Omar Reed: A 6-foot-6, 210-pound swingman who played for the NBDL's Maine Red Claws last season, averaging 5.4 points in 44 games. He played at Bluefield College in Virginia, a small, Christian liberal arts school in Tazewell County.

G Nolan Smith: A 6-foot-2, 185-pound shooting guard out of Duke who was drafted in the first round (21st overall) by the Portland Trailblazers in 2011. He averaged 3.3 points in 9.9 minutes per game with the Trailblazers the last two seasons. He is an unrestricted free agent. He won a national title with the Blue Devils in 2010.

Celts are not going to vegas this year

Thanks, dboss.

Sam

Sam,

Here's where DeShawn Sims came from.

http://www.csnne.com/blog/celtics-talk/olynyk-iverson-others-join-cs-summer-league-roster


bob


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A bit about Tony Mitchell.  

1.  He is NOT the same Tony Mitchell whose name was bandied about as a possible #16 pick for the Celtics this year.  That Tony Mitchell is 6'9" and played for North Texas while this one is 6'6", 216# and played for Alabama until 2012.

2.  He was just named D-league Rookie of the Year, playing for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (LOVE their name.  Ironic that one of the original NBA franchises was in Fort Wayne, moved to Detroit and now Detroit has their AAA team in Ft. Wayne).  He is also D-League 1st team all-star.

3.  He broke the single game scoring record twice, scoring 47 in one of them, and averaged 21.3 ppg for the season.

4.  He's immature.  He was suspended his final season at Alabama because of repeated issues between him and the staff.  This is, according to every report I've read, what has kept him out of the NBA, not his abilities.  He has some character issues and is too quick to anger.

Here's a blurb about him when he won D-league Player of the Week, 3/25/13.

Mitchell (6-6, 216, Alabama) finished the week averaging 34.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists while shooting 46 percent from the floor.  On March 22 he connected on a game-tying three-pointer as time expired in double overtime, then nailed a game-winning jumpshot in triple overtime to lock down a 106-104 victory over Austin. Mitchell finished with a game-high 47 points, the second highest total in the league this season.


He appears to be very athletic, runs well and can shoot from 3.




It's a numbers game, and we have too many players and at 3 we have Jeff Green and will have Wallace.  

Danny has to shed players.  I don't know who or how or where to, but it has to be done before the season starts.


bob


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