C's set Summer League roster

July, 6, 2013

By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com

ORLANDO -- Greetings from the Sunshine State, where the weather is improbably more bearable than back home. The Boston Celtics are in the midst of three days of practice in advance of Sunday's start of the Orlando Summer League. On Friday, the team officially unveiled its summer roster:

NO. PLAYER POS. HT. WT. COLLEGE/LAST PRO TEAM
58 Tim Abromaitis F 6’8 236 Notre Dame/ASVEL (France)
52 Courtney Fells F 6’6 200 NC State/Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)
40 Jayson Granger G 6’2 192 Asefa Estudiantes (Spain)
63 Lawrence Hill F 6’8 235 Stanford/Hapoel Holon (Israel)
60 Eli Holman F/C 6’10 260 Detroit/Hapoel Eilat (Israel)
37 Colton Iverson C 7’0 255 Colorado State
38 Darius Johnson-Odom G 6’2 215 Marquette/Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia)
13 Fab Melo C 7’0 255 Syracuse/Boston Celtics (NBA)
57 Tony Mitchell F 6’6 216 Alabama/Ft. Wayne Mad Ants (D-League)
41 Kelly Olynyk F 7’0 238 Gonzaga
26 Phil Pressey G 5’11 175 Missouri
55 Omar Reed G/F 6’6 210 Bluefield/Maine Red Claws (D-League)
12 Nolan Smith G 6’2 185 Duke/Portland Trail Blazers (NBA)

Recent draft picks Kelly Olynyk (13th) and Colton Iverson (53rd) top the watch list in Orlando, along with one of 2012's first-round picks in Fab Melo (a chance to see how much he has progressed since we saw an extremely raw Melo here a year ago). But here are a few more names to keep an eye on:

* Missouri’s Phil Pressey has some Boston ties (his father, Paul, coached on Doc Rivers’ staff early in his Celtics tenure) and the team was clearly looking at him potentially sliding through the draft. With a need for backup ballhandling, Pressey could at least earn himself a training camp invite with solid play in Orlando.

* After going undrafted in 2012, Tony Mitchell made his mark in the D-League this past season, averaging 21.9 points per game for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants while earning the D-League Rookie of the Year honor (he also won the 2013 D-League dunk contest and landed on the D-League's All-Development first team).

* Nolan Smith, the 21st pick in the 2011 draft, appeared in 84 games over the past two seasons in Portland. New Celtics coach Brad Stevens is plenty familiar with the 6-foot-2 shooting guard after he propelled Duke to victory in the 2010 NCAA title game. ... Darius Johnson-Odom appeared in four games for the Lakers last season and averaged 21 points per game in 13 appearances in the D-League.

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BobH,

There "sims" to be no mention of our guy. Maybe they're saving him as a secret weapon.

Sam

sam wrote:BobH,

There "sims" to be no mention of our guy.  Maybe they're saving him as a secret weapon.

Sam

Sam,

How "unsimly" of them.


bob


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Working on my second cup of coffee and waiting for the Celtics to come on.

With many of the prime time free agents gone, the reality is setting in that the Celtics task is simply to get their roster down to 15 players. Expect to see a couple of buyouts and 2 for 1 and 3 for 2 trades.

Biggest unanswered question for me...Can Fab Mello play and contribute at the 5 spot this year.

Dboss

I like Jayson Granger as a backup point guard to Rondo.He has the experience in the league of Spain.the height 6-2 with 192 pounds and is a pure point guard.He is from Uruguay and is a member of their national team.

https://youtu.be/Uz8rKBlittM

http://www.nba.com/magic/summer-league-2013-rosters

Here's the players by number:

12 - Nolan Smith
13 - Fabricio Paulinho de Melo
26 - Phil Pressey
37 - Colton Iverson
38 - Darius Johnson-Odom
40 - Jayson Granger
41 - Kelly Olynyk
42 - Shavlik Randolph
52 - Courtney Fells
55 - Omar Reed
57 - Tony Mitchell
58 - Tim Abromaitis
60 - Eli Holman
63 - Lawrence Hill

steve3344 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boston-celtics-summer-league-introduces-obstacles-roster-trimming-092600679.html

That's a very nice read, thanks!

steve3344 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boston-celtics-summer-league-introduces-obstacles-roster-trimming-092600679.html

 
Darius Johnson-Odom was not undrafted last year as this writer said he was.
He was drafted with pick #55 by Dallas who immediately traded him to the Lakers.
He has some potential but I doubt he will stick with any NBA team long term.