It seems the Boston Celtics have a lot of interest in players projected to fall mid-way through the second round of the 2021 NBA draft to undrafted with a strong slate of fringe candidates reportedly slated to work out with the team by Forbes Sports’ Chris Grenham.
While it is still unclear if this reflects an over-arching draft strategy for the Celtics given the event is slated to take place on July 29 — over a month in the future — it’s clear Boston believes it will have some potential reasons to be interviewing these players once that day finally arrives. In addition to a number of such prospects we have already written about, five more prospects are reported to be hosted for pre-draft workouts with Boston today.
Let’s take a quick look at the field.