Re-doing The Athletic’s Orlando bubble expansion draft for Boston

The Athletic came up with an ‘expansion draft’ idea that has each of the 22 teams headed to Disney borrow a player from uninvited teams — this is our take on who the Celtics should take instead of Clint Capela.

Tristan Thompson – center – 6-foot-9

After having one of his best seasons in years in 2019-20, Thompson showed he can still be an interior force the Celtics could sorely use against Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo once the postseason slows the game down.

Tristan Thompson (13): David Richard-USA TODAY Sports

While he isn’t especially useful on offense — he averaged just 12 points per game last season and doesn’t really have an outside shot — the Texas product would give Boston the biggest boost left on their board to slow two of the toughest obstacles to the Finals.

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