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Celtics to have assistant coach Ben Sullivan helming Boston’s Las Vegas Summer League team

The former Bucks assistant will lead the Celtics’ 2022 Sin City contingent.

The Boston Celtics announced that assistant coach Ben Sullivan will helm the team’s Las Vegas Summer League team in an announcement circulated to the media on Monday afternoon, a change from last season’s Sin City contingent being helmed by fellow Celtics assistant coach Joe Mazzulla.

With some shake-ups hitting Boston’s coaching staff after the departures of assistants Will Hardy and Evan Bradds to the Utah Jazz as the latter follows the former to Sal Lake City with the Jazz’ hire of Hardy as their next head coach, we can expect some shifting of roles and perhaps some new hires. Some analysts speculated that the posting could contribute to who gets the mantel as Celtics head coach Ime Udoka’s next lead assistant after Hardy’s exit.

The opportunity at the minimum will be an opportunity for Sullivan to show off his head coaching chops, perhaps putting him in a position to expand the Udoka coaching tree in the future.

Celtics reportedly signing undrafted Providence guard AJ Reeves to Las Vegas Summer League roster https://t.co/WFFX6dn77b

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) July 4, 2022

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Celtics reportedly signing undrafted Providence guard AJ Reeves to Las Vegas Summer League roster

Reeves is a native of Roxbury.

The Boston Celtics are signing Roxbury, Massachusetts native AJ Reeves to play with their Las Vegas Summer League squad this month, according to Hoops Rumor’s JD Shaw. The undrafted Providence point guard will play for the Celticsi Sin City team with a thinner than anticipated backcourt rotation after stashed Israeli floor general Yam Madar elected to sit out summer league to focus on European opportunities in the short term and third-year wing Aaron Nesmith was dealt to the Indiana Pacers.

Reeves is a capable guard with some size who put up 9.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game last season with the Friars while shooting 37.3% from beyond the arc.

His efficiency overall is still a bit of a concern at a career 37.8% with the Friars (a large part of why he likely went undrafted).

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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) July 4, 2022

But, Reeves will have a chance to make the case for Boston or some other team using a two way deal on him while helping to shore up the Celtics’ summer league depth next week.

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Former Celtics center Tacko Fall to join Danny Ainge’s Utah Jazz summer league squad

With Danny Ainge at the helm of the Jazz, a Tacko Fall summer league reunion is coming.

The NBA’s 2021-22 season saw more than one Boston Celtics-inflected reunion, and the 2022 offseason will see one more. It will not, however, be taking place on the Celtics’ roster. Per Andscape’s Marc J. Spears, former fan favorite big man Tacko Fall will be joining the Utah Jazz’ Las Vegas Summer League.

The Jazz are now helmed by former Boston President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge, with their current CEO the head of the team that signed Fall as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Central Florida in 2019. With the Jazz thin in their frontcourt after Ainge did his thing, trading center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Fall has a decent chance to play his way onto Utah’s roster as a depth option in their frontcourt.

Since leaving Boston, Fall signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a two way deal, averaging 1.1 points and 2.1 points with the parent club, and 23.3 points, 12.5 boards, and 3.0 blocks per game with the Canton Charge, Utah’s G League affiliate.

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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) July 2, 2022

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10 undrafted college basketball stars who will get a shot at the NBA Summer League

Get ready to watch these household college basketball names play in the NBA Summer League after going undrafted.

What’s good in college athletics is not always viewed the same way in professional sports. For example, Fred VanVleet went undrafted despite being Wichita State’s greatest player ever, and Yogi Ferrell, the Indiana Hoosiers’ all-time assists leader, didn’t hear his name called either.

One of the reasons for this is players not passing the eye test. Others include old age (relatively speaking), lack of perceived upside, weaker athletic profiles, etc. Sometimes, maybe guys just weren’t as good in college as they were supposed to be. Whatever the case, there are always a ton of productive college players who have to go the undrafted route and prove themselves all over again.

Here are 10 guys who will get their chance over the summer.

Boston’s Aaron Nesmith reportedly plans to join Celtics’ 2022 Las Vegas Summer League squad

After a season with limited opportunity to grow his game, the Vanderbilt product may want a shot to see some real burn.

The Boston Celtics‘ 2022 Las Vegas Summer League roster may be about to get considerably more dangerous with the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach reporting that third-year reserve small forward Aaron Nesmith may elect to join the Celtics’ Sin City squad in the NBA’s annual offseason exhibition series held in Nevada.

The Vanderbilt product saw his floor time opportunities shrink considerably in the 2021-22 season with a focus on contention and several more veteran players eating up any opportunity for the South Carolina native to see the floor. The concurrent and likely related regression in his shooting did not help his cause either, making the unusual third-season summer league bid make some sense to get more high-level play under Nesmith’s belt.

Nesmith saw his number drop from 4.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in his rookie season to 3.8 points and 1.7 boards per contest while his shooting dipped from a solid 37% from deep to just 27%, so a play to work on his confidence in his stroke is not a terrible plan.

Reportedly active Boston Celtics linked to Hawks’ John Collins ahead of 2022 free agency https://t.co/E394yOshPM

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) June 29, 2022

Summer league play for Boston in Nevada kicks off in Las Vegas on July 9, and runs roughly two weeks depending on whether participating teams make the summer league playoffs.

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Previewing the Boston Celtics’ 2022 Las Vegas Summer League

Just how is the Celtics’ 2022 Las Vegas Summer League roster shaping up?

The final roster for the Boston Celtics team that will play in the NBA’s 2022 Las Vegas Summer League series of exhibition games held annually in Sin City, Nevada. What do we know about the players who are making the trip out west to compete for a spot on the Celtics’ 2022-23 roster?

With many on camp or non-guaranteed deals, this is a real fight for survival in the league for some; for others, a chance to hone their game. Whether new to the team, familiar stashed faces, or already playing for Boston, only some of the players headed to summer league will be wearing green and white come October.

Who can help the Celtics eat minutes during the regular season? Who makes sense as an upside play? And what other moves might Boston be considering?

Check out the video embedded above to hear what guest Tom Westerholm of Boston.com and the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast have to say about how the team’s 2022 offseason is shaping up.

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Celtics Lab 126: Las Vegas Summer League and team building options with Tom Westerholm

This episode, we dive into Sin City exhibitions and teambuilding with a glace back at the 2022 NBA draft.

The Boston Celtics are done with the 2022 NBA draft and have since turned their attention to the annual Sin City exhibition series better known as Las Vegas Summer League, with a familiar stashed floor general joining some of the younger players on Boston’s roster along with a handful of undrafted free agents left over from this year’s draft.

They also need to sharpen their focus on the looming free agency period set to kick off on the night of Thursday, June 30 armed with their $6.4 million mini-mid level exception and a host of traded player exceptions (TPEs) including several of consequence. What can we expect to see from the Celtics as the 2022 offseason hits its peak over the next two weeks?

To answer these questions, we recruited the help of Boston.com’s Tom Westerholm and came away feeling pretty positive about where Boston is sitting heading into next season.

We even touch on conspicuously liked tweets making the news for all the wrong reasons and try our hand (incorrectly, it turns out) at prognosticating where former Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving might be playing come October.

Join your usual hosts Alex Goldberg, Cameron Tabatabaie, and Justin Quinn as we look ahead to the high points of a hopefully impactful Celtics offseason.

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Celtics summer league signee Mfiondu Kabengele’s 2021-22 G League highlights

Get to know the Candian big man’s game a bit better via this clip.

Before this week, most fans of the Boston Celtics only knew that recently-signed big man Mfiondu Kabengele is the nephew of Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutumbo if they knew anything at all about the Florida State product.

But the Toronto, Ontario native does not play too much like his famous uncle, with rim protection a much more minor aspect to his game and his ability to hit 3-pointers a growing aspect to his play that the famed finger-wagger never brought to the table when he was in the league. Kabengele has previously played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers at the G League level last season, as well as stints with the Los Angeles Clippers and Cleveland Cavaliers at the NBA level.

Get to know the former No. 27 pick of the 2019 NBA draft a little better with this highlight video from YouTuber Tomasz Kordylewski.

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Celtics 2022 Las Vegas Summer League signee Jordan Bone 2020-21 Orlando Magic highlights

Get to know the Sin City Celtics point guard with this highlights collection.

As will likely be the case for most if not all of the names signing on to join the roster of the Boston Celtics‘ 2022 Las Vegas Summer League squad, fans of the team are not especially likely to be familiar with the game of point guard Jordan Bone.

The former Volunteer floor general has shared the court with Celtics forward Grant Williams at Tennessee, but for those among us who were not fans of that particular team nor his previous stints at the NBA level with the Orlando Magic or Detroit Pistons, his game is something of a mystery.

The odds are stacked against Bone making the team, but he does have some experience in the league and his ties within the team can’t hurt.

While we wait for the annual Sin City exhibition series to kick off, check out the clip embedded above to see what Bone did in the league for the Magic in 2020-21.

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Celtics sign big man Mfiondu Kabengele to camp deal for Las Vegas Summer League

Kabengele hopes to find his own footing in a league once dominated by his uncle.

Anyone trying to make the roster of the Boston Celtics cannot help to note the shoulders of the giants upon which the reputation and mystique of the storied franchise now stands, but for Mfiondu Kabengele, giants run in the family.

Nephew of the Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutumbo, Kabengele has been signed by the Celtics to a camp deal to play on Boston’s Las Vegas Summer League roster according to the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach. The 6-foot-9 Florida State product may not be the prodigious shot-blocker his uncle is, but he has a solid jumper that could make him a valuable player should it ever become reliable, and some NBA experience with stints playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers.

In his previous two stops, he’s appeared in 51 total games, putting up 2.7 points and 1.4 rebounds per game while shooting 31.4% from deep and 64.0% from the charity stripe.

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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) June 26, 2022

Still somewhat raw as a prospect at 24, Kabengele is running out of time to find a role in the league but is more than a worthy addition to the Sin City Celtics as he tries to find purchase to do so with Boston.

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