Don’t look now, but word is the Boston Celtics had their eye on Houston Rockets big man Alperun Sengun in the 2021 NBA draft according to new reporting from Heavy.com’s NBA insider Steve Bulpett.
The Celtics did not have a pick to work with in that draft after having dealt it away as part of the trade that sent veteran point guard Kemba Walker to the Oklahoma City Thunder for old friend Al Horford and Moses Brown to kick off the 2021 NBA offseason. But before that had happened, Boston evidently had had eyes for the Rockets big man as a potential draft prospect.
And in an interesting twist of fate, Houston felt the same and ended up using that pick to trade for Sengun in a draft-night deal via the Thunder.
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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) January 24, 2022