Tag: Carsen Edwards

WATCH: How many NBA cities can three Boston Celtics name in 24 seconds?

It’s probably harder than you think, under pressure.

You might think it an easy thing for a professional basketball player with multiple seasons in the league to be able to name the cities of the team theirs has played against, but it seems the exercise is harder than it looks.

A trio of Boston Celtics tried their hand at the exercise in a fun new clip produced by the team, with big men Tacko Fall and Robert Williams III joining guard Carsen Edwards in competing to see who can recall the most in 24 seconds. All three do okay (note to Boston’s production crew — “Golden State” is not a city), but one of the trio is a cut above the others, even if you discount a particular questionable answer.

Watch the clip embedded below to see which of the three is most geographically inclined when it comes to recalling the home towns of the teams they play.

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Boston Celtics 2020-21 individual players grades: Carsen Edwards

Edwards managed some minor progress in a season with little chance to develop it.

Now that the 2020-21 Boston Celtics season is firmly in the rear-view mirror, it’s possible to spend some time taking stock of how each player did with the opportunity he had.

To that end, we are grading every player who put in time on the basketball court for the Celtics this season, including all 15 members of the regular roster, both two-way players and the players the team cut or traded away. That’s 21 players altogether, and today’s focus is second-year guard Carsen Edwards. In what was a critical year for his future with little opportunity to play with the parent club and zero opportunities to hone skills in the G League with a canceled Maine Red Claws (now, Maine Celtics) season, Edwards had his work cut out for him.

With that in mind, let’s grade the Texan’s play last season in the context of the difficult situation that it was.

WATCH: Is Celtic guard Carsen Edwards beginning to live up to the hype?

The Purdue product looks to have turned a corner in his development.

For a while it looked like Boston Celtics second-year guard Carsen Edwards might not be long for the league he had been drafted into with the 33rd overall pick of 2019 NBA draft, a sharpshooter unable to connect in a longer, more athletic context.

Then, the Celtic guard started to find a role with Boston, shooting a career-high 45.1% from the field and scoring 5.1 points and 1.1 boards per game, even earning his first career start. The Purdue product has looked confident in his limited minutes with the Celtics, like he belongs on an NBA team with a chance to continue growing into a valuable rotation player.

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How did it happen, and what’s making it work? Check out the video embedded above produced by our friends at The Playgrounder to get a deep dive into what’s helped turn Carsen’s career in the NBA around.

This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire. Follow us on Facebook!

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WATCH: Carsen Edwards scores 16 points, 4 rebounds vs. Clippers

The Boston second-year sharpshooter was hitting on all cylinders Friday night.

It very well may have been the best all-around game of his career with the Boston Celtics, with second-year reserve guard Carsen Edwards scoring 16 points, 4 boards and 2 assists on 5-of-8 shooting.

The Purdue product sunk 3 of his 5 3-point attempts against the Los Angeles Clippers as well in Friday evening’s 119 – 115 road win for the Celtics, with Edwards icing all 3 of his free throw attempts as well. The Texan guard played 30 minutes to help fill in for both veteran guard Marcus Smart (calf) and forward Jaylen Brown (knee), both sitting for the contest to get back to full health.

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“He’s had a really good couple of months,” shared Celtics head coach Brad Steven after the game, noting how the former Boilermaker has managed to stay prepared for opportunities like Friday’s despite a lack of regular playing time.

Watch the clip of Edward’s highlights from the win against the Clips put together by Tomasz Kordylewski embedded above to see the Houston native’s progress as a player shown on the court against L.A.

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Celtics fans react to Carsen Edwards’ account getting (we think) hacked

Boston Celtic reserve guard was probably hacked, but it didn’t stop Twitter from having fun with it.

Boston Celtics second-year reserve guard Carsen Edwards is probably wishing he had came up with a better password for his Twitter account right now.

We’re assuming that the Purdue product was hacked given his account posting some, shall we say … exceptionally graphic videos with some particularly niche angles to his Twitter feed, too graphic to even describe in detail on this site. Rest assured, they make Golden State Warrior Draymond Green’s social media mishap look quite tame in comparison. And while the usual go-to for unexpectedly adult conversations or media making their way to public social media feeds all the way back to Ray Allen has been that the player in question was hacked, it seems likely that’s the case here.

Even still, Twitter had itself a field day trying to make sense of the out-of-character posts for Edwards (and truth be told most people on the popular social media website) — a sampling of some of the better digs to be found on the topic embedded above and below.

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And we thought those other videos Jaylen Brown has been posting were embarrassing!

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Carsen Edwards thinks ‘anyone can learn’ from Kara Lawson as a coach

His former player development coach will be changing lives at the helm of Duke Women’s basketball this season.

There have been a lot of changes to the Boston Celtics since even before the offseason began, and while second year shooting guard Carsen Edwards is happy he hasn’t been one of those changes after a rough rookie campaign, the Purdue product will be missing one particular face as the 2020-21 season begins to take shape.

The person would of course be his player development coach Kara Lawson, who left the team while it was just starting its playoff run in the Disney-hosted restart at Lake Buena Vista, Florida to accept the (then) vacant head coaching gig for the Duke women’s basketball program.

The former Boilermaker was asked what kind of impact Lawson might have as a college coach during his media week availability session, and Edwards was rightfully effusive in his praise.

“First off, Kara knows the game really well,” he explained. “And so at that point, anyone can learn from her — she’s been through it.

“She’s played at the highest level, so people will be able to be coached by her; I know that they can really listen in and and soak in everything she says because she’s been through it, and she knows the game from both aspects as a player, and as a coach. So at the end of the day, she’s caring and she does want to see everyone do well so I feel like she’s going make a huge impact for Duke.”

“She’s just a good person to be around,” he added.

Hopefully, Lawson helped Edwards enough before her departure that he is able to find a role with this iteration of the Celtics, who need the sort of shooting he was brought on to provide even more than last season with the decampment of veteran guard Gordon Hayward to the Charlotte Hornets.

Add in that All-Star point guard Kemba Walker and second-year wing Romeo Langford likely won’t be available until some time in January, and it quickly becomes clear the team will need every bucket it can find to start the season.

No matter how the season pans out for Edwards however, the bond Lawson forged with her players with Boston will endure — and we also expect the former Celtics assistant to thrive in her new home.

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Purdue used Carsen Edwards in the ‘How it Started’ social media meme

The Purdue men’s basketball team joined in on the ‘How it Started vs. How it’s Going’ challenge with a couple of pictures of Edwards.

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Social media has exploded this week with a new viral meme called “How it Started vs. How it’s Going” that has users reminiscing on old photos and memories while displaying them next to current ones.

The meme eventually infiltrated sports with teams in leagues around the world getting in on the action. From the Seattle Storm and four-time WNBA champion Sue Bird to Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, the basketball community has provided some great memories.

The Purdue men’s basketball team even joined in on the fun when they posted a couple of photos of former guard Carsen Edwards. The Consensus Second Team All-American is seen posterizing a college player in the first picture and former MVP James Harden in the next one.

Edwards broke out his dunk over Harden during the Boston Celtics’ final scrimmage game ahead of the season restart. He scored 19 points in that contest and made all of the highlight reels when he slammed it in over Harden with his left hand.

Edwards logged two appearances with the Celtics during the seeding games at the Walt Disney World Resort and one brief stint during the playoffs in the second round. He recorded 15 total points in his two appearances during the seeding round.

Though the dunk over Harden didn’t officially count on the stat sheet, since it occurred during a scrimmage game, we will allow Purdue to use it in this situation…

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Celtics’ rookies see playing time in Game 5 blowout win vs. Raptors

The Celtics’ blowout win in Game 5 on Monday ensured that some of the rookies got in on the action, too.

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For the second time of the series, the Boston Celtics cruised to a blowout win over the Toronto Raptors after posting a 111-89 victory in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Toronto never seriously challenged in the contest as Boston held a 62-35 advantage at halftime and led by as many as 30 points. Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 27 points, Kemba Walker added 21 points and Jayson Tatum had 18 as the Celtics now lead the Raptors 3-2 in the series.

The Celtics’ win ensured that some of the rookies even got in on the action, too.

Grant Williams, who has been a regular in the playoff rotation, logged eight minutes of work in the victory while Romeo Langford saw the floor for three and a half minutes. Carsen Edwards and Tremont Waters each made their playoff debuts after playing for a few minutes in mop-up duty.

With the Celtics holding championship aspirations this season, the first-year players haven’t seen much time during the postseason, with the exception of Williams. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens has often stuck with a relatively small rotation to this point with 8-10 guys playing nightly.

After winning the first two games of the series, the Celtics once again came out on top on Monday and are just one win away from returning to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2018.

Game 6 is set to tip-off Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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Tacko Fall, Celtics’ rookies could see extended minutes on Thursday

With the third seed locked up in the playoffs, the Celtics will sit several players in the final seeding game vs. the Wizards.

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Jayson Tatum, Kemba Walker and Jaylen Brown are among the players that will sit on Thursday as the Boston Celtics play their eighth and final seeding game against the Washington Wizards.

The Celtics announced that six total players will sit in the last game prior to the start of the playoffs after securing the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Boston will play either the Indiana Pacers or Philadelphia 76ers in the first round.

With six rotational players set to sit on Thursday, several of the Celtics’ rookies — like Romeo Langford, Grant Williams, Carsen Edwards, Tremont Waters and Tacko Fall — project to get extended minutes after playing sparingly thus far during the season restart.

While some teams with little to play for have used the restart as an opportunity to get playing time for rookies or younger players, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens has used his starters and veterans almost exclusively to test rotations ahead of the postseason.

The rookie players on the Celtics likely won’t see much time once the playoffs begin so Thursday will serve as an opportunity to get some run in during the final seeding game.

The Celtics will tip-off against the Wizards at 12 p.m. ET.

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Does Boston Celtics rookie Carsen Edwards have an NBA future?

Does Boston Celtics rookie sharpshooter Carsen Edwards have a future in the NBA after a rocky start to his inaugural season?

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With seven rookies joining the team in the 2019-20, competition for playing time was always going to be hard for sharpshooting guard Carsen Edwards.

And when the Purdue product struggled to connect at the next level — as is often the case for first-year players adjusting to the speed of the NBA game —  and when he was sent to the team’s G League developmental affiliate (the Maine Red Claws), things didn’t get too much better from 3-point range.

Should Edwards be worried about his future in the league?

Probably not — at least not yet. But with roster spots now looking to be at a premium in the coming season, the Texan guard probably wants to work as hard on his game as he has in his career in the short- and medium- term.

This is the conclusion Jesse Cinquini of the Playgrounder comes to as well when assessing Edward’s future in the NBA.

“Perimeter woes plagued the 22-year-old throughout his 35 games as a Celtic, too,” observes Cinquini.

“He sits at a lowly fifth percentile among combo guards in points per shot attempt, according to Cleaning the Glass. To boot, Carsen managed to shoot just 32.7 # from the field and 30.9 percent from deep as a pro. Not exactly numbers that scream NBA-ready.”

Noting that Edwards is taking a high number of ill-advised shots early in the clock, as well as heavily-guarded shots that won’t work against the superior length, strength, athleticism and skill in the NBA, Cinquini argues that Edwards still needs to work on his shot selection.

He did have a solid stretch at the G League level with the Red Claws, especially with the midrange, a shot finding new currency against some teams that put little effort into guarding the usually-inefficient shot.

Cinquini makes the case that the young guard must adapt to a smaller role with more optimised offense reflecting his new situation; he also believes it’s within his reach to achieve that.

At the Celtics Wire, we concur.

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