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Which Celtics players stock has risen during summer league?

Which members of the Boston Celtics Summer League roster have seen their stock rise in recent weeks?

The Boston Celtics will play their final Summer League game on Sunday, July 21. They are 2-2 over their first four games. During the tournament in Las Vegas, Celtics fans got a closer look at recent draft additions Baylor Scheierman and Anton Watson. Neemias Queta, JD Davison and Jordan Walsh also participated in the event.

However, not every member of Boston’s Summer League roster stepped up to the plate. Some players have struggled to make an impact despite being given significant opportunities to showcase their improvements. On the other hand, some members of the Summer League roster have staked their claim and could get a closer look from the coaching staff during training camp.

In a recent episode of the “Big 3 NBA Podcast,” host A. Sherrod Blakely discussed which members of Boston’s summer league roster have seen their stock rise over the last couple of weeks with guest Noa Dalzell of Celtics Blog.

They also cover which players have hurt their chances of potentially earning playing time.

You can watch the full episode by clicking on the embedded video above.

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JD Davison gets a beer shower celebrating the Boston Celtics’ 2024 NBA Finals win

When your team wins the championship, expect alcoholic beverages to be treated as showering material by your teammates.

When your team wins the championship, expect alcoholic beverages to be treated as showering material by your teammates. After the Boston Celtics won the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks at TD Garden with a 106-88 Game 5 win, this was a lesson learned by two way Celtics floor general JD Davison on Monday (June 17) night.

Davison talked to CLNS Media Celtics beat writer Bobby Manning about winning the NBA championship in his second season with the Celtics, and shared his perspective on the life-changing event. And of course there were plenty of spirits flowing — both into mouths and onto heads.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to see the moment for yourself.

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Former Alabama guard JD Davison wins NBA title with Boston Celtics

JD Davison is an NBA champion!

On Monday night the Boston Celtics took down the Dallas Mavericks to win the 2024 NBA Finals in five games, and now former Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball star [autotag]JD Davison[/autotag] is an NBA champion.

Davison was a second-round selection by the Celtics in the 2022 NBA draft and although his minutes in the NBA have been limited, he has made a name for himself playing for Boston’s G League team the Maine Celtics.

Davison averaged 21.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 8.5 assists per game while shooting 45.1 percent from the floor. Davison started all 28 of the games that he played. He could not play during Boston’s postseason run as a two-way player. Davison averaged 2.0 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game in his limited action this season with Boston while shooting 41.7 percent from the field.

Alabama basketball head coach [autotag]Nate Oats[/autotag] was in attendance on Monday night in Boston to watch Davison and the Celtics hoist the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

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JD Davison has two All-Star mentors in Boston

The second-year two-way guard is being mentored by two of the Boston Celtics All-Star talents.

JD Davison is rarely seen on the TD Garden parquet. The Boston Celtics two-way guard is still developing his game with the Maine Celtics in the G-League. He was the team’s 53rd pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. His athleticism and explosiveness make him an enticing young prospect. However, his defense needs to improve before he has a shot of making the Celtics roster.

Fortunately for Davison, he’s got two All-NBA mentors to help him figure things out. During a recent interview with NBC Sports Boston, the Celtics two-way guard discussed Jrue Holiday and Jaylen Brown‘s impact on his development.

Both Brown and Holiday are impressing on the defensive end this season, and are likely passing along some important details on how to thrive in Mazzulla’s switch-heavy system. Nevertheless, the Celtics have high-level talent across their guard rotation, so Davison is likely fighting an uphill battle.

You can watch the full interview by clicking the embedded video above.

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Celtics Lab 238: A deep dive into the deep rotation’s Stay Ready Crew with Noa Dalzell

Which players matter most to the team’s title aspirations? Which might be on the move ahead of the 2024 NBA trade deadline? What talent does Boston have in the pipeline in Maine? And who will see the floor in the postseason?

The Boston Celtics have by most accounts the best top six players in the entire NBA to match their league-best regular season record. So, it can be easy to forget about the rest of the team. The so-called “Stay Ready Crew” mostly does just that — keep themselves in the right frame of mind and state of health in case their number is called.

And those numbers do get called, with players like Oshae Brissett and Lamar Stevens bringing energy and matchup-dependent options that have sparked wins for Boston, while the sharpshooting duo of Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser wreak havoc on opposing defenses. And if it were not for the likes of Luke Kornet and Neemias Queta defying expectations as reserve big men, you can be sure there would be less wins to the Celtics’ name this season.

Which players matter most to the team’s title aspirations? Which might be on the move ahead of the 2024 NBA trade deadline? What talent does Boston have in the pipeline in Maine? And who will see the floor in the postseason?

To answer all of these key questions not quite getting the attention they deserve, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with Celtics Blog’s Noa Dalzell.

The self-proclaimed Boston bench beat reporter who has a bead on a certain crew that stays ready, join us in a deep dive into the Celtics’ reserves. (Apologies for variable audio, wifi issues made for a few bumps).

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JD Davison talks his tenure with Boston, Portland on the Maine Celtics podcast

He also gets into how the Maine Celtics have been playing so far this season.

Most fans of the Boston Celtics have become followers of the team-produced podcast “The View From the Rafters,” but you would have to truly be among the most hardcore of Boston fans to know about another team-produced podcast in the greater Celtics orbit.

And that lesser-known podcast is the “Maine Celtics” podcast, which just dropped its fifth episode of the 2023-24 season. In it, hosts Brendan Glasheen and Chris Whitney sat down with two way Celtics floor general JD Davison, who breaks down what it was like in his first season with the Celtics, splitting his time between Portland and Boston.

He also gets into how the Maine Celtics have been playing so far this season, and the crew previews a tilt with the Sioux Falls Skyforce that Portland is slated to play soon.

Check it out above!

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Catching up with Boston Celtics two way player JD Davison

The former No. 53 pick of the Celtics recently sat down with the folks behind the official G League YouTube channel to share how he made his way from the deep south to the fringes of the NBA.

Fans of the Boston Celtics likely have not thought all that much about two way Celtics point guard JD Davison, but the Alabama native has been honing his craft in Portland, Maine with the Maine Celtics. The Alabama alum has played with the parent club in garbage time a few games so far this season, but has largely been on the court at the G League level.

The former No. 53 pick of the Celtics recently sat down with the folks behind the official G League YouTube channel to share how he made his way from the deep south to the fringes of the NBA.

Davison shared who helped him along his way during that arduous journey, as well as how it has been going lately.

Check it out above!

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The Boston Celtics will have as many as nine free agents in 2024

Finding the right balance between players the front office ought to want to retain without also paying too much to do so is a fraught needle to thread.

The Boston Celtics are officially a second apron ball club as they gear up to contend for an NBA-record 18th title this season, and will thus need to take great care with the talent on the team around the margins with the Celtics needing to keep good players on cheap contracts around, which is no easy task even without the additional exigencies of trying to win a title.

Finding the right balance between players the front office ought to want to retain without also paying too much to do so is a fraught needle to thread for Boston moving forward, but one they will need to pull off if they want to stay in the title hunt.

And they will have to do it a total of as many as nine times in the 2024 NBA offseason, with as many potential free agents looking at new deals; let’s take a look at who they are.

On this day: Celtics trade for Jerry Sichting; Courtney Lee, JD Davison born

On this day, the Boston Celtics traded for Jerry Sichting, and Courtney Lee was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics shooting guard Courtney Lee was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1985. An alum of Western Kentucky University, Lee was selected with the 22nd overall pick of the 2008 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic.

He played for that team, the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets, and Houston Rockets before the latter club dealt him to the Celtics as part of a massive three-team deal. That trade would send JaJuan Johnson, E’Twaun Moore, Sean Williams, and draft assets to the Rockets, along with sending Sasha Pavlović to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Indiana native played 108 games over 2 seasons with the team, logging 7.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and a steal per game.

Celtics three goals: JD Davison has to improve his shooting

Here are three goals JD Davison should work on in the upcoming season.

JD Davison is entering his second year with the Boston Celtics but remains on a two-way contract. The athletic guard impressed during his rookie season, where he spent most of his time playing for the Maine Celtics.

During Las Vegas Summer League, Davison reminded fans why he is such an exciting prospect. The 6-foot-3 guard can grab a rebound and run the floor at breakneck speed, using his leaping ability to force a defensive collapse in transition. Davison can also work off-ball as an inverted lob-threat. He has also shown flashes of being a drive-and-kick playmaker.

However, there are still holes in Davison’s game. Holes that he will need to develop if he wants his overall skillset to improve throughout his sophomore season. That said, we will be looking at three goals Davison could implement heading into the new season, each focusing on him eventually earning a spot within Joe Mazzulla‘s rotation.