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Jayson Tatum the Boston Celtics’ sole player on The Ringer’s League Pass player rankings

Today, let’s take a look at the League Pass player rankings.

Ranking season has come and gone, and the truths of the 2022-23 NBA season have sunk in. For many clubs and players, that means the hard, cold truth has replaced warm, fuzzy expectations.

To such an end, the folks over at The Ringer have put together a trio of NBA rankings that touch on the Boston Celtics’ players. The Ringer’s list focused on overall player rankings, League Pass value player rankings, and trade value rankings, which are all what they sound like they are. Today, let’s take a look at the League Pass player rankings put together by Ringer analysts Rob Mahoney, Michael Pina, Kevin O’Connor, and J. Kyle Mann.

Surprisingly, the Celtics have just one player ranked in the top 20 — and likely far lower than you might expect.

Celtics Lab 159: On fake jerseys for real Boston wins, fantasy sports and remembering Paul Silas with Pete Rogers https://t.co/rHbMySsYwo

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) December 13, 2022

NBA League Pass to broadcast Victor Wembanyama’s games?

According to information from RMC Sport radio, the NBA will soon broadcast the French League matches of the Metropolitans 92, where the expected future first pick of the NBA draft, Victor Wembanyama, competes. His games with the French club will be accessible on the NBA League Pass platform, commented on in English, and the NBA will buy the rights from the French LNB league.
Source: EuroHoops.net

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Wemby Watch: Victor Wembanyama’s offense improves, and some of the NBA’s expected cellar-dwellers start hot
cbssports.com/nba/news/wemby… – 10:14 AM

Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN
One of my preseason predictions was that Spurs players would be sick of hearing the name Victor Wembanyama by Thanksgiving, and I’m already wrong.
I should have said Halloween. – 4:44 PM

The Ringer @ringernba
One dominant story line that’ll consume this season: the race to the bottom for Victor Wembanyama.
@Michael Pina ranks the 10 teams most likely on #WembyWatch and the unprecedented expectations that will come with him: theringer.com/nba/2022/10/25… – 2:49 PM

Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
The week in NBA words (so far) …
Deep dive into the various layers of the Lakers’ 0-3 start: marcstein.substack.com/p/when-0-3-fee…
Around-the-league notes leading off with the next big stage Victor Wembanyama will grace: marcstein.substack.com/p/more-victor-… – 11:46 AM

Michael Pina @MichaelVPina
daydreaming about victor wembanyama on pretty much any nba team is a good time. think about the sheer size in okc or orlando. what about beside lamelo, cade, or zion (lol lakers)?
here’s a look at 10 teams most likely to land this transcendent prospect: theringer.com/nba/2022/10/25… – 11:25 AM

BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Bol ‘Victor Wembanyama’ Bol had his fun tonight 👀 :
19 PTS
5 REB
4 BLK
🎥@NBATV pic.twitter.com/QZ3qKsivWh – 4:12 AM

Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
The Victor Wembanyama-hunting Jazz lost their first game of the season tonight after winning their first three.
We now take you live to Danny Ainge… pic.twitter.com/PqSyiEaKVa – 10:57 PM

Mike Finger @mikefinger
Proposal: If the tankin’ Spurs and the tankin’ Jazz make the Western Conference finals, Adam Silver should declare that the winner gets Victor Wembanyama. – 8:39 PM

Christian Clark @cclark_13
Victor Wembanyama pic.twitter.com/jMsJcfI5DF – 3:44 PM

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Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
Tired: Victor Wembanyama
Wired: Lauri “The Mormon” Markkanen – 8:01 AM

Yaron Weitzman @YaronWeitzman
The Jazz just beat the Pelicans. They’re now 3-0.
Danny Ainge is going to have to make, like, four trades overnight to fix this Victor Wembanyama tank job. – 9:48 PM

Tom Westerholm @Tom_NBA
Who needs Victor Wembanyama when you have Kelly Olynyk? – 9:47 PM

More on this storyline

The negotiations went even further since the NBA will also buy the rights to the Leaders Cup, the play-offs, and the highlights of the French championship. -via EuroHoops.net / October 26, 2022

Tony Parker, while speaking to the French newspaper “L’Equipe”, had only high praises for the young French basketball prodigy: “Victor is a phenomenon apart, who has everything to make it, but he missed half of last season with us due to injuries. The most important thing is that he stays healthy. If he does to the draft, he’ll be the first pick in the 2023 draft and change the franchise he goes to. I wish him a career in Tim Duncan”. -via EuroHoops.net / October 25, 2022

In an interview with ESPN’s Malika Andrews on “NBA Today,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that he believes the changes the league has made to its system in recent seasons, from flattening the lottery odds to adding the play-in tournament, have greatly reduced the incentives for teams to tank for high-profile prospects, including French phenom Victor Wembanyama. “You’re dealing with a 14% chance of getting the first pick,” Silver said. “I recognize at the end of the day analytics are what they are and it’s not about superstition. A 14% chance is better than a 1% chance or a no percent chance. But even in terms of straightforward odds, it doesn’t benefit a team to be the absolute worst team in the league, and even if you’re one of the poor-performing teams, you’re still dealing with a 14% chance [of winning the lottery]. -via ESPN / October 25, 2022

Boston Celtics make Zach Lowe’s top 10 League Pass ranking for ESPN

Any time you bring back an NBA roster that came within a pair of wins of hanging a banner with even more talent added to it the next season, people are almost always going to want to see how it goes.

And such is the case for the Boston Celtics, at least in the eyes of senior ESPN writer Zach Lowe. For him, the Celtics are a top 10 must-watch ball club heading into next season, coming in at No. 6 overall in Lowe’s annual League Pass ranking exercise that gauges the fun and watchability of every team in the league based on their score in five categories.

For the ESPN analyst, that includes zeitgeist, highlight potential, style, league pass minutiae, and unintentional comedy.

Celtics do not even make top 10 of HoopsHype’s NBA’s most interesting teams to watch in 2022-23 https://t.co/Py1jo1NPXH

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) October 13, 2022

Compared to the average regular season …

Compared to the average regular season ratings, the viewing audience for the first two weeks of seeding games was up 325% in the Philippines, 130% in Spain, 88% in Mexico, 79% in Lithuania and 29% in Italy, per NBA data. Those numbers were aided by a record number of games airing in primetime internationally. Of the 88 seeding games, 41 games aired in primetime in Latin America and 40 aired in primetime in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on League Pass and various broadcast partners, by far the most ever in a two-week span.

Oculus is tipping off the partnership …

Oculus is tipping off the partnership this week to coincide with the start of the 2020 NBA Playoffs. As presenting partner of the NBA Rail Cam Replay on ESPN, ABC and TNT, the newly-dubbed “Oculus Front Row View” camera angle is just one of the many ways the NBA and Oculus will provide an innovative experience for fans watching games at home. Oculus will also continue to make live NBA League Pass games available in virtual reality (VR) via Oculus Venues on Oculus Quest and Oculus Go headsets.