Though the Boston Celtics have but one pick in the 2021 NBA draft taking place at the end of next month, the team is still working out a range of prospects. Perhaps they are doing so with the intention of remaining flexible for a draft-night trade, or just to learn more about potential future additions to the team well after the dust has settled on this year’s draft.
Reports from Forbes Sports’ Chris Grenham link two new prospects and KSTP’s Darren Wolfson another to the Celtics in recent pre-draft workouts projected to go anywhere from the late lottery in the first round of the draft to the start of the second. And while Boston may only possess the No. 45 overall pick, it is not out of the question that a trade could land them a pick in that range depending on what was being dealt to which teams.
Let’s take a quick look at the three players in question.
Could the meeting have simply been intelligence gathering? Or is there something brewing with the Celtics’ draft-night plans? https://t.co/tKVf8WJJSH
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) June 25, 2021
