It isn’t very often an NBA player drives several hours in their own vehicle to play with their team, but that is exactly how the Luke Kornet era began with the Boston Celtics soon after the passing of the league’s 2021 trade deadline.
Part of the return the Celtics received when dealing veteran big man Daniel Theis to the Chicago Bulls to presumably save money on their soon-to-balloon payroll, Kornet quickly made himself welcome with Celtics fans by staving off a loss to the tanking Oklahoma City Thunder. While that might have been his best overall game of the season, Kornet might be back as a third center given the unique look his shooting provides.
Averaging 4.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game with the Celtics, the former Vanderbilt standout found a way to help his teammates despite virtually no time to learn the system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf3GuNq8MnI
Watch his best plays from the 2020-21 season in the embedded video above produced by YouTuber Tomasz Kordylewski.
The Green Hornet may well return for 2021-22, but this will keep us busy while we wait for it to get here.
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