What it is like to scout at the NBA level for the Boston Celtics?

How did the pandemic impact identifying high-level talent, and what is the value of scouting in person? Do movies like the Netflix basketball film “Hustle” get the job right in how they portray it?

What it is like to scout at the NBA level for the Boston Celtics?

How did the pandemic affect identifying high-level talent, and what is the value of scouting in person? Do movies such as the Netflix basketball film “Hustle” portray the job accurately? And just how far in the field can scouting international prospects take you in this line of work?

Three scouts for the Celtics sat down to talk about their own experience and provided the answers to these questions and more in the video you see embedded below.

Take a look at the clip to hear what Austin Ainge, Ashley Battle and Benas Matkevicius  — all scouts for Boston — have to say about their job working for the Celtics identifying the next generations of stars for the storied franchise.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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