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Celtics (0-0) vs Sixers (0-0) Utah SL Game 1
« on: July 04, 2016, 12:03:14 AM »

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Boston Celtics  (0-0) vs Philadelphia 76ers (0-0) 
Utah Summer League Game 1
Monday, July 4, 2016
7:00 PM ET
TV:  CSNNE, NBA-TV,  KJZZ
Streaming:  ESPN 3
Vivant Smart Home Arena



Celtics Summer League Roster
Player..... Number

Ben Bentil  50
Jaylen Brown 9
RJ Hunter 28
Demetrius Jackson 26
Jordan Mickey 55
Malcolm Miller  48
Abdel Nader  51
Jayvaughn Pinkston 52
Terry Rozier  12
Marcus Thornton 27
Corey Walden 46
Guerschon Yabusele  30
Mouphtaou Yarou  63
James Young  13
Coach: Micah Shrewsberry




Sixers Summer League Roster
Player.... Number

Bryon Allen 1
Tomasz Gielo  50
Richuan Holmes  22
Maodo Lo  18
Shawn Long  41
Timothe Luwawu  20 
TJ McConnell 12
Javon McCrea  14
James Nunnally 17
Levi Randolph  40
Ben Simmons  25
Kwame Vaughn  23
James Webb  23

Game Notes
The Utah Summer League kicks off with a first look at the first and third picks in this year's draft. 
The Celtics have a nice team with rookies Jaylen Brown, Ben Bentil, Demetrius Jackson, Abdel Nader and Guershchon Yabusele.   They also have second year players RJ Hunter, Jordan Mickey, Terry Rozier, and Marcus Thornton.  James Young is playing in his third Summer League for the Celtics.  They also have a couple of Red Claws and undrafted players.

The Sixers feature the #1 draft pick, Ben Simmons, who is the early pick for rookie of the year.  They also have second year players Richuan Holmes, TJ McConnell, and Christian Wood.  One other first round pick, Timothe Luwawu, is listed as playing in the Vegas Summer League only and a third first round pick, Furkan Korkmaz of Turkey, is not listed on their roster.  They also have a Levi Randolph, who played for the Celtics in training camp and for the Red Claws last season. 

Looking at the two rosters, we should see a lot of small ball.  The Celtics tallest player is 6'9" tall and is the only center listed on the roster.  Jordan Mickey is long and can play center and is listed at 6'8".  For the Sixers, they have 6'10" Richuan Holmes and 6'11" Christian Wood but the other players are all 6'9" or shorter. 

Players to Watch


James Young is playing in his third Summer League.  While it's not usual for 3rd year players to play in Summer League, Young has spent most of his first two seasons with the Celtics playing for the Red Claws.  He has yet to prove that he can play on this level and so these games are very important for him.

Celtics fans were not happy on draft night when Danny didn't make a trade but instead chose Jaylen Brown with the third pick.  Brown has vowed to prove that he is worth the third pick and will look to start winning over Celtics fans with Summer League. 

Honorable Mention
Guerschon Yabusele
The Celtics rookie has been described by coach Micah Shrewsberry as a Dancing Bear.  He has great footwork in spite of his size.  He also has a great 3 point shot.  It will be interesting to see how he plays.  Most assume that he will be a draft and stash pick but he may just play himself onto the team this season.


Ben Simmons was the much heralded first pick of the 2016 draft.  He is already being discussed as the Rookie of the Year before playing a single game for the Sixers.  We get our first look at him in this game.


Christian Wood is the tallest player on either team.  He is entering his second season in the league having gone undrafted last season.  He averaged 3.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.4 blocks last season. 

Honorable Mention
Levi Randolph
Randolph played for the Celtics in training camp last season and after being cut at the end of the preseason, he signed with the Red Claws and averaged 14.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists last season for them. 

Re: Celtics (0-0) vs Sixers (0-0) Utah SL Game 1
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2016, 12:05:17 AM »

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Can't wait for Brown to prove people wrong. He gonna tear up in this game.

Re: Celtics (0-0) vs Sixers (0-0) Utah SL Game 1
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2016, 12:06:02 AM »

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Ayyy game threads! Let's get it! Thanks FLCeltsFan and TP!
I could very well see the Hawks... starting Taurean Prince at the 3, who is already better than Crowder, imo.

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Re: Celtics (0-0) vs Sixers (0-0) Utah SL Game 1
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Great to see one of these threads again :D. Excited to hopefully watch the game tomorrow. Hope our rookies play well.

Re: Celtics (0-0) vs Sixers (0-0) Utah SL Game 1
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2016, 12:06:31 AM »

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And a TP for mr. dee for being the very fast first person to post in the game thread!! 

Re: Celtics (0-0) vs Sixers (0-0) Utah SL Game 1
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2016, 12:07:00 AM »

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TP FLCelts. It is good to see one of these again!
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Re: Celtics (0-0) vs Sixers (0-0) Utah SL Game 1
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2016, 12:08:05 AM »

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And a TP to alldaboston and Denis998 and max215 for being almost as fast!  You guys must have been waiting up watching for this :)   

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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2016, 12:16:30 AM »

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Can't wait for Brown to prove people wrong. He gonna tear up in this game.

Hopefully :). Btw, FLCeltsFan, when you said 'this level' in regards to James Young, were you talking about the NBA or the summer league, because he was awful in Vegas or wherever that was, lol. TP for your efforts as always :).

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« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2016, 12:24:01 AM »

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Anyone knows if Horford is going to suit up for the Summer League? Need to make sure he's NBA ready.

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« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2016, 12:25:36 AM »

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Game should produce a few highlights hopefully.

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« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2016, 12:29:38 AM »

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Game should produce a few highlights hopefully.

Jaylen should be good for at least one :)
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« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2016, 12:31:24 AM »

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Other than signing up with NBA ticket or whatever it's called, anyone know of another website that will televise the game? 

I'd be very much obliged as I'd like to see, in particular, Yabusele in action against NBA level competition.   :)

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« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2016, 12:34:20 AM »

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Other than signing up with NBA ticket or whatever it's called, anyone know of another website that will televise the game? 

I'd be very much obliged as I'd like to see, in particular, Yabusele in action against NBA level competition.   :)
ESPN 3 is supposed to stream the game.  I think that's an app you can get. 

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« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2016, 12:35:06 AM »

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Other than signing up with NBA ticket or whatever it's called, anyone know of another website that will televise the game? 

I'd be very much obliged as I'd like to see, in particular, Yabusele in action against NBA level competition.   :)
ESPN 3 is supposed to stream the game.  I think that's an app you can get.

Watch ESPN. There's an app and a website.
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« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2016, 12:36:20 AM »

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I hope Jaylen Brown looks great, and I think he will.  Can't wait to see this matchup -- the Celtics have a really stacked roster with 5 recent 1st round picks, and 5 more seconds from the last two drafts.  And Philly obviously has Simmons.

Based on the Celtics roster, I'd be really disappointed if they didn't roll through summer league.  There's a lot of talent on it, and it should fit together well.