The wonder a few deep post-season run is that it shortens the time between the previous season and the brand new. Simply final week, the Boston Celtics fell in defeat in Recreation 6 of the NBA Finals in opposition to the Golden State Warriors, and their season was over. Nonetheless, simply 4 days later, we’ve been given our first glimpse of the brand new season with the NBA releasing Boston’s Summer time League schedule.
Celtics full Summer time League schedule:
Saturday July 9 – vs Warmth – 5:30 PM ET – NBATV
Monday July 11 – vs Bucks – 8:00 PM ET – NBATV
Tuesday July 12 vs Warriors – 8:00 PM ET – ESPN2
Thursday July 14 vs Grizzlies – 3:30 PM ET – NBATVMatch play begins after the set schedule.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 20, 2022
The set schedule begins with a July 9 contest in opposition to the Miami Heat and is adopted by a back-to-back in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks, and sure, you guessed it, the Golden State Warriors. Then, the Celtics will spherical out their opening 4 video games by dealing with off in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies on July 14.
Of all of the groups Boston will face, the Grizzlies are probably the most intriguing — they’ve created a profitable roster by way of the draft, and may have a plethora of younger expertise seeking to show they’re worthy of a rotation spot subsequent season.
From a Celtics perspective, this Summer time League season received’t maintain as a lot weight as earlier years. Boston is now formally in rivalry mode, and outdoors of Sam Hauser and probably Aaron Nesmith, our focus will possible be on the event of Yam Madar and Juhann Begarin who each continued their improvement in France and Serbia respectively.
Final season, the Celtics made it to the finals of the Summer time League event earlier than losing against the Sacramento Kings, who had been led by spectacular rookie Davion Mitchell, though not one of the Boston roster made a lot noise as soon as the common season rolled round.
Moreover, as CelticsBlog’s Keith Smith reported, these opening 4 video games are the precursor to the Summer time League event and can give us a possibility to see some potential two-way gamers incomes their spot, or, guys like Hauser seeking to show they’re able to take the subsequent step of their improvement.
So prepare, as a result of there are solely two-and-a-half weeks till we are able to begin over-evaluating younger prospects, throwing round sizzling takes, and most significantly, cheering for some Celtics basketball once more. As a result of let’s be trustworthy, the low season already feels far too lengthy, and it’s solely simply begun.
