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Boston Celtics Draft: Jaylen Brown, Guerschon Yabusele, Ante Zizic, Demetrius Jackson, Ben Bentil, Abdel Nader Free agency: signed Al Horford Departures: Evan Turner, Jared Sullinger Ever since 2014, when the Celtics savagely robbed Billy King and the Nets of all they had, there has been a growing sense of excitement mingled with frustration as to when the Celtics would cash in on all their assets, which included high draft picks and cap space. This summer, they have finally started to turn those assets into living, breathing humans capable of helping them win basketball games. The 3rd overall pick in the draft, Jaylen Brown, looks like he's going to be a major problem for teams on the defensive side of the game. Brown's physical style of play meshes perfectly with a squad that includes Avery Bradley, Marcus Smart and Jae Crowder, three perimeter players who play nasty, all-up-in-your-face defense. Still only 19-years-old, Brown has much room to hone his offensive sk

Draft: Taurean Prince, DeAndre Bembry, Isaia Cordinier Free agency: re-signed Kent Bazemore and Kris Humphries, signed Dwight Howard and Jarrett Jack Departures: Al Horford, Jeff Teague Once the Hawks secured Dwight Howard's services, they were faced with a few options: 1. They could re-sign Horford and go big along with Millsap and Howard. 2. They could re-sign Horford, then trade Millsap for future assets and sport a Horford-Howard frontline entering next season or, 3. Let Horford walk and go with Millsap and Howard. The Hawks chose option number three, since Horford was willing to re-sign, but the Hawks drew a line in the contract negations and were too stubborn to slightly go over it to meet Horford's wishes. They were reportedly $6 million apart which, sadly, is like pennies in today's NBA financial landscape. A Millsap-Howard front court is mighty intriguing, especially on defense. Millsap has a well-earned reputation of being one of the most elastic defende

July 4th was both a wondrous day, and a crushing one for me. I got to go my uncle's beach house and relax, watching fireworks over smoldering s'mores. On the other hand, Kevin Durant's stunning departure to Silicon Valley left me, and many other OKC fans, in a state of despair. Just six weeks ago, the Thunder had done the impossible: they held a 3-1 series lead over the 73-win Golden-State Warriors. Everything was clicking. KD had turned into a defensive monster as well as an offensive one. Russell Westbrook wasn't having inexcusable lapses on defense. Steven Adams was beautifully growing up in front of my eyes as a two-way center. Andre Roberson had finally started hitting those wide-open threes. Everything was coming together after so many years of excruciatingly ill-timed injuries to all our studs. Then, stuff happened. The Warriors predictably won game 5, but it was ok since the Thunder were coming home for game 6 to finish them off and advance to the Finals fo