Report: Andre Drummond had serious offers from a number of organizations, including the Boston Celtics.
It appears as though one of the more well-liked trade scenarios for the Boston Celtics would have materialized, but in the end, the team would choose to take a different route during the NBA trade deadline in 2024. Chicago Bulls veteran big man Andre Drummond “also drew trade interest” from Boston prior to the Celtics “going in other directions,” according to recent news from Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
Naturally, their choice to acquire Xavier Tillman, Sr., a big man for the Memphis Grizzlies, in exchange for forward Lamar Stevens’ contract and two second-round selections, was in that route.
The UConn product was reportedly valued at three second round picks by the Bulls, which put the Tillman trade on the table and perhaps put an end to the Celtics’ hopes of acquiring him.
Although Drummond is undoubtedly the superior player, it can also be argued that he simply replicates the skill set that Boston already possesses in Neemias Queta, who still has room to improve.
In addition, Tillman, a former big man for the Grizzlies, is a good choice to expand the team’s possibilities in future seasons with tight budgets due to his comparative youth at age 25 and his contract that is about to expire with Bird rights.
INDIANAPOLIS: “My mindset is to come out and hoop and just be myself.”
Just hours before the NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge, there was rookie Scoot Henderson of the Portland Trail Blazers. The four-team mini tournament for the evening began with him coming out, hooping, and scoring 10 points in a 40-35 loss. It was a microcosm of Henderson’s modest debut season, which has once again been eclipsed by colleagues.
Amidst the crowd of Tyrese Haliburton shirts on the snow-covered streets of Indianapolis, a handful of jerseys featuring Victor Wembanyama’s No. 1—corresponding with his pick in the 2023 NBA draft—were visible. The talk of first-year players has centered around his competition for Rookie of the Year against Chet Holmgren, and they were the major event on Friday.
Henderson is now somewhere behind other first-round selections Jaime Jaquez Jr., Dereck Lively II, Keyonte George, and Brandin Podziemski in the rookie rankings due to Brandon Miller’s recent ascent.
Henderson responded, “I like it,” when asked about the other rookie class members’ accomplishments this year. I will always be a loving person. Regardless of how attractive someone may seem to me, I will never hit on them. I simply strive to return the love and acknowledge that we are all in this together. It’s nice to watch how everyone else has grown.
As the sole performance in town for a single night, they were all assembled here to kick off the All-Star Weekend celebrations. Henderson was given the chance to not only prove he belonged on stage but also to reaffirm his status as a top student in the class of 2024 by showing up to hoop and simply be himself.