Cedric Maxwell calls the best shooter in the 2020 NBA Draft “Crash” on Boston’s radio broadcasts. He began Friday blocking Demar DeRozan on a help side rotation, after Payton Pritchard fouled DeRozan shortly before Aaron Nesmith crashed into the play.
Nesmith slid seemingly defenseless off DeRozan’s back and onto the hardwood. Him colliding with bodies inside became a regular sight few expected from the Celtics rookie this year, so much that he knows how to avoid injury.
“I feel great,” Nesmith said on Monday after grabbing four more boards against Portland. “I call it an ‘art of falling.