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Celtics’ strong summer performance creates roster logjam

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LAS VEGAS — There’s never a guarantee that Danny Ainge has stopped dealing, but the Celtics president is already close to a full roster.

Now is the time for two-way contracts (a new NBA development) and assignments to Maine, with several players proving their value in the retitled G-League.

But one player who especially emerged this summer was Jabari Bird, a resourceful shooting guard who played with Jaylen Brown at the University of California. If you’re wondering who could emerge from this experience with the greatest shot of landing one of those two-way contracts, it’s Bird.

“He did really well.