NEW YORK — Kelly Olynyk will never be a chest-pounding kind of guy, but he could use a little of the swagger embodied in renowned bat flipper Jose Bautista.
The Celtics 7-footer is following his original home-team Blue Jays very closely in the playoffs and loved hearing about Bautista’s big homer Wednesday night.
“I played baseball growing up. Obviously I love the Sox,” said Olynyk, who has Toronto and Red Sox caps in his regular rotation, “but the Jays have been the team I’ve followed since I was young. I followed guys like Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells, Orlando Hudson .