More from the "only news because it's August" department, NBA.com's David Aldridge recently wrote a column ranking the offseasons of all 30 NBA franchises. Your Boston Celtics check in at No. 11.
Aldridge calls assistant general manager Mike Zarren "the key man," citing his role in the "myriad" of future draft picks Danny Ainge has amassed. As far as analysis of the offseason, Aldridge writes:
Ainge stuck to the script for a couple of years of trying to build through the Draft, but after not getting high enough in the first round to get impact players, he sped up the process, turning over half of the roster -- starting with signing [Amir] Johnson from Toronto and getting [David] Lee from the NBA champs.