COMMENTARY
LAS VEGAS — It’s morning in Las Vegas. A high school gym about 17 miles from the strip slowly grows louder with the sounds of dribbling basketballs and assorted conversations. On one side, the assembled media has broken into small groups, chatting up coaches and players, trying like hell to find a nugget of something to turn into a story.
I’m among them, settling in next to Celtics forward Semi Ojeleye.
The light above a TV camera flickers on, and Ojeleye begins answering questions.
Celtics.com’s Amanda Pflugrad opens with, “What have you learned about this team?