Jared Sullinger used to talk about his timing and how it helped him track rebounds.
Give him a clear look at a shooter on the other side of the basket, and through some innate calculator he could read how the ball was going to carom. He’d generally be right, too.
But that was before Sullinger realized he had to put more work into the game. Up until last summer, and a family intervention that sent him down to Houston to work out with fitness guru John Lucas, the Celtics forward got by on his considerable natural ability.