A brief look into the process of vetting a prospect.
We are less than a week away from the NBA Draft and the Celtics are hard at work evaluating prospects and working the phones for potential trades. Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall in the Waltham offices right about now? That would require some interesting science or some serious DARPA technology. So the next best thing is to read about how the process went down a year ago.
Adam Himmelsbach has produced an excellent long form look at the Celtics decision to draft Marcus Smart with the 6th pick last year.