Rumor season 101 – reminders on how to view Celtics rumors

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty ImagesGood afternoon class, my name is Professor Clark and today I’ll be teaching you about NBA rumor season. Some of you are new to this and my goal here is to provide you with the tools you need to interpret rumors. Many here are grizzled veterans of this process, but it never hurts to brush up on the basics. This is by no means an exhaustive study, just an introduction and/or reminder of the fundamentals.

Always follow the rumor to the source

We live in an age of aggregation and this blog is no exception. By the time you hear a rumor, it may have been filtered through 2 or 3 media sources. One media outlet runs a quote, another website paraphrases it, another…