With three first-round picks in this year’s NBA Draft — No. 14, 20, and 22 — and another second-round pick at No. 51, the Celtics are staying especially diligent regarding their scouting leading up to June 20.
Director of player personnel Austin Ainge said that Boston has hosted 70-plus prospects at the Auerbach Center since their season came to an end last month, with many more to come. Between Monday and Tuesday, 12 more players were scheduled for pre-draft workouts — six on each day.
“We do like a lot of guys in this draft and there are scenarios when we would have three [first-round] guys and keep them all,” Ainge told Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe.