BOSTON — Xavier Tillman Sr. is finally pain-free.
He dealt with left knee swelling last season after his trade from Memphis that ailed him after nearly every game. The injury stemmed from back to college, and made the acclimation from his only NBA team to that point more difficult, alongside learning the Celtics’ system at both ends and suffering personal tragedy when his father Roosevelt died in May. He spent the summer taking a step back mentally while he healed physically.
“Knee’s feeling good,” Tillman Sr. told CLNS Media/CelticsBlog on Monday. “Really good, actually.