Well, it’s started in earnest. The dubious rumors are beginning to fly as the NBA draft approaches.
Old favorite Chad Ford published a piece yesterday suggesting—with anonymous quotes!—that the Celtics were seriously considering taking Josh Jackson with the first pick. I don’t claim to know anything, but this seems exceedingly unlikely. I’m not a believer that “consensus” has to be right, or that teams never do surprising things at the top of the draft (see Anthony Bennett,) but for weeks there has been little debate about the top pick, and now this?