To label it an experiment would have been a glaring omission of intent—the Boston Celtics, of course, were in the business of gathering information—but there was something unorthodox about the group of players working out at their Waltham, Mass., facility in the spring of 2017. If nothing, it was a study in contrast. On one end of the gym were two behemoths: 7’1” 300-pound Michael Ojo from Florida State, dwarfed by Central Florida’s 7’6”, 290-pound Tacko Fall. On the other basket, college basketball’s top two scorers from the previous season stood together for the first time, eye-to-eye at 5’9”.
Chasing 30: Can Chris Clemons Join Scoring Royalty in His Last Ride at Campbell?
