James Young Celtics

They had just lost a coin toss for the 5th pick with the utah jazz and were looking at the 6th and 17th picks in this draft.

James young celtics. A native of flint michigan young was drafted 17th overall out of the university of kentucky in the 2014 nba draft. Boston celtics rookie swingman james young said tuesday that he has been cleared to return to basketball activities after the pre draft car accident that forced him to miss summer league. He struggled to see the floor last season in boston averaging 7 6 minutes and posting 2 3 points per game. Young is the former 17th overall pick in the 2014 nba draft by the celtics.

Celtics head coach brad stevens chose to rest seven of his top players including all five starters during the team s final scrimmage game against james harden russell westbrook and the. James young takes a bump on the drive and still hits the runner off the glass plus the foul. Rookie terry rozier scores 16 points and has six assists to lead the celtics to a 111 105 preseason. Opinions expressed on this page are solely those of the individual author and don t represent the opinions of the celtics front office.

On this day in 2014 former boston celtics shooting guard james young signed his three year rookie deal with the celtics. James young was a top 10 recruit coming out of high. James young born august 16 1995 is an american professional basketball player for maccabi haifa of the israeli premier league he played one season of college basketball for the kentucky wildcats before being selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2014 nba draft by the boston celtics he spent the majority of his rookie nba season playing in the nba development league for the celtics. Latest on maccabi haifa guard james young including news stats videos highlights and more on espn.

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