Former Nets player Milton Doyle signed with Australian …
August 15, 2022 | 3:10 pm EDT Update
Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck on next season: We can win this thing
“We can win this thing, possibly,” Wyc Grousbeck told WBZ’s Dan Roche. “We have a chance to contend. That’s their words. They’re burning with a desire to make it come true.” The Celtics are going all-in on the roster, and that includes ownership as the payroll enters the luxury tax.
There are still some pieces that need to be filled — mostly the Celtics’ open roster spots — but Boston’s rotation is firmly set with Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari having their roles as contributors. “We think our roster right now is a strongly contending team,” Grousbeck said. “Ime loves the group, Brad loves the group, I love the group. Then the group is very cohesive.”
“I felt we were two steps from Mt. Everest then we fell off the thing” Grousbeck said. “We were up 2-1 in the Finals. … I felt like we were almost there. We got beaten, maybe were tired.”
Sam Merrill signed two-year, partially guaranteed deal with Kings
Sam Merrill signed a two-year, $3.71M contract with the Sacramento Kings. He’ll make $1.84M in 2022-23 and $2.00M in 2023-24. The first year of his contract is partially guaranteed for $150,000 while his second year is fully non-guaranteed.
August 15, 2022 | 2:53 pm EDT Update
Pete Carril (1930-2022)
Legendary Princeton men’s basketball coach Pete Carril, who authored the revolutionary Princeton Offense passed away Monday morning at Penn Hospital in Philadelphia. Carril was 92 years old.
After Princeton, Carril served as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings for 10 years until his retirement in 2006. Carril would later return three years later as an assistant coach with the Kings for one season in ’07 before retiring for good.
