When Boston Celtics team president Danny Ainge hit the reset button this summer, attention immediately split between the franchise's past and its future.
The narratives that followed Doc Rivers, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett out the door first captured the hoops world's attention. When Ainge handed over the coaching reigns to 36-year-old Brad Stevens, analysts wondered how the baby-faced coach would mesh with his new enigmatic floor general Rajon Rondo.
No one was talking about the present. At least, not without discussing how it would impact Boston's ability to land one of the top-shelf members of the fully loaded 2014 rookie class.
But Celtics sophomore Jared Sullinger is changing all of that. The 280-pound banger is giving fans hope for today.
And an even brighter look at tomorrow.
Arriving Now, Blossoming Later
Sullinger is about as unlikely a savior as hoops heads could imagine.
The NBA is a size-speed league. Prospects preferably have both in spades.
Sullinger had the horizontal size, but his length presented problems given his lack ...
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Article written by Zach Buckley
Jared Sullinger Is Emerging as Critical Piece to Celtics’ Present and Future
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