One guy who is starting to catch Celtics fans’ attention this summer is Jordan Mickey. The Celtics selected him with the 33rd overall pick in June’s draft, and folks are slowly starting to understand why. Mickey had a very productive night for Boston’s Summer League team on Saturday. He put in 15 points on 6 of 10 shooting to go with 10 boards & 3 blocked shots.
Jordan Mickey led D1 hoops last season with 3.6 blocks per game. And before he was drafted, the 6’8″ Mickey reminded any doubters of just that:
“I would say (to critics) I led college basketball in blocked shots this year,” he said. “That’s 7-footers, 7-foot-2, 7-foot-5 — all of that. I led the country in blocks, so I feel like height really isn’t a big difference to me.”
How can you not love that kind of confidence? We obviously have a long way to go before hailing Mickey as the “rim protector” that Danny’s been looking for, but he’s off to a nice start. Check out his highlights from last night’s win over Portland below, courtesy of PZ.
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