Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.

But first Bass has to adapt to this new distance. Initially, it hasn’t been as simple as stepping back a mere two more feet. He has stepped outside his comfort zone.

“When I first started shooting it, it felt overwhelming, it was so far from what I’m used to. But it’s getting better,” Bass said. “The last couple of years I saw the game moving in that direction and I wanted to do something about it. This is my time to adjust.

“I think I’m in the process of still getting comfortable. Once I do it will be a different story,” he said. “It’s a lot when you’re talking about something that’s never been a part of your game, and then you try to implement it in the NBA. Most 3-point shooters have been doing it since they were kids.”

Herald: Bass now a deep thinker

Bass launched a shot-clock 3-pointer from in front of the Celtics bench in a 95-90 win over the Brooklyn Nets Sunday, and the conversion was greeted with NBA Finals-like enthusiasm by Bass and his teammates.

“He’s been shooting them for a couple months now,” said Rajon Rondo. “He made one. We got up and joked about it because he thought it was a buzzer-beater and we had, like, four seconds to go, and he wanted to lay there and enjoy it. But we told him to get up and get back on the court.”

Globe: Bass joins Celtics 3-point parade

Good for Bass for adjusting his game.  The corner 3 has become the symbol of the NBA’s statistical revolution, so it’s good for Bass to adjust to a new era in the NBA.

The though process is simple:  If you can shoot 3-of-10 from 3, you’re scoring 9 points.  If you shoot 45% from 2, or 4.5 of 10, that’s… 9 points.  So why not see if you can make an extra 3 here and there and you’re ahead of the game despite the closer 2 being a higher percentage shot.

Well, Bass has made a career out of being a power forward with a nice mid-range game.  And while his skill set is still very valuable in the NBA, Jared Sullinger’s emergence as a 3-point shooter is much more valuable in TODAY’S NBA.  There is a premium on bigs who can hit from 3 and stretch the floor.  The “Stretch-4” is now, really, just a 4 in the NBA.  So for Bass, he had to evolve his game, or risk losing some money on his next contract.

Now, Bass is positioning himself to have some real value for an NBA team down the stretch.  And because the Celtics are where they are, and Bass is in the final year of his deal, a 3-point capable Bass will draw some interest at the trade deadline.  As much as I like Bass, who is by all accounts a good all around guy who busts his ass, I don’t think it’s very likely that he’s back next season.  The Celtics aren’t going to pay him $7 million-plus to duplicate Sullinger.  They’re going to spend that money on someone who can play more of a 5 and move Olynyk to the 4 and have their depth that way.

Bass is a valuable guy, but he’s no longer a fit on the Celtics for the long-term.  The good news for Bass is that he’ll probably end up going to a good team with a good chance at winning.  And I’ll root for him because he’s the kind of guy you keep rooting for when he goes to another team.  Thanks to his new-found 3-point shooting touch, finding his way to another team in a way that helps the Celtics is much more possible.

By the way… It’s funny, I remember people freaking out when Kevin McHale started to take the occasional 3 at the end of his career.  Who knew he was this far ahead of his time?

Page 2:  Cuts are coming soon

Stevens said he expects roster cuts to happen “within the next couple of days.”

Beyond Bynum, who could be traded or waived, the obvious candidates to go are Tim Frazier, Rodney McGruder, Christian Watford and Erik Murphy. In the past, many of Boston’s training camp invitees have ended up with the Maine Red Claws.

MassLive

I’m still curious as to how the Celtics will deal with Will Bynum and whether it’ll be a buyout or a trade.  It’s clear he’s never wearing Green.

The Celtics seem intrigued enough with Dwight Powell that he’s going to stick around for a little while.  He’s the only one of these invitee’s who’s gotten any legitimate pre-season minutes, though that will probably change tomorrow night when most guys get rest.

And Finally…

I found this the other day and thought it was hilarious.  Out of context it looks like Yahoo is taking a potshot at 6 foot-nothing Will Bynum.

The reality is that Yahoo news auto-crops its pictures and sometimes you get fun results like this.  I’d like to think someone there saw this and said “no, you know what?  This looks right” and left it.

The rest of the links:

Globe:  Rondo could be ready for opener  |  MassLive:  Gerald Wallace content despite knee pain, limited role  |  Herald:  A possibility of Rondo in the opener  |  CSNNE:  No need to rush Rondo’s return  |  Wallace, Celtics ok with smaller role  |  Celtics might have Rondo opening night  |  ESPN Boston:  On the mend, Wallace stays flexible  |  Young eyes Wednesday return  |  Rondo not ruling out opener  |  NESN:  Rondo:  Celtics going to surprise a lot of people under Stevens