Morning Sports Update: Celtics could go after Dwight Howard in offseason
The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, the Bruins lose, and Red Sox pitchers and catchers are working out in Fort Myers.
Why Dwight Howard’s search for a new NBA home continues: The Celtics were involved in the Howard sweepstakes, league sources told The Vertical, but, like everyone else, were not interested in paying Houston’s price. Yet Celtics president Danny Ainge is a fan of Howard. Kevin McHale gave Ainge a strong endorsement of Howard, and there are few people in the NBA Ainge respects more than Mac. Boston has a hole in the middle and money to spend; to the Celtics, Howard is intriguing (Yahoo! Sports)
Bruins shut out by Predators, 2-0: Pekka Rinne made 29 saves, Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist and the Nashville Predators beat the Boston Bruins 2-0 on Thursday night. Craig Smith had the other goal and Mike Ribeiro had two assists for Nashville, which has won of two of three. The Bruins have lost two of three. Tuukka Rask made 22 saves. (Boston.com)
Ainge: Olynyk likely out for ‘couple of weeks’: Kelly Olynyk got a second opinion on his injured right shoulder, and now appears to be out for about two weeks. “It’s still sore,’’ Danny Ainge, Boston’s president of basketball operations, said on a conference call after the 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline had passed. (CSNNE.com)
This all sounds awfully familiar from Hanley Ramirez: The Red Sox’ new first baseman is saying a lot of things he said when he was the team’s new left fielder. (Boston.com)
Danny Ainge: Celtics didn’t make deadline trade, since ‘there were no deals good enough: “We feel like we came close to doing some things, but ultimately we didn’t,’’ Ainge told reporters in a conference call shortly after the afternoon deadline passed. “We spent a lot of time and put a lot of effort in. I think my staff did a fantastic job this time. We didn’t really get anything accomplished that we wanted to do because there were no deals good enough that we wanted to do.’’ (Boston.com)
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