Morning sports update: Isaiah Thomas thinks drama between Gordon Hayward and Jae Crowder is ‘out the window’
The Red Sox are headed into the All-Star break atop the AL East, while Jayson Tatum continues to shine for the Celtics in Summer League play.
Thomas thinks Hayward/Crowder problems are over: Isaiah Thomas tells A. Sherrod Blakely that the problems between Jae Crowder and Gordon Hayward will not be a problem now that they are teammates: “We’re trying to win a championship. We put all that aside. We’re gonna try to figure faster, I mean sooner rather than later. And then try to compete for a championship. All those other things, I think it goes out the window now that you’re teammates.” (CSNNE)
Crowder was not happy when Celtics fans noticeably cheered for Hayward the last time the Jazz visited the Garden:
HOME TEAM FANS CHEERING FOR THE OPPOSING PLAYERS NOW.. AW MAN OK… SMH BUT GOOD WIN FELLAS ONTO THE NEXT ONE.!!
— JAE CROWDER (@CJC9BOSS) January 4, 2017
Al Horford impressed by Celtics’ offseason additions: “I think we have a chance to be really good,” Horford said. “I think the key for us is to make sure that we keep working, that we keep getting better. The biggest thing is once we get together to really start working on the chemistry, really getting comfortable playing with each other.” (Boston Globe)
Al Horford is looking forward to playing with Jayson Tatum: https://t.co/Dw9F58tSf4 pic.twitter.com/MJLHnDuoXd
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) July 8, 2017
Danny Ainge says trading away Avery Bradley wasn’t only about cap space: Ainge told the Globe‘s Adam Himmelsbach on Friday that the Celtics had a glut of players who could play shooting guard, which was Bradley’s position, but not enough to play traditionally bigger positions, like power forward or small forward. (Boston.com)
Miller homers in 8th, Rays take 3 of 4 from Red Sox: “Losing three against these guys kind of stung a little bit, but hopefully we can come out in the second half and have the same attitude of winning every day and winning series,” Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts said. (Boston.com, via AP)
Chris Archer flies to All-Star Game with Mookie Betts after giving up home run: Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts took a pitch from Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer for a ride to deep left field to lead off Sunday’s game between the teams with a home run. After the contest, Betts made up for it by having Archer hitch a ride with him on a private plane to Miami for the All-Star Game. (ESPN)
I’m still mad at mookie. But I’m putting my faith in him right now. He’s flying this thing pic.twitter.com/LBfORtrT5k
— Chris Archer (@ChrisArcher22) July 9, 2017
Fab four dominating men’s play at Wimbledon again: The men’s fourth-round matchups on the top half of the draw Monday are Murray vs. Benoit Paire, Nadal vs. No. 16 Gilles Muller, No. 7 Marin Cilic vs. No. 18 Roberto Bautista Agut, and No. 24 Sam Querrey vs. Kevin Anderson. On the bottom half, it’s Djokovic vs. Adrian Mannarino, Federer vs. No. 13 Grigor Dimitrov, 2016 runner-up Milos Raonic vs. No. 10 Alexander Zverev; and 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych vs. No. 8 Dominic Thiem. (Boston Globe)
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