Live blog: Here are the latest updates from Celtics media day

CANTON — The Celtics are hosting media day Monday afternoon.

Availability begins at noon.

Here are the latest updates:

Center Enes Kanter

• Kanter walked in with a tray of cookies.
• Kanter said he plans to join the WWE when he retires from basketball: “I’m serious.”
• Kanter on his time with the Knicks: “If someone is telling me to go out there not to win, that’s not in my blood. I’m going out there to win every game and play hard and give 100 percent every time. So, if someone tells me to do the opposite, I’m not going to accept it. It doesn’t matter who’s telling me.”

Forward Gordon Hayward

• Hayward said he had a great offseason staying in Boston: “I was able to train the way I wanted to train and not have to worry about anything.”
• What did he learn from last season? “I think you learn that nothing’s just going to be given to you in this league. I think a lot of people just handed us the trip to the Finals and thought we were going to walk our way to the Eastern Conference Finals. That’s obviously not the case, and that didn’t happen. Certainly, there’s a lot more to basketball than just looking at who’s on the team. Some of the intangible things, we didn’t do as good of a job last year.”
• Hayward: “I think we’re all looking forward to this season, kind of that fresh start feel.”

Point guard Tremont Waters

• Waters said he’s excited to play close to his home state of Connecticut because that means his mother will be able to attend more games: “She can experience this as well. We grew up through hard times.”
• Waters said he plans to find a way to honor his late father this season. He also mentioned that Marcus Smart sent him a text offering his condolences, which meant a lot.
• Waters listed Chris Paul, Allen Iverson, and Fred Van Vleet as players he watches and tried to model his game after.

Forward Grant Williams

• Williams said he’s “guarded everyone basically, anyone you can think of” this summer at the Auerbach Center.

Center Daniel Theis

• Theis said he’s open to any role: “It’s just about winning games.”
• Theis: “I would say our style of play is going to change a little bit, just because Al [Horford] left. He was a point forward; he was bringing up the ball. Now, we have bigs who can really run the floor, starting with Enes, me, Vince, Rob, we can really run the floor.”
• Theis said he’s worked on his three-point shot this summer and hopes his shooting percentage from last season (38.8) stays the same as he logs more attempts this season: “My goal is to be consistent from three-point [range].”

Center Robert Williams

• Williams acknowledged there’s a vacancy in the front court. This season, he hopes to bring “a great deal of effort and a great defensive presence.”
• Williams said, as a rookie, he learned the importance of taking care of “the intangibles.”

Shooting guard Romeo Langford

• Langford, who missed all of summer league, said his thumb is feeling pain-free: “No restrictions. I feel like I’m getting better every day this summer.”
• Langford, who was working on his shot with a ping pong paddle taped to his hand at one point, said he’s graduated from using the paddle. He noted his shot is much more fluid and smooth: “My shot has really improved a lot.”
• Langford said he is back to 100 percent with no restrictions. He’s played 5-on-5 with “basically everybody” that’s been at the Auerbach Center, including all the rookies, Gordon Hayward, Vincent Poirier, and Enes Kanter.

Point guard Carsen Edwards

• After a strong showing at Summer League, Edwards said he still has so much to work on and so much to learn: “I really don’t take much from Summer League.”
• Edwards also called Patriots linebacker “a brother.” Both players went to Purdue.

Center Vincent Poirier

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Forward Jaylen Brown

• Brown said he’s not thinking too much about his possible contract extension: “I’m not losing any sleep over it. I think stuff like that ends up working itself out, however so. I’m just focused on the season and playing basketball. That’s my No. 1 emphasis. Let the chips fall where they may.”
• Brown called playing more power forward and center for Team USA “a good experience,” and he expects to play more of that this season: “Getting that experience is definitely going to help going into this year.”
• Brown said his mantra for the season is: “Just come out and hoop.”

Point guard Brad Wanamaker

• Wanamaker said he’s happy to be back for a second season: “Another year in the system, I feel like it’s a head start from last year.”

Center Tacko Fall

• Fall said Enes Kanter is the type of person he wants to be around because he has “such a positive aura.” He said he’s trying to learn from Kanter, both in terms of having a long career and giving back to the community.
• Fall noted he once got a concussion because he did not duck walking through a door.

Point guard Kemba Walker

• Walker on what he can bring to the Celtics: “Some veteran leadership, some enthusiasm, and some positive energy. That’s what I’m here for. I’m just trying to be myself.”
• Walker said he’s still trying to meet everyone outside of those he played with on Team USA.
• On his ninth media day, Walker said he feels like “the new kid in school.”
• Unlike some of his teammates, Walker acknowledged the season expectations and said he’s excited for them: “That’s something I haven’t had much of throughout my career. I’m looking forward to trying my best to meet the challenge.”

Forward Semi Ojeleye

• Ojeleye says he sees an opportunity in the frontcourt, given the offseason changes: “I think we’ll play a bunch of wings and then a five-man. I think we’ll have all kinds of lineups this year. I think [Stevens] will put guys out there that play well together and hopefully that’s everybody.”
• Ojeleye said he would feel comfortable playing as an undersized center.
• Ojeleye: “I feel like we are really cherishing this fresh start.”

Forward Jayson Tatum

• Tatum says his ankle is “good” and he will be ready to practice Tuesday.
• Tatum called playing for Team USA this summer “a great honor.” He said he loved playing for coach Gregg Popovich, noting that the 70-year-old reminds him of his college coach, Mike Krzyzewski.
• Tatum said he spoke with Popovich about being able to “dominate and have an impact on the game without necessarily scoring.” He said he’s made an effort to make quicker decisions and to not settle.
• Tatum said he enjoyed playing with new teammate Kemba Walker: “He’s as good as advertised. He’s a great person. We spent a lot of time together over there, doing team meals, tourist things, and playing video games. It was like a big AAU trip.”
• Tatum said he is focused on getting to the basket more and shooting more threes — “threes and layups” — in addition to getting to the free-throw line more.

Coach Brad Stevens

• Stevens: “Every team is its own entity. Every team has different needs. This team will have to play a little differently on both sides of the ball than we had, not enormously differently, but we’ll have to do little things here and there. Our focus over the next couple weeks is to play with the right effort and togetherness.”
• How will the Celtics use new center Enes Kanter? “We’re going to throw him the ball in the post at times. He’s going to roll to the rim, he’s going to seal, [and] he’s going to rebound. He’s a capable guy stretching the floor, but we’re going to let him soar with those other strengths first and foremost.”
• Stevens acknowledged that the team’s approach to the center position is still in flux, but noted Kanter will be an important part of the plans.