fab melo

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. Which rookie is the funniest? 1. Fab Melo, Boston — 22.9 percent 2. Kyle O’Quinn, Orlando — 20.0 percent 3. Will Barton, Portland — 11.4 percent 4. Jared Sullinger, Boston — [...]

The NBA Rookie photo shoot is taking place in TarryTown, New York today. The Celtics’ official Instagram just uploaded a great pic of rookies Jared Sullinger and Fab Melo. This is our first look at them in official Celtics’ unis. As a sneakerhead though, the Air Jordan XI “Concord” was what caught my eye. Both Sully [...]

CSNNE’s Jess Camerato just published her Beyond the Arc interview with Fab Melo: JC: Who encouraged you to play basketball? FM: I was playing pick-ups and I was the last one picked, so I decided it wasn’t fun anymore and I started playing basketball. I know what it’s like to be the last one picked [...]

We all get a little bit of the Summer Fever around this time of year.  We fall in love with players who never make it.  We fantasize about genius GM’s finding no-name diamonds in the rough that will make an impact for a winning team.  Hell, I did three separate pieces on Dionte Christmas in [...]

The Celtics began their Las Vegas summer league play with a throttling over the Atlanta Hawks. Fab Melo opened some eyes and dropped some jaws with some inspiring play while Jared Sullinger once again played very well. Check out compilations of both Melo and Sullinger as well as a loud dunk from JaJuan Johnson. Fab [...]

Summer league part one is over for the Celtics, and the story of this game is Dionte Christmas. He dominated the first half of this game as the Celtics built a huge lead… waxing the Orlando Magic by 21.  Christmas, who will not be playing for the Celtics in Las Vegas, wowed us with an [...]

This is only summer league This is only summer league This is only summer league I’m trying to remind myself of something that I know all too well.  This is only summer league, and every summer league has a “breakout” player that never makes it in the league.  But I can’t help but enjoy what [...]

We’re only 3 games into Summer League, and Fab Melo is already showing he’s proud to be a Celtic. He gets a tweet from a girl in a Heat shirt who says:  ”is Melo really your last name?”  His response is fantastic:   @Anais_Awkk yea it is and u can’t be my fan with a heat [...]

Final score (85-77) and three-game winning streak aside, Celtics fans have reason continue to be encouraged by the performances this week at the Orlando Summer League. Jared Sullinger continues to show signs of being NBA-ready… this time by scoring 16 points on 7-12 shooting while also grabbing 8 rebounds and blocking 2 shots.  It wasn’t [...]

The Celtics were scuffling along in typical summer league fashion.  They were down by 17 to the Brooklyn Nets… … until undrafted rookie Jonathan Gibson took over. Gibson dropped 17 points off the bench and led the Celtics to a 30-14 fourth quarter and 82-73 Celtics win.  Gibson is a 6’1″ guard out of New [...]