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The 6-foot-9, 242-pound Holmes elected to join Boston and, on a summer squad thin on size, he hs taken advantage of available minutes up front. Holmes posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds over 26 minutes of court time in the Celtics’ 85-76 triumph over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV.

Steady but quiet during Boston’s three-game stint in Utah last week, Holmes seems to have found his groove in Vegas. He posted 15 points and seven rebounds during Saturday’s win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the Celtics’ Vegas opener.

So what was it that attracted him to Boston?

“I just know they have the best coaching staff and I thought I had a good opportunity to play here and show what I can do,” Holmes said. “It seems to be a pretty good choice so far.”

ESPN Boston – Holmes’ game emerging for Celtics in Vegas

Granted, I’m by no means a draft expert, but I was pretty surprised to see Jonathan Holmes go undrafted. Already during the summer league, the Hornets have locked up Aaron Harrison (2-year deal) and the Lakers inked Robert Upshaw — both guys were undrafted. Holmes is a guy with loads of talent, but came from a program in disarray at Texas. He was also overshadowed by teammate Myles Turner who, as Forsberg points out, forced Holmes out of position with the Longhorns.

The Cs roster is already jam packed and flush with 6’9-7’0 bigs, and is in a state of complete transition (see page 2), so finding a spot for Holmes, even if he’s deserving, is nearly impossible. Holmes wouldn’t be the first undrafted, summer league invite to wedge his way onto the Celtics roster for training camp. Dionte Christmas turned heads in 2012 and played into the pre-season before ultimately settling on playing in Europe. If Holmes can maintain his productivity, it’ll be hard for Ainge not to invite him to camp. There was too much buzz heading into the draft and there are too many promising signs this summer not to try to at least stash this guy in Maine. Time will tell.

Also, Holmes states that he chose Boston because he felt “they have the best coaching staff.” So enough, everyone, about how NBA players only go to warm weather cities and tax free states. Undrafted rookies want to play for us because we have the best coaching staff. It’s just a matter of time before that attitude becomes pervasive to the point that Kevin Durant is wearing green in 2016!

On Page 2, we’re reminded again: this is by no means a finished product

 Danny Ainge freely admits the Celtics roster is an extremely fluid entity. It’s why he’s held off on completing the trade for David Lee and the free agent signing of Jae Crowder.

As of yesterday, the Celts had no other moves in the pipeline, but it seems the club could well be going through another season where change is the only constant.

“I have no idea,” Ainge said when asked if he expects the roster to be significantly different at the start of the year than it is now. “We’re still trying to do things that will help our team get better, but I like the group of guys we have right now.”

The C’s president of basketball operations readily acknowledged the obvious — that his team has logjams at either end of the height spectrum among guards and bigs. He thinks it can be an issue when trying to create a proper rotation.

“I do,” Ainge said, “but that doesn’t mean I’m going to sacrifice talent for better balance on our roster. I have to move my shortstop to second base maybe.”

Boston Herald – For Danny Ainge’s team, it’s a fluid situation

Could the Celtics really go into the season as currently constituted? Bulpett isn’t so sure, and neither is Danny Ainge, it seems. You better believe the Celtics are working the phones, but the problem is that there likely isn’t a franchise-changing deal waiting out there. The same lukewarm feelings surround Kelly Olynyk and Jared Sullinger now as they did at the end of the season. Marcus Smart tore up summer league. Does that do anything to change his stock? Is he untouchable in Danny’s eyes?

Ainge says he won’t make a move just to even out roster distribution, but if the right type of trade presents itself to do just that, I hope he pulls the trigger. He needs to identify which bigs and which guards he’d ultimately like to build around for this year and then look to deal off one or two of the others.

The nice thing about the current Celtics, the ones who don’t tank, play hard and are competitive in every game, is that they still may have one or two attractive lottery picks in next year’s draft. Unlike this year, where fans wrestled between wins and lottery positioning, we should be able to pull wholeheartedly for victories. Asset collection is nice, but a disjointed roster and constant in-season change is just going to make Brad Stevens’ job more difficult.

The whole thing makes me wonder how Stevens currently feels about the state of the Celtics’ roster, and Danny’s philosophy in year three. Is Stevens ready to manage this amalgam of useful parts, only to have to integrate new faces with trades throughout the year? The more Ainge can do now, before training camp, the easier he’ll make this job on his superstar coach.

And finally, James Young can’t get on the court in summer league again

James Young, who was expected to miss last night’s summer league game against Philadelphia because of a bruised left hip, isn’t alone in his desire to return to the court.

The Celtics brass had hoped to use this prolonged summer league stretch between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas to evaluate the second-year guard, and right now their look is very limited. All they have to go on, at the moment, is a very underwhelming line.

Before injuring his hip in the third game of the Utah summer league, the highly regarded shooter had gone 2-for-13 from 3-point range and 6-for-26 overall. Young could be a significant part of the Celtics’ future, but his performances clearly have to improve.

“He needs to play if he’s available to play,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said after yesterday’s shootaround at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center. “Hopefully, he’ll get better quickly, because these games are important for James. Every time he misses a game … obviously we want him out there. Hopefully, James will get better and get back out on the floor.”

Boston Herald – Celtics notebook: Hip prevents Celtics from evaluating Young

For all the talk about a new and improved James Young, the one who added bulk and improved his work ethic after a year in and out of the D-league, this was the last way he and the Celtics wanted to start the summer. You can sense the urgency in Brad Stevens’ voice. If Young can’t get out on the court and make an impact before the season starts, he’s probably going to get buried on this roster. Rj Hunter does a lot of the same things Young does and he’s currently getting summer reps. The injury is compounded by the fact that, when he was out there in Utah, he wasn’t making shots.

This is a crucial stretch for James Young. All we’ve heard about and talked about is his potential. Scouts have said that Young would have been a lottery pick in this year’s draft. His frame and game fit the modern NBA. But it’s a make or break time coming up for him. Here’s hoping he can get on the court before the summer league concludes.

Related links: ESPN Boston – Young sits again

The rest of the links:

Mass Live: Boston Celtics summer league: RJ Hunter’s father impressed by son’s defense  |  ESPN Boston: Celts set to add Jerome Allen to coaching staff  |  CSNNE: Hunter helps Cs close out 85-76 win against 76ers