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. WALTHAM, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – Boston Celtics forward Jared Sullinger was arrested following a domestic situation over the weekend with his girlfriend. Police said Sullinger arrived at the [...]

Source: Griz working on small trade to get Celtics center Fab Melo for Donte Greene. CA story coming… — Ronald Tillery (@CAGrizBlog) August 15, 2013 Don’t waste a minute looking for a scouting report on Donte Greene. His contract is non-guaranteed. Consider this a cost-cutting move for the Celtics. Poor Fab. He looked so good [...]

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. Steve Kyler of HoopsWorld posted this Vine yesterday with the caption, “Fab Melo in rebounding beast mode.” Fab is working out at IMG Academy in Florida. Here’s [...]

So Fab Melo is an ongoing project for the Celtics and so far in two summer league games he’s proven that he is still just that – a project.  But one thing that he has already developed into a pro form is his catch-phrase for when he takes charges.  During today’s complete thrashing against the [...]

The Celtics face a bit of a challenge with Fab Melo this season. The second year center is still not ready to be a contributor at the NBA level.  His movements on the floor were often slow yesterday, especially laterally.  He had trouble catching the ball.  And while it wasn’t all bad for Melo yesterday, [...]

The offseason is here for the Boston Celtics, and in just a couple of months, they will begin the process of putting next year’s team together.  We will take a look at the current Celtics and try to figure out what to do with each of them.  We continue today with Fab Melo. We really [...]

Trade deadline day started with a small tremor… a report from Chris Broussard that the Celtics are interested in Wizards shooting guard Jordan Crawford: The scale moved from small to mild when Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski reminded us of the Celtics interest in the Hawks Josh Smith: “Darkhorse” doesn’t sound too promising, but it appears some [...]

According to Doogie Wolfson of 1500ESPN.com, the Wolves are interested in Avery Bradley and/or Courtney Lee: To get Boston’s Avery Bradley, the Wolves would have to sacrifice Derrick Williams and a future first-round pick, according to a league source. That’s not happening. Another name to keep an eye on are Boston’s Courtney Lee, whom Adelman [...]

Paul Pierce had some fun with Fab Melo at practice today. Here’s the play-by-play of their impromptu one-on-one battle. Pierce strips Melo Melo jump hook (2-0) Melo double-dribbles Pierce airball/claims foul Pierce baby hook (2-2) Pierce another baby hook (2-4) Pierce walks away triumphantly (Video courtesy WEEI’s Mike Petraglia; featured image courtesy Greg Payne) [...]

Sounds like Fab Melo will be insurance for Jared Sullinger’s back. Expect Chris Wilcox (17 min, 6 points vs Sac) to get the extra time. [...]