The Boston Celtics win improve to 4-1 and advance to the quarter finals of Las Vegas Summer League. Standout Jabari Bird and rookie Robert Williams did not play.

Second year forward Semi Ojeleye had 21 points to help pace the Celtics as they advanced past Kevin Knox and the Knicks in the first round of the Las Vegas NBA Summer League Playoff Tournament.

Jabari Bird added a double-double, and Boston moves on to play the Miami Heat on Saturday in Round 2.

President Danny Ainge appears to be ready to match nearly any qualifying offer for Marcus Smart as the Celtics begin to move their focus from Free Agency, to the 2018-19 marathon of a season. Boston will take on New York on Thursday afternoon in the first round the of NBA Summer League Vegas Tournament.

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The latest news on restricted free agent Marcus Smart is coming in bunches. This morning A.Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston reported that the Sacremento Kings were getting ready to offer Smart a multi-year deal. We are now getting more news and even a picture from the Athletic of Smart his agent and Nets GM Sean Marks. The Boston Globe reported Smart has already met with two teams and has two more meetings set up for today.

The Celtics are playing some good basketball in summer league. Awaiting their seed in the tournament portion of play in the Las Vegas group, the Celtics closed strong in a dominant performance last night against the Charlotte Hornets. A very balanced effort saw seven players reach double-digits.

Boston Celtics legend and NBA Hall of Famer Frank Ramsey died yesterday at the age of 86. Ramsey played for the Boston Celtics from 1954 to 1964, winning seven championship titles in the process.

Jaylen Brown indicated that he is strongly considering playing in two summer league games with the Celtics.

The Boston Celtics are defeated by the Denver Nuggets and move to 1 and 1 on the Summer League season. Jabari Bird led the team with 24 points as well as some spectacular highlights.

The Boston Celtics open up Las Vegas summer league action tonight at 7:30 PM EST. They will play 2 other games before being seeded and playing a tournament format to finish. The Celtics have games scheduled against the Denver Nuggets and the Charlotte Hornets. 

Marcus Smart is still waiting for a call from the Celtics after free agency has opened. Its being reported Smart was offered the qualifying offer before the free agency window opened and that is the last he has heard from the team. Marcus is starting to get upset with the lack of commitment from the Celtics.

Danganroundtable 1: Sam Sheehan, Lucky's Pipe, Matt Ignal, and Monokuma welcome Zach Lowe, Bill Simmons, Kevin Arnovitz, and Haralabob Voulgaris, where the latter two are on trial for crimes against the Celtics.

Then at 7:45 we talk about the Marcus Smart rumors.