It’s no secret that Vincent Poirier is excited about joining the Boston Celtics’ “mythical” franchise. And the C’s appear to be just as excited to add the French center to their frontcourt.
Despite a lack of NBA experience (except for two brief summer league stints), the Celtics believe the 25-year-old has “the potential to be a big-time defender and rebounder” for Boston. According to Yahoo Sports’ Ben Rohrbach, who says he spoke with someone familiar with Poirier, there’s one thing that stands out about the 7-foot big man in particular for Boston: his athleticism.
What makes them so sure? Poirier led the Euroleague in rebounding last season, averaging 6.2 rebounds through 34 games for Liga ACB’s Baskonia in Spain.
“That doesn’t happen by accident,” a person familiar with the big man told Rohrbach.
Celtics are high on Vincent Poirier. Talked to a couple people familiar with him. No. 1 thing that stood out: His athleticism. He led the Euroleague in rebounding. “That doesn’t happen by accident.” He passed up a bigger payday in Europe to come to the NBA.
— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) July 27, 2019
For now, we’ll have to wait and see if this two-year contract is worthwhile. But it certainly seems like the C’s believe it will be.
