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Hardwood Houdini has a hunch that the Boston Celtics will in fact have their first-round pick in the upcoming 2021 NBA Draft. With the Cs falling behind the middle of the pack this season–while currently qualifying for the postseason play-in tournament needed to even have an Eastern Conference quarterfinals series–it doesn’t seem likely Danny Ainge will all of a sudden be in the mood to deal away draft picks.
It seemed likely that last offseason would have been the time the Cs would have struck if at all, with multiple first-round draft picks at the front office’s disposal.