Jabari Bird is too confident to have ever wondered about fitting in on the Celtics roster, or whether he belonged on an NBA team.
“It’s not so much I had questions or doubts,” the rookie shooter said prior his first career NBA start in last night’s 110-97 win over Brooklyn in the regular season finale at the Garden. “It’s that I had to go out there and see for myself.
“Even when you know you have the ability, you don’t really know until you go out there and try. That’s what happened for me — coach gave me the chance to show what I can do.