Duke Basketball Report · Jun 21, 2023
Amile Jefferson Leaves Duke For The Boston Celtics
Apr 7, 2015; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils players Amile Jefferson (left) and Quinn Cook react during a welcome home ceremony at Cameron Indoor Stadium.Well we didn't see this coming: former Duke star and current Jon Scheyer assistant Amile Jefferson is off to Boston where he’ll be a Celtics assistant. And he’ll also reunite with his former Blue Devil teammate Jayson Tatum.
It’s possible that Boston pursued him to keep Tatum happy as at least one of the stories below suggests, but that’s not enough to hire an NBA assistant. If it was, the entire league would have posses on the bench.