3 former lottery picks the Boston Celtics could sign this summer

Boston Celtics target No. 2) Ricky Rubio

Next up on our list we have a player who, in recent months, has seemingly become a widespread fan-favorite target for the decision-makers of the Boston Celtics to pursue this summer.

Many are under the belief that a major missing piece from this team’s rotation is a willing and effective floor general who can comfortably and controllingly handle the rock and set up his teammates for proper looks at getting a bucket.

Ricky Rubio has made a name for himself over his 11-year tenure in the association for being exactly this and just so happens to be heading into this year’s offseason as an unrestricted free agent.

Prior to going down midseason with a torn ACL, the point guard saw himself putting up impressive per-game averages of 13.1 points, 6.6 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.4 steals per game whilst predominantly coming off the pine.

With someone of Rubio’s pass-first style of play (averages 7.6 assists per game and boasts a 36.6 assist percentage for his career), Boston’s offensive commodities could find themselves receiving much easier looks at scoring opportunities than they did this past season which, as a result, will only help improve their offensive efficiency overall.

Now, granted, the fact that he sustained such a grueling knee injury this year means that there’s a chance the 31-year-old could miss some time to start 2022-23 but, frankly, without this caveat, he’d almost certainly be drawing a ton of attention from plenty of other ball clubs across the association and, in theory, price himself out of Boston’s limited pricerange with this type of competition.

Because of this, the Celtics may be able to snag the likes of Rubio at a steal of a price, which, when he returns to action, could wind up helping them out in a major way.