Earlier this month, the Celtics Wire reported on former New Zealand Breakers point guard R.J. Hampton was rumored to be one of the Boston Celtics 10 in-person workouts permitted to teams under the NBA’s pandemic restriction protocol.
And on Wednesday of this week during his pre-draft media availability session, the Texas floor general confirmed he’d met with the team.
A 6-foot-5 point guard who saw his stock slip a bit after his time in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL), Hampton has since teamed up with legendary sharpshooter Mike Miller to work on his shot ahead of the November 18th draft.
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Asked who he’d met with during his workout with Boston, and how the meeting went more generally, Hampton was open and positive about his meeting.
“I think Austin Ainge was there, Danny Ainge was there, and coach Brad Stevens,” he revealed. “I think the conversations went well. I worked out for them — I felt like the Celtics are a great team, a great organization.”
Projected to be drafted anywhere from the end of the lottery to the early 20s in most mock drafts, Hampton makes sense as a potential Celtics target given he’s likely able to help the team at least a little in the coming season while also retaining the star upside the team has long-term needs of.
