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FRIDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: LA Dodgers at NY Mets, 7 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Seattle at Boston, 7:10 p.m. (NESN)WNBA: New York at Las Vegas, 10 p.m. (ESPN2)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Danny Ainge unknowingly revealed the Celtics' first-round selection Thursday night when Terry Rozier called him during a live webcast during the draft.
Rozier appeared on Bleacher Report's online draft show and was asked to predict Boston's pick at No. 27 and FaceTimed Ainge to ask him. And Ainge ultimately revealed the pick.
.@T_Rozzay3 really FaceTimed Danny Ainge to get the Celtics pick on the B/R draft show -- pic.twitter.com/KMvkIS1WG6
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 22, 2018"I got to draft a point guard," Ainge said. "I think it's going to be Bob Williams but we're looking at all the medical stuff."
The Celtics did pick Robert Williams from Texas A&M and after the draft, Ainge said he didn't know Rozier was on a live webcast.
"I was obviously joking with Terry about the guard position. I had no idea I was on live, whatever it was," Ainge said. "I thought he was FaceTiming me. I had no idea. But, anyway, that is sort of funny. We're excited about Robert, and we felt like he was the best player available, and we think he's a great fit for our team."
-- ESPN reportedly banned its NBA Draft reporters from releasing the names of the picks before they're announced but Adrian Wojnarowski found a creative way to defy this edict.
Wojnarowski still managed to drop "Woj bombs" during the draft by using synonyms to avoid directly stating which player each team would pick.
Some of the tweets include:
"Source: Boston is tantalized by Robert Williams with the 27th pick."
"Source: Utah Jazz have no plans to pass on Grayson Allen with the 21st pick."
"Source: The Lakers are unlikely to resist Mo Wagner with the 25th pick."
And it did not go unnoticed by others on Twitter.
"I'm waiting for Woj to go with..."appears to be""likes the idea of""is poised to""is in line to""feels it best to""really, really wants to""can't wait to""is dying to""is hot and bothered over""thinks it's a good idea to"#NBADraft #loopholes" -- @AdamMKaufman
"For @wojespn; adopt, suggest, wish, put, desire, aggrandize, upgrade, tap, raise, pose, cull, fancy, mark, elevate, incline, proposition, elect, propound, tag, finger, be partial to, be turned on to, fix upon, opt for, optate, propone, put forward, would rather, would sooner" -- @Barryathree
"The Celtics are contemplating sliding into Robert Williams' DMs with the 27th pick. #wojtweets" -- @SportyRMcKenzie
ESPN: "You can't announce picks early on Twitter"Woj: pic.twitter.com/UVCWpdXq2U
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) June 22, 2018No word on whether or not ESPN authorized Wojnarowski to tweet like that or if he will be punished, which would be ridiculous.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You just need to read him. Hand off ball, he's letting it go. You have to be decisive when you make those decisions. If he takes his hand off the ball and doesn't throw it, I think he'll throw guys off, but when he takes his hand off the ball, you've got to be ready to break." -- Richard Sherman, on Jimmy Garoppolo's tell
