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PF Jared Sullinger (2x 1st Team ALL B1G & All American, Anyang KGC, S.Korea)

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Celtics forward Jared Sullinger shooting to be ready for training camp
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By Scott Souza/Daily News staff

WALTHAM ? The last time Jared Sullinger was seen moving around the Celtics practice parquet and shooting with the aggressiveness his did on Saturday was before season-ending back surgery on Feb. 1.

A week shy of four months removed from the operation to repair a herniated disc, the 21-year-old said the rehab is going well and that he is on pace to be 100 percent by training camp in September.

?Feeling great,? he said following a 15-minute session that involved mostly perimeter shots. ?I?m starting to run a little bit. Everything?s swell.?

Sullinger said he is only able to do ?about 20 percent? of his normal workout, but that he remains on schedule for ramping up his on-court activities.

?My main goal is to be ready for training camp,? he said. ?I have all summer. It?s a slow process.?

Sullinger said he will not participate in the Orlando Summer League in July.

?I?ve got a season to look forward to,? he said. ?I don?t want to reinjure my back.?

Sullinger said he will mostly remain in Boston throughout the summer.

?We made a good agreement between me, Danny Ainge, (Celtics trainer) Ed Lacerte and David Falk, my agent, just to keep me here and keep all the distractions away,? he said. ?Every now and then go home (to Ohio), but only for about two days at a time.?

Sullinger played 45 games as a rookie last year ? averaging 6.0 points and 5.9 rebounds in just under 20 minutes a night ? before the back issue that caused him to be ?red flagged? in last year?s draft flared up and required season-ending surgery.

Sullinger said after the surgery he?d been told the operation would take care of the back problem once and for all. ?
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Notebook: Jared Sullinger back in good shape
Joins Randolph at summer camp
Friday, July 5, 2013
By:Steve Bulpett, Celtics Notebook

WINTER PARK, Fla. ? Jay Larranaga greeted a group of eager-to-impress players last night for the Celtics? first summer league practice. And while much of the focus understandably was on recent draftees Kelly Olynyk and Colton Iverson and second-year center Fab Melo, Larranaga, who is expected to continue as an assistant under new head coach Brad Stevens, also greeted a pair of holdovers who won?t be playing in games next week.

Jared Sullinger went through his paces as he continues his rehab from back surgery, though he was not allowed to take part in anything involving contact. And Shavlik Randolph, after recently spending a week in Waltham to work out at the Celts? facility, made the trip down from North Carolina to get involved.

?I?m good,? Sullinger said. ?A hundred percent. But I still can?t do any contact though.?

He is, however, able to make all the required basketball movements, the ones that had him in the Celtics starting lineup as a rookie this past season.

Sullinger still isn?t sure when he will be cleared to take his game into the post to throw his body around against others.

?I don?t know,? he said. ?They haven?t told me yet. I?m out here just working out with the coaches. I?m just staying in shape.

?I?m on schedule. I?m actually probably ahead of schedule, but they don?t want to tell me that because I might do something dumb.?
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Sullinger doesn't like rebuild, tank chatter
July, 7, 2013
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com

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Celtics second-year forward Jared Sullinger doesn't much like the notion of a rebuild in Boston.

ORLANDO -- Boston Celtics second-year forward Jared Sullinger doesn't want to hear that dirty "R" word.

Sure, his Celtics have made some rather large changes to their roster, an offseason overhaul that will soon include shipping veterans Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry to Brooklyn. This after coach Doc Rivers fled out west to usher in the makeover process.

But Sullinger gets ruffled at the idea of a rebuild.

"When you have Celtics pride, you really don?t have time to rebuild," Sullinger said on Sunday in Orlando after lending his assistant coaching talents to the Boston summer squad, which lost its opener to the host Magic at the Amway Center. "You've got to play hard, you've got to play smart.

"I think with the veterans we have like Gerald Wallace coming from Brooklyn ... and we have Jeff [Green], everybody counts us out. But we still have [Rajon] Rondo. He won a title in ?08. He knows what it takes. That 'rebuild' word, we really don?t like it."

Sullinger knows that younger core must take on increased responsibilities without the veterans to shoulder the load (and provide a safety net), but the 21-year-old is adamant that there's enough talent in Boston to remain competitive. He bristles at the suggestion of losing in order to aid the transition process.

"Everyone?s talking about how we?re going to tank and how we?re going to do this," Sullinger said. "We just want to play and shut everybody up."

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Recovering Sullinger's goal now is to get better
July 18, 2013

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Jared Sullinger's promising rookie season ended after he had back surgery. He says he'll be ready for Celtics training camp.
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WALTHAM, Mass. ? As Jared Sullinger grew in size, stature and dominance, it was evident to most that a future in the NBA was on the horizon even as his stock slid on draft night in 2012.

But a back injury that has since been surgically repaired, ended what had been a promising rookie season for the Celtics.

Months later, Sullinger is gradually regaining the strength that made him one of the few bright spots for the Celtics last season.

Under the watchful eyes of Boston's strength and conditioning coaches, Sullinger is on track to return in time for training camp, which will go far in him achieving his primary goal - to be better than he was as a rookie.

"I knew from the get-go that this [surgery] was going to happen," Sullinger told Comcast SportsNet in the middle of a workout this summer at the Celtics' practice facility. "I was hurt, and I knew I was going to have surgery. If it wasn't this following year it would be next following year. So I kind of expected it, I wasn't disappointed. I knew it was coming around the corner."

While the injury certainly sapped a lot of his strength, it had no effect on his fundamentally sound game, which in some respects is akin to San Antonio Spurs great Tim Duncan - minus the ridiculously efficient back shot of course.

"Watching him [Sullinger] play, there wasn't any question that he would pick up on the nuances of the NBA game pretty quickly wherever he went in the draft," said an Eastern Conference scout who said he had seen Sullinger play "at least a dozens times" in AAU games and later at Ohio State. "Really smart kid with a high basketball I.Q. There was only one real knock against him, and it cost him on draft night."

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Jared Sullinger?s Back Bears Watching, But Rebounding Skills Are Indispensable (Poll) by Ben Watanabe on Thu, Jul 25, 2013

If there was ever a rookie tailor-made for last season?s Celtics, it was Jared Sullinger.

Sullinger, a coach?s kid from Ohio, came into the NBA ready to contribute to a winning team. He fit in well with the veteran group, earning the instant respect of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Doc Rivers. Not many young players ? or older players, for that matter ? have been able to say that.

Sullinger?s first season was cut short by a nagging back injury that finally forced him to get the surgery he had been putting off for years. Both the Celtics and Sullinger sound confident that the surgery fixed the problem, and he has been back on the court for months, working out and preparing for the 2013-14 season. The Celtics are buried in questions up front, where Kelly Olynyk and Fab Melo are works in progress and Kris Humphries is coming off a horrible year in Brooklyn. Sullinger may be the safest bet of the bunch, even coming off back surgery.

The Celtics should be in no hurry to move Sullinger, who is not eligible for even restricted free agency until 2016. Yet his value remains fairly high. Just 21 years old, Sullinger could grow into one of the NBA?s top rebounders. If some team buys the Celtics? story that surgery solved Sullinger?s problem, it might also be willing to part with a draft pick for him. Of course, if Sullinger suffers a setback, his stock could plummet as fast as it did on draft night last year.

While the Celtics would be crazy to deal a healthy young power forward who appeared to be light years ahead of many of his rookie classmates, they need to evaluate just how confident they are in the ?healthy? part of that equation.
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Celtics? Jared Sullinger pain free in workouts
Says he?s sore, but happy
By Gary Washburn
| Globe Staff
August 07, 2013

In the midst of the chaos that has surrounded him, Jared Sullinger has arduously tried to remain focused on his rehabilitation from back surgery. And quietly, without fanfare as the Celtics attempt to reshuffle their roster, their second-year forward was cleared to participate in full basketball activities.

Sullinger greeted those local unsung superstars at Tuesday?s ?Heroes Among Us? ceremony at the Massachusetts State House, greeting those who were honored at Celtics home games this season for their amazing feats that helped save lives and those less fortunate.

Afterward, Sullinger said he was humbled by the opportunity to participate, sporting a large grin because he is walking pain free, although with soreness. That tends to occur when you work out for the first time in five months as Sullinger did on Thursday in Waltham.

?It?s a slow process but I?m good, getting back into it,? he said more than six months after undergoing surgery Feb. 2 to repair a lumbar disk.

"I?ve been ready [for training camp], just give me about two more months to be a little smaller. I?ve been cleared to play. I?ve been cleared to have contact so I will be ready by Sept. 30.?

What may be awaiting Sullinger is a chance to start after the departure of Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets. Sullinger was a bright spot in an otherwise troublesome season for the Celtics, shining as a rookie off the bench, using his girth to grab rebounds and slide through defenders for putbacks. There was a belief he would struggle against bigger players but his biggest nemesis last season was his painful back.

?Recovery time is not as long,? he said. ?There was times when we played a back-to-back [games] and I wouldn?t be fully healthy until the following week, even though we had two games in between. It took a minute and now it?s easy as 1-2-3.?

Sullinger acknowledged he has gained weight because of the lack of activity, but he is pain free. He doesn?t view the injury as a major setback but just another hurdle. Sullinger always has been considered undersized, too beefy and slow. But he has flourished at every level.

?I?ve never had an injury like this in my life and it?s pretty cool that I get to go through a little more adversity than I already have, I find it fun,? he said. ?The first problem I had was the first day of contact and how sore I was the next day. So I?m just getting used to that. It?s slowly going away. I can?t wait to get back.?

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CSN New England projects Jared Sullinger as the Celtics' starting power forward.
Sullinger is going to have to earn it. Brandon Bass, Kris Humphries, Kelly Olynyk and Gerald Wallace are all capable of playing power forward. In the end, both of the Celtics' big man spots are likely to be filled by a committee. Starting or not, we'd expect something around 25 minutes a night for Sully. Aug 16
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Competition everything to Celtics? Sullinger
Saturday, August 17, 2013
By CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN
STAFF WRITER

NEW BRITAIN ? After missing the final 37 games of the regular season, Boston Celtics power forward Jared Sullinger came to the Osgood Shootout in search of some competition.

Sullinger got what he was looking for Saturday, in a game that saw him be a force on both ends of the floor.

He showed no lingering effects from last season?s back surgery, moving up and down the court with ease, and even getting up for a few dunks.

Sullinger and the Celtics face an interesting year with almost no holdovers from the 2008 championship team, so for Sullinger to be in the type of shape he?s in bodes well for Boston?s chances.
?My back is doing great, I?m just trying to stay in shape,? Sullinger said. ?My main priority is to keep my back healthy, after that I?m trying to regain my mobile skills and fine tune some things.?

During the offseason, the Celtics went through quite the makeover, from replacing head coach Doc Rivers with former Butler head coach Brad Stevens, to trading franchise cornerstones Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. The critics have mixed feelings on how well the Celtics will fare in the 2013-14 season, but Sullinger vows the Celtics will be competitive.

?We?re just going to compete,? Sullinger said. ?We?re really not saying much on what we?re going to do, what we can do or what we can?t do but I know for a fact that the whole team is going to compete.?

While Garnett and Pierce are no longer with the team, the standards of how to handle yourselves both as professional athletes and men in general remain. As a rookie last year, Sullinger?s exposure to the Celtics? culture was limited, but still made an impression on him.

?One of the main things I learned from guys like KG is competition,? Sullinger said. ?Competition and intensity in everything you do. If you want to be great at something you have to have intensity.?

Despite only making one 3-pointer in five attempts last season, Sullinger?s range was on full display Saturday at the Osgood Shootout. Sullinger shot and made more than he did all last season for Boston, and had good form on the shot, but whether or not he takes more during the upcoming season will be up to his new coach.

?I hope so,? Sullinger said of coach Stevens allowing him to shoot threes. ?I think so, but we?ll see.?
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NBA: Jared Sullinger ready to be leader
By Joey Kaufman
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Saturday August 24, 2013

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Jared Sullinger knows he will need to grow up quickly.

One season removed from being one of the youngest players on the Boston Celtics? roster, the 21-year-old Sullinger suddenly qualifies as a team veteran despite entering only his second season in the NBA.

This offseason, the Celtics traded veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry to the Brooklyn Nets for three first-round draft picks to give a looming rebuilding effort a quick jump-start. Team president Danny Ainge also traded coach Doc Rivers to the Los Angeles Clippers for another first-round pick.

The moves left the Celtics with a roster full of youth, and suddenly Sullinger, with all of 45 NBA games under his belt, becomes an increasingly important factor. But the former Ohio State player said the moves were in the best interest of the franchise.

?I thought what we did was big,? said Sullinger, who was in Columbus yesterday for the Provost Academy Ohio?s inaugural Family Festival. ?When we traded Kevin, Paul and J.T., it kind of helped us out because we got nine draft picks at the end of the day. Those are big-time draft picks, especially with this class coming up and the next following year.?

The Celtics also have a new coach, former Butler coach Brad Stevens, whom Sullinger met at Northland High School when Stevens was recruiting in the Columbus area.

?He?s a great guy,? Sullinger said. ?I always respected him for what he did and how he handled situations. Also for his coaching style, going to two Final Fours with what he had.?

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Jared Sullinger reportedly arrested following domestic dispute 09.03.13
By Jerry Spar

Celtics forward Jared Sullinger turned himself in to police in Waltham on Tuesday morning to answer to accusations of domestic violence over the weekend, according to a report from Fox 25.

Sullinger reportedly was arrested and charged with assault and battery, malicious destruction of property and witness intimidation related to an incident involving his girlfriend Saturday night. He is due in Waltham District Court later Tuesday.
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