Danny Ainge said the Boston Celtics give little credence to how players perform in the NCAA tournament.
“What the public knows and what the NBA people know is a lot different,” Ainge said. “We don’t put a whole lot on a bad performance or a great performance. We try to analyze why they played well. Was it a great matchup or were they double-teaming a guy to take him out?
“I remember Mark Price slipped in the draft after a game against Georgetown. They really did a number on him. He had a terrible game, and he slipped a little bit, but I think generally speaking there’s not a lot of stock put into what they do in the NCAA tournament.”
The Celtics dealt their second-round selection in this year’s draft in the sign-and-trade deal that brought Courtney Lee over from Houston.