You have to think Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens has been smiling uncontrollably inside recently as he watches his second-round pick from 2023, Jordan Walsh , emerge as a breakout player and one of the talking points of the NBA.

Walsh’s contributions certainly make Stevens look like he knows what he’s doing as a talent evaluator (as if we needed evidence of that), and so does the recent play of Amari Williams, another second-round pick from Brad.

Williams was snagged by Stevens in the most recent 2025 NBA draft out of Kentucky (he’s originally from England and played college ball at Drexel, too).

The 6-foot-11, 250-pound center has only appeared in six games for the Celtics so far in his rookie season, but he’s made an impact whenever his name’s called,

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