Celtics take Jayson Tatum at No. 3, engage in talks about Paul George

When all was said and done, the Celtics kept the third overall pick and selected Duke small forward Jayson Tatum.  Tatum, who stands at 6-foot-8 and 204 pounds, averaged 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in his lone college season.  “We would’ve picked him with the first pick,” Danny Ainge said after the draft. “The draft was very even, we felt, at the top all the way through five or six. It was very difficult. There were a lot of players we liked in this year’s draft. “We like his size, length, rebounding, shooting, intelligence, character. There’s a lot to like about Jayson. He’s going to be a terrific player.” Whether Tatum actually stays in Boston may not yet be certain, as Yahoo! Sports’

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Five mistakes made in Mayweather-Pacquiao that will hopefully be avoided in Mayweather-McGregor

Talks to make a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao began in earnest in November 2009, not long after Pacquiao stopped Miguel Cotto in the 12th round at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. Mayweather and Pacquiao were Nos. The fight was a bust, as Mayweather won easily and neither