With his legal woes diminished, the Boston Celtics should call about Montrezl Harrell
Normally, signing a player dealing with felony charges is a bad business decision in the NBA. However, the recently reduced charges against unrestricted free agent forward Montrezl Harrell are of a nature that the Boston Celtics may want to consider looking past them.
Felony charges, of course, are by their very nature serious enough to have kept the veteran big man out of signing conversations. Today, however, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski revealed Harrell’s charges — felony marijuana possession — had been reduced to a misdemeanor that may be expunged. With no other elements to Harrell’s arrest than he was unwisely transporting a drug publicly accepted and legal in so many jurisdictions that the NBA no longer tests for it, it seems wise for a club in need of frontcourt depth, such as Boston, to put out some feelers.
While not the sort of defensive big Boston is undoubtedly looking for, Harrell does bring a degree of toughness on the other end of the court that the team might turn to when Al Horford or Robert Williams is on the sidelines.
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With career averages of 12.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, Harrell would be a solid if imperfect fit for the Celtics, should the onetime Louisville player be amenable to a backup role.
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