By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
With the Celtics more than interested in drafting him at number 3, Dragan Bender is expected to fly to Boston for a workout after the end of Maccabi Tel Aviv‘s season, according to “Boston Herald”.
The Celtics president, Danny Aigne, and his son, director of player personnel Austin Ainge, watched Bender in two practices with Maccabi Tel Aviv last weekend, however
“It’s a small body of work, but he was very good last year as a junior,” said Austin Ainge to the “Herald”. “Combine that with the tools he has, and you can see it all come together in 10 minutes of playing time.”
“We always enjoy it when prospects play on bad teams,” explained Ainge. “European basketball can be very tough for young players. There’s a lot more pressure on coaches to win over there. They’re going to go with the veterans if there’s any question”.
Ainge flew to Turkey twice this winter attempting to see Furkan Korkmaz of Anadolu Efes. “Korkmaz has a similar situation to Bender,” said Ainge. “We went to see him twice and he didn’t get into the game twice.”