Report: Celtics have promised to take Iowa State’s Royce White at No. 21
Chad Ford of ESPN.com tweets that Iowa State forward Royce White has canceled his remaining workouts (White’s agent confirms this) in advance of next week’s NBA Draft, which usually means that the player has a promise to be taken at a certain slot.
Looks like a team may have promised Royce White. He's pulled out of all remaining workouts and gone silent. Not injured.—
Chad Ford (@chadfordinsider) June 22, 2012
Ford guessed that the Boston Celtics (picks 21 and 22) or the Atlanta Hawks (pick 23) could be the interested party, and then offered something stronger:
More on Royce White. Now hearing more definitely promise is from Celtics at 21.—
Chad Ford (@chadfordinsider) June 22, 2012
But SI.com’s Sam Amick is hearing otherwise:
Source says Iowa State F Royce White does not have a promise from Boston.—
Sam Amick (@sam_amick) June 22, 2012
In his latest mock draft, Amick has White going to the Denver Nuggets just ahead of the Celtics and Hawks, at No. 20.
White’s well-documented fear of flying evidently isn’t going to keep the multi-talented big man out of the first round.
