Report: Celtics 2nd round draft pick Marcus Thornton to play in Australia
Boston Celtics draftee Marcus Thornton is heading to Australia, source told Sportando.— Enea Trapani (@ETSportando) July 21, 2015
Multiple sources confirm @sportando report that Celtics 2nd round pick Marcus Thornton is headed overseas to play in Australia next season.— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) July 21, 2015
By tendering Thornton a rookie minimum contract, the Celtics will have the rights to Thornton when he comes back from Australia.— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 21, 2015
Marcus Thornton has not officially signed with Australian team yet, but could today.It's short season so could return for D-League after too— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) July 21, 2015
Back on draft night, Danny Ainge stated that the Celtics plan from the beginning was likely to send Thornton overseas.
Celtics had assurance from Thornton before drafting him that he would go overseas. Lack of same from others took them off C's board.— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) July 21, 2015
Australia is an unusual choice from a professional basketball standpoint, but you can't fault the guy for wanting to go there. And if William & Mary's all-time leading scorer never makes it back to the NBA, he'll always have this:
Marcus Thornton notches his top summer-league performance w/ 21 points, leading the Celtics to a 101-69 W over Miami. pic.twitter.com/kslEMeuAis
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) July 15, 2015
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