Jared Sullinger News

Every NBA team heads into the offseason with questions, but perhaps no team is facing more significant questions than the Boston Celtics .

There's not much challenge in exciting an arena with more than 1,500 Boston middle school students who are already bobbing and writhing, with a few standing on their seats.

The Boston Celtics will open the 2013 Orlando Pro Summer League on July 7, according to a full schedule of the event released Thursday by the Orlando Magic.

When the draft workouts started last year, Jared Sullinger was considered a definite lottery pick, most likely in the top 10, with some people putting him as high as #5. Then came the medical red flag.

But with the playoffs coming to an end and the offseason around the corner, every franchise hopes to improve before the 2013-14 season.

Say what you want about DMC, "crazy, headcase, bad locker room guy" but...DMC is probably the best center in the NBA and certainly has the biggest up side/talent. DMC can do it all at the 5 spot and there is not a center in the league that he would be over matched by...and he is only 22/23 years old.

"Major speculation" exists that the Boston Celtics could move up or down in June's 2013 NBA Draft, according to the Boston Globe , and president of basketball operations Danny Ainge admitted the organization still hasn't decided whether it will keep its pick.

A bit undersized when it comes to the prototypical NBA point guard, Michigan's Trey Burke has a history of overcoming the expectations of others.

I spent much of the day watching the draft combine. The Celtics have just one pick in this draft, barring Danny making a trade or buying another pick, as he did when the Celtics nabbed Rondo.

It's awhile until Summer League starts but without the playoffs for the Celtics, there isn't a lot else to think about.

Newly hired general manager Ryan McDonough. According to reports from the Arizona Republic, McDonough has already started to hand out pink slips to some of former GM Lance Blanks' staff members.

Very rarely, one must assume, does the same Disney children's movie inspire popular rap songs and motivate a Boston Celtics power forward during his quest to recover from a season-ending back injury.

With the NBA Draft coming up in late June, the remaining 24 NBA teams that are not in the postseason have begun their preparations.

The Boston Celtics are in the beginning stages of a very important offseason. A major component of this summer process will be the 2013 NBA draft.

Keep it together or blow it up? That's what everyone is asking these days, though it's a question that has been on people's minds for a few years.

Boston Celtics rookie forward Jared Sullinger was in the midst of an excellent first year campaign before a nagging back injury derailed his season and forced him to have surgery.

In previous years, the decision to move forward with veteran players was easier, more financially feasible, and made sense.

Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby labeled this the "Summer of Analytics" and by doing so provided a direction for the franchise.

Keep it together or blow it up? That's what everyone is asking these days, though it's a question that has been on people's minds for a few years.

The summer of 2013 will go down as Celtics' General Manager Danny Ainge 's most important.