Good morning! A few random thoughts while we try and figure out why the NBA draft doesn't have a Mr. Irrelevant.
--Excited for the draft buzzwords tonight. (Upside. Wingspan. Scores the basketball.) And more than a little pumped to see what the Celtics end up doing. Marcus Smart? Terry Rozier? Grayson Allen? Trade up? Down? Regardless, your best course of action is to follow our guy Brian Robb, who is going to have the whole thing covered wire-to-wire.
--Watching over the last few nights, you get the feeling that the Twins are just one of those bad matchups for the Red Sox. (Come to think of it, given what happened in Super Bowl LII, maybe New England teams should just steer clear of Minnesota for the time being.)
--BSJ commenters, we need your help with an offseason football project.
Time to get to the links...
PATRIOTS
First and 10: Throwback Thursday provides a dose of the ’78 Patriots; Eric Decker wants to come to New England
Salary cap recap 06.20.18: Measuring impact of Develin, Cardona extensions; waiting on Wynn, Michel to sign
Podcast: Price talks Brady, Patriots with John Rooke of Patriots Playbook 06.20.18
RED SOX
BSJ Game Report: Twins 4, Red Sox 1 – Offense dried up in another road loss
Final: Twins 4, Red Sox 1 – Offense slumbers
McAdam: Bench coach Ron Roenicke impressed by Alex Cora’s rookie season in dugout
CELTICS
Completed Q&A: B-Robb on Celtics, NBA Draft (06.20.18)
What will we learn about Marcus Smart’s future on draft night?
BRUINS
Charlie McAvoy named to NHL All-Rookie team
Patrice Bergeron finishes third for Selke Trophy, Bruce Cassidy finishes second for Jack Adams Award
Patrice Bergeron expects to be ready in August after groin surgery
Live Q&A: Gulizia on Bruins, NHL draft on Thursday at Noon
Bruins will open season against Capitals on Washington’s banner-raising night
Bruce Cassidy likely won’t win coach of the year, but proved why he was a deserving candidate
REVOLUTION
VOTE: Three midseason MVP candidates for Revolution
World Cup Day 7: Suarez boots Uruguay, and Russia is through
ON TAP
8 a.m.: World Cup — Denmark vs. Australia (FS1)
11 a.m.: World Cup — France vs. Peru (Fox)
Noon: BSJ Live Q&A — Anthony Gulizia on Bruins/NHL.
1:10 p.m.: Red Sox at Twins, NESN (McAdam)
2 p.m.: World Cup — Argentina vs. Croatia (Fox)
7 p.m.: NBA Draft, ESPN/NBA (Robb)
PARTING THOUGHT So very Philly...
A Phillies fan was injured when she was struck in the face with a hot dog wrapped in duct tape, fired from the Phillie Phanatic's hot dog launcher. She says she was suffering from a shoulder injury, which prevented her from swatting away the frankfurter. https://t.co/MPyDQHCzxR
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) June 21, 2018