Today in Boston Celtics history: Team holds '18 media day; Bryce Brown signed to camp deal

Today in Boston Celtics history, the ball club held its media day for the looming 2018-19 NBA season. The Celtics did not have a way to know about the disappointing manner in which the season would later unfold. Boston finished with a 49-33 record after a great deal of turbulence that led to the team losing both star guard Kyrie Irving and vet big man Al Horford in free agency. As such, that year's media day was characterized as it often will be by a great deal of optimism with the players. "I can only feel like myself playing out there in an NBA game," shared Irving via the Boston Globe's Adam Himmelsbach.

"I had great opportunities this summer to be around great people," added the former Duke standout, who related he'd spent much of the summer in the Pacific Northwest playing pickup games with Celtics legend Bill Russell in the audience. "I just love being out there with him. He’s a great player and teammate," said forward Jayson Tatum of playing with Irving. "I still get excited at some of the things he does on the floor. It never ceases to amaze me."

"In 2014 with the Spurs (NBA title team), everyone set aside their egos and allowed us to be great, and that’s one of the common things I see here in Boston," offered center Aron Baynes ahead of the season, blissfully unaware of how little that would be the case for the coming season.

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Finally, it is also the date of the Celtics signing former Auburn guard Bryce Brown to a training camp deal in 2019.

He ultimately would not make the team.

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