<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeff-Teague-may-have-dipped-early-into-the-egg-nog-with-wide-open-missed-dunk.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>VIDEO: Celtics guard Jeff Teague throws away free Christmas present, misses wide-open dunk</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-12-25T15:33:00-08:00">December 25th, 3:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-12-25T15:35:32-08:00">December 25th, 3:35pm</time><address><a>Aayush Patel</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In the NBA’s Christmas Day games, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics" rel="noopener">Boston Celtics</a> took on the Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden. However, point guard Jeff Teague has had a Christmas to forget.</p><p>Fans would think that professional basketball players would appreciate when a wide-open path to the basket presented itself to them, almost like a Christmas gift under the tree. However, Santa’s gift to Teague was left in the dust.</p><p>Here are two videos of Teague missing a <a href="https://twitter.com/BulletClubIta1/status/1342603333849255942" rel="noopener">wide-open dunk</a> and layup.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jeff Teague gets the steal but misses the dunk. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BleedGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BleedGreen</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BROOKLYNTOGETHER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BROOKLYNTOGETHER</a> <a href="https://t.co/ke9q8jnAkS" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ke9q8jnAkS</a></p><p>— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta1) <a href="https://twitter.com/BulletClubIta1/status/1342603333849255942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jeff Teague misses. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BleedGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BleedGreen</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BROOKLYNTOGETHER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#BROOKLYNTOGETHER</a> <a href="https://t.co/5VLPA8acj9" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/5VLPA8acj9</a></p><p>— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta1) <a href="https://twitter.com/BulletClubIta1/status/1342600013810200579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Celtics certainly did not have this in mind when they acquired Jeff Teague, a 13-year veteran whose defense has been acknowledged by many people in the NBA.</p><p>Blown layups aside, Teague can prove to be a great addition to the Celtics’ young core led by the talented Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart. Along with the addition of board-hungry Tristan Thompson, the Beantown team is in a great place to do well in the Eastern Conference and go far into the playoffs.</p><p>Last year in the bubble, the Celtics lost in the East Finals to the Miami Heat, who would go on to lose to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finale. The outstanding displays of talent from the young core, however, showed that the Cs were not a team to ignore.</p><p>With the addition of Teague and Thompson–ignoring the bloopers and SC Not Top Ten appearances they may appear in–the Celtics have put themselves in a  position to replicate or surpass the success they had last year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VIDEO: Celtics guard Jeff Teague throws away free Christmas present, misses wide-open dunk

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jeff-Teague-Brad-Stevens-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Jeff Teague reveals how Brad Stevens ‘saved my life’ during high school encounter</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-12-17T19:48:06-08:00">December 17th, 7:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-12-17T19:48:06-08:00">December 17th, 7:48pm</time><address><a>Brandon Biskobing</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens might have saved Jeff Teague’s career while the point guard was still in high school.</p><p>Reminiscing on his path and how he got to the NBA, Teague revealed how he knew Stevens since his time in high school and how the coach put him on the right path so he could get where he is today.</p><p>Teague’s story was reported <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/new-celtics-guard-jeff-teague-explains-how-brad-stevens-changed-my-life">via Celtics insider Chris Forsberg</a>.</p><blockquote>“I knew Brad since high school, he actually changed my whole life, basically,” Teague said. “Because I had a path that I wasn’t really focused on school as much. I played basketball, obviously, but school wasn’t my favorite thing to do. So he pulled me into a room at Butler as a sophomore in front of my dad and he basically showed him my grades. I had been hiding report cards for some years. And basically just told me, ‘If you want the opportunity to play college basketball, you have to bring your grades up.’ And my dad not seeing my grades for a couple of years, he was pretty mad about that.”</blockquote><p>Stevens pushing for Teague to be better off the court is a coaching trait that changes the course of a lot of promising athletes’ lives. Teague understands the magnitude of what Stevens did for him and would acknowledge it to his current head coach every time they would meet as opponents.</p><blockquote>“I had to get my act together, man,” Teague said. “Basically got my focus right. And every time we play the Celtics in the past I would tell Brad, ‘Hey, thank you for saving my life,’ and he would look at me like shut up, whatever man. No, that was a big moment for me. I appreciate it.”</blockquote><p>That appreciation and history will make their relationship now working together on the same team even more important. Both Teague and Stevens hopes that it will help the Celtics get back into the title picture. This especially with Kemba Walker out to start the season.</p><p>Teague is in his first year with the Celtics after finishing the 2019-2020 season with his original team, the Atlanta Hawks. He started the season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who he spent the previous two years with as well. He spent his first seven seasons in the NBA in Atlanta. Stevens is in heading into his eighth season as the head coach of the Boston Celtics after leading the Butler Bulldogs to two straight Final Four appearances.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jeff Teague reveals how Brad Stevens ‘saved my life’ during high school encounter

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jeff-teague-celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Jeff Teague agrees to one-year deal with Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-21T18:22:21-08:00">November 21st, 6:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-21T18:59:34-08:00">November 21st, 6:59pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Veteran point guard Jeff Teague is headed to the Boston Celtics on a one-year deal, per Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe.</p><p>Teague will back up All-Star Kemba Walker at the point guard spot.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Celtics will sign Jeff Teague to a one-year deal, according to a league source.</p><p>— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach/status/1330325680362491905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 22, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Jeff Teague played for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Atlanta Hawks in 2019-20. He averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/teaguje01.html">10.9 points</a>, 2.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 43.6 percent from the field, 36.8 percent from beyond the arc and 87.3 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>A one-time All-Star, Teague has career averages of 12.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game with the Hawks, Indiana Pacers and Timberwolves. He’s no longer the All-Star player he was with the Hawks, but Teague is one of the better backup point guards in the NBA who can start if Walker’s knee acts up again for the Celtics—knock on wood.</p><p>Boston lost to the Miami Heat in the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals in six games at Walt Disney World in the NBA bubble. The team has had a tough free agency thus far, as the Celtics lost small forward Gordon Hayward to the Charlotte Hornets and Brad Wanamaker to the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>Boston also traded big man Enes Kanter to the Portland Trail Blazers, but Danny Ainge <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-tristan-thompson-agrees-2-year-19-million-deal-boston/" rel="noopener noreferrer">recently secured</a> center Tristan Thompson.</p><p>The 2020-21 season will start on Dec. 22. The Celtics are unsure if Walker will be ready to go, so the Teague signing makes sense.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jeff Teague agrees to one-year deal with Celtics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/New-York-considering-Jeff-Teague-D.J.-Augustin-as-free-agent-options.jpg"></figure><h1>REPORT: Knicks considering Jeff Teague, D.J. Augustin as free agent options</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-21T10:11:51-08:00">November 21st, 10:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-21T10:11:51-08:00">November 21st, 10:11am</time><address><a>Jeremy Chua</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks recently got their guy after they selected hometown hero Obi Toppin with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2020-nba-draft-obi-toppin-selected-by-knicks-with-no-8-pick/">eighth overall pick</a> in the 2020 NBA Draft. However, the team still has gaping holes primarily in the guard positions which they are looking to fill in free agency with several players already in consideration.</p><p>According to <a href="https://sny.tv/articles/latest-on-knicks-free-agency-de-anthony-melton-on-the-team-s-radar-at-point-guard">Ian Begley of SNY</a>, veteran guards Jeff Teague and D.J. Augustin remain to be options for the Knicks heading into the upcoming season. Teague is coming off from his second stint with the Atlanta Hawks after he was previously involved in a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves along with Treveon Graham in exchange for Allen Crabbe back in January of 2020.</p><p>He was eventually placed in an off the bench role behind starting point guard Trae Young and tallied 7.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in 25 games played for the Hawks. On the other hand, Augustin, since Begley’s report, has signed a three-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks following four years as a mainstay on the Orlando Magic.</p><p>His numbers dipped from the previous year and recorded 10.5 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game through 57 appearances in the 2019-20 season.</p><p>The Knicks currently have rising fourth-year players Frank Ntilikina and Dennis Smith Jr. remaining at the helm for the point guard spot after waiving Elfrid Payton ahead of free agency.</p><p>Memphis Grizzlies guard De’Anthony Melton and Toronto Raptors breakout star Fred VanVleet were on the team’s radar, but both re-signed with their respective clubs.</p><p>Hopefully, the Knicks’ new decision-makers will be able to manufacture the right trades in free agency in order to position themselves to have better chances of winning moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

REPORT: Knicks considering Jeff Teague, D.J. Augustin as free agent options

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The 32-year-old point guard began the 2019-20 campaign with the Minnesota Timberwolves, before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-jeff-teague-claims-he-was-plotting-return-to-atlanta-even-before-trade/">being traded midseason</a> to the Atlanta Hawks. It marked Teague’s second go-around in Atlanta, having spent the first seven seasons of his career with the franchise. Teague, the No. 19 overall selection of the 2009 NBA Draft, made an All-Star appearance with the Hawks in 2015. However, he served in a reserve role during his second stint with Atlanta.</p><p>Entering his 12th NBA season, Teague is likely looking to join a contender. The Hawks are rebuilding through a young nucleus featuring Trae Young and John Collins. At the moment, they are nowhere near contention.</p><p>Playoff-ready teams are expected to reach out to the veteran point guard. Which teams will pursue the one-time All-Star? Here are three potential destinations for Teague.</p><h2><b>1. Philadelphia 76ers</b></h2><p>After a disappointing season which ended with a sweep at the hands of the rival Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers need to make changes. They fired head coach Brett Brown and replaced him with Doc Rivers. But how can the cap-strapped Sixers—who have four players combining for over $100 million on <a href="https://hoopshype.com/salaries/philadelphia_76ers/">next season’s payroll</a>—improve their roster?</p><p>The Sixers can’t make any drastic changes without pulling off a trade, but they can add veteran free agents on the cheap. They will have to sell those free agents on the idea that they are closer to contention than what they appear. Their first sales pitch should go to Teague.</p><p>All-Star Ben Simmons will continue to spearhead the offense as the floor general. Shake Milton began the year on the bench as the backup point guard, but he eventually entered the starting five after it became clear he played best in his natural position, shooting guard. Milton mustered just 2.6 assists this season, showing that ball distribution is not his strength. The Sixers, thus, need a ball handler off the bench with playmaking abilities.</p><p>Teague could be a perfect fit in Philadelphia. Even in a down season in which he played just 24.8 minutes per contest, Teague averaged 5.8 assists last year in 59 games combined between the Timberwolves and Hawks. Teague can orchestrate the offense for the reserves, and play alongside Simmons when called upon.</p><p>The Sixers also need floor spacing. Jeff Teague, a career 35.6 percent shooter from 3-point land in his career, offers a decent option from the outside. For a team in need of a playmaker with solid (albeit not spectacular) shooting skills, Teague fits the mold for Philadelphia.</p><h2><b>2. Boston Celtics</b></h2><p>The 2020 NBA playoffs exposed the Boston Celtics’ lack of depth. Throughout the entire season, Marcus Smart was the only ultra-reliable guy off the bench. When Gordon Hayward got hurt (again) in the postseason, Smart was forced into the starting unit. This made Brad Wanamaker the team’s unofficial sixth man.</p><p>Even as the first player off the bench, Wanamaker played only 16.1 minutes per game. Wanamaker, an impending free agent, held his own relative to expectations, but he not should one of the primary players head coach Brad Stevens looks to when needing to sub out a starter in a postseason contest.</p><p>Enhancing the bench should be general manager Danny Ainge’s foremost offseason goal. Specifically, the Celtics need scoring from the second unit, something Jeff Teague can provide. He registered 10.9 points per contest a season ago, shooting 43.6 percent from the field, 36.8 percent on 3s and 87.3 percent on free throws.</p><p>Teague’s minutes would certainly decrease if he were to join the Celtics, particularly come playoff time. But for someone looking to reach his first NBA Finals, it may be worth it to sacrifice playing time in favor of winning at the highest level. The Celtics are a true threat to win the championship next season, a fact that will not be lost on Teague when making his decision in free agency.</p><h2><b>3. Los Angeles Lakers</b></h2><p>The NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers will look to add a point guard to the roster, especially if Rajon Rondo decides to leave in free agency, as expected.</p><p>According to <a href="http://insider.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30117219/the-11-trade-free-agency-questions-reshape-nba">ESPN’s Bobby Marks</a>, the Lakers will have Teague on their wish list this offseason.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lakers potential free agency targets this offseason include:</p><p>– Jeff Teague<br>– DJ Augustin<br>– Jordan Clarkson<br>– Maurice Harkless<br>– Nerlens Noel</p><p>(via <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BobbyMarks42</a>) <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/IF22EH62dD">pic.twitter.com/IF22EH62dD</a></p><p>— Top Ball Coverage (@TopBallCoverage) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TopBallCoverage/status/1318239494739435521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Teague can fill the role that Rondo shined in last year, steering the point guard duties off the bench. He could also play his way into the starting lineup if the Lakers prefer to have a traditional point guard in the starting lineup, rather than continue to use reigning Finals MVP LeBron James as the de facto point forward.</p><p>The Lakers were not the deepest of title-winning teams, to say the least, and Rondo’s departure would prove costly if an adequate replacement is not found. 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3 ideal landing spots for Jeff Teague in NBA free agency

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3 ideal landing spots for Jeff Teague in NBA free agency