Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

You have three more days to enter our "3rd-Guy-Off-The-Bench" Contest . Hit the link for more info. This all about the Celtics season-opener versus the Knicks on Wednesday, October 25. Who will rack up the 8th-most minutes in the contest and how many minutes (three digits , Ex: 15.5 minutes) will that player log. As a prep, Sam Hauser has averaged the 7th-most points (21.6 MPG) in the four preseason games, followed by Al Horford (8th, 20.4 MPG), Svi Mykhailiuk (9th, 17.9 MPG) and Delano Banton (10th, 17.6 MPG). In the blowout win against Charlotte, Sam Hauser logged the 7th-most minutes (15.0 MPG), followed by Neemias Queta (8th, 13.1 MPG). You get the idea. Take a guess today, and you can change your choice right up to 3:00 PM ET on October 25. Start the season early .

 Celtics coach, Joe Mazzulla , has made it clear that fans should not make lineup evaluations based on the preseason. Well, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown only playing in one-of-the-three exhibition contests would attest to that. Assuming Mazzulla goes with a Starting Five of Tatum, Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Derrick White, Jrue Holiday would definitely be the 6th man. After that, Payton Pritchard has logged the most total minutes in preseason play (76.2 minutes), and should get a lot more play this season. Sam Hauser comes in next at a total of 70.7 minutes, and he could very well be that 3rd-guy-off-the-bench . There is a significant minutes-drop after that - with Delano Banton (59.9 minutes), Oshae Bissett ((57.1), Lamar Stevens ((48.3), Luke Kornet (47.2) and Svi Mykhailiuk ((44.5) trailing Pritchard and Hauser. Take a look at our article from yesterday - and our "3rd-guy-off-the-bench" contest. The initial response has been slow, most likely due to re...