I have spent the last few weeks golfing, laying on the beach and catching up on lost time with my family, so please forgive me if I’ve forgotten how to write about basketball. I’m not sure I ever knew much about it in the first place, anyway, but it’s nice to be back behind a keyboard, trying to figure out which Celtics developments actually matter.



Though training camp doesn’t open until later this month, several Celtics players have been competing for Team USA in the World Cup. The national team topped Turkey in a wildly entertaining overtime contest Tuesday morning, 93-92, to move to 2-0 in the tournament after a 3-1 run in exhibition games. Here are some takeaways from a vacation spent partly by keeping track of the Team USA Celtics.



• This isn’t the most loaded Team USA ever, but Kemba Walker has looked like the best player from the start. He led the team with 17 points per game during the four exhibition games (over just 24.3...