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Erden takes long route to Celtics

Updated: July 6, 2010, 10:18 AM ET
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com

ORLANDO, Fla. -- It was sort of like a grand reopening.

Just more than two years ago, Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge introduced Semih Erden to the media in the days after the team selected him with the 60th -- and final -- pick of the 2008 draft.

With his player an afterthought ever since, Ainge beamed like a proud father as he reintroduced Erden to reporters Monday night in Boston's makeshift locker room following the team's 87-82 loss to the ...

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