Green-on-green: who wins a Celtics king of the hill one-on-one basketball tournament?

There is less than two months to go before the Celtics tip off the 2017-18 regular season against the Cleveland Cavaliers. At this point, the only news in the NBA besides Kyrie Irving and Carmelo Anthony trade rumors involves teams signing players to fill up their training camp rosters. For instance, the Celtics brought on Andrew White and Daniel Dixon this past week.

This summer, the Celtics made a number of moves to give them one of the deepest, and most versatile rosters in the NBA. Boston added Gordon Hayward, Marcus Morris, Jayson Tatum and Aron Baynes, along with some talented rookies from college and overseas. The Celtics have so much depth that Bill Sy and Michael DePrisco drafted two separate pick up teams from the current roster for an intrasquad showdown and both sides probably could have pushed for a playoff spot.

In the spirit of the Celtics exceptional depth and versatility, we have decided to create a one-on-one tournament in order to see which member of the Celtics would come out on top against his teammates in a classic test of basketball supremacy.

For this tournament, the 16 man roster of players listed on the team’s website will be used. Kadeem Allen and Jabari Bird are excluded because they are both signed to two-way contracts, so they most likely won’t be on the main roster this season for any extended period of time.

Most importantly, you the reader will decide who wins each matchup by casting your vote. Choose wisely, and note that the polls will close quicker than usual in order to set up the next round.

August Madness Bracket

The Celtics are a talented, yet tough group of players. Getting through this tournament will not be easy, but having a high seed should help a bit. Seeds were decided on based on one on one skills. Individual defense, scoring off the dribble, and toughness were the main aspects taken into account.

• 1 Gordon Hayward
• 16 Daniel Theis
• 8 Jaylen Brown
• 9 Guerschon Yabusele

• 5 Marcus Morris
• 12 Semi Ojeleye
• 4 Marcus Smart
• 13 Abdel Nader

• 6 Jae Crowder
• 11 Aron Baynes
• 3 Isaiah Thomas
• 14 Shane Larkin

• 7 Jayson Tatum
• 10 Terry Rozier
• 2 Al Hoford
• 15 Ante Zizic