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Jonas Jerebko:

Jerebko appears to be on the outside looking in for playing time to begin the season after coach Brad Stevens said Tuesday that the Celtics have settled on a rotation of only four big men, CSN New England's A. Sherrod Blakely reports. "My thought right now is we won't play more than four on most nights," Stevens said. "Whoever those four may be, may depend on the night, may depend on how they're playing, may depend on who is healthy."

Analysis:

While Stevens is certainly keeping the door open for whom those four players might be, the early preseason rotations seem to indicate that Tyler Zeller and David Lee are the current starters, with Amir Johnson and Kelly Olynyk first off the bench. That would seem to leave Jerebko and a slimmed-down Jared Sullinger out of the picture for playing time, dampening the fantasy appeal of both players. Moreover, Jerebko is also behind Evan Turner and Jae Crowder at the small forward spot. The Swedish Larry Bird is beginning to look more like the Swedish Ryan Kelly.

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