Report: Celtics to hire ex-WNBA champ Lawson as assistant

The Boston Celtics will hire former WNBA and Olympic champion Kara Lawson as an assistant coach, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday. Lawson, 38, has been a TV analyst for ESPN and the Washington Wizards.

She played for legendary coach Pat Summitt at Tennessee, reaching three Final Fours, and spent 13 seasons as a point guard in the WNBA, last playing in 2015. Lawson won a WNBA title with the Sacramento Monarchs in 2005 and was part of Team USA's gold-medal-winning squad in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Boston head coach Brad Stevens had an opening on his coaching staff when Micah Shrewsberry accepted an assistant coaching job at Purdue.