Maine Red Claws rebranded as Maine Celtics
The Maine Red Claws which have served as the Celtics G-League team since 2009 are officially rebranding to the Maine Celtics. While the Red Claws weren t a minor league franchise to the Celtics like let s saw Pawtucket was to the Red Sox, they were the only G-League team the Celtics would send player under contract to play for. The difference between the Red Claws and a minor league baseball team is that on the latter all of the players have contracts with one major league team, while the majority of Red Claws players are NBA free agents.