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Report: Celtics have promised to take Iowa State's Royce White at No. 21

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Chad Ford of ESPN.com tweets that Iowa State forward Royce White has canceled his remaining workouts (White's agent confirms this) in advance of next week's NBA Draft, which usually means that the player has a promise to be taken at a certain slot.

https://twitter.com/chadfordinsider/status/215987321919651843

Ford guessed that the Boston Celtics (picks 21 and 22) or the Atlanta Hawks (pick 23) could be the interested party, and then offered something stronger:

https://twitter.com/chadfordinsider/status/215989654741200897

But SI.com's Sam Amick is hearing otherwise:

https://twitter.com/sam_amick/status/215994913408561153

In his latest mock draft, Amick has White going to the Denver Nuggets just ahead of the Celtics and Hawks, at No. 20.

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