Darko Milicic expected to sign with Celtics

Is Darko Milicic headed to Boston? (Rocky Widner/Getty Images)

Darko Milicic, who was amnestied this summer by the Minnesota Timberwolves, is reportedly on the verge of signing another NBA contract and the Boston Celtics are the front-runners to land him, according to a report Thursday morning from Sportando.net:

Darko Milicic [i]s flying to the States and he will likely sign his new contract in the NBA in the coming days. The Boston Celtics are the favorite to sign the Serbian player who turned down a three-year, $6M offer from Real Madrid in the summer because he wants to play in the NBA.

The problem is, the Celtics don't have any room on their current roster. The team re-signed forward-center Chris Wilcox in July after releasing him in March because of a heart irregularity. Whether or not the team cuts him again for the second time six months to make room for Milicic is an option that will have to be considered in the coming days if the team is in fact interested in signing the Serbian.