2016 NBA Draft Game Thread
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Again, everyone here (including me) wanted Perry Jones III. Who did you want at the time?
What? I thought people were upset he'd be going to Minnesota for Dunn plus a B-level player.
To me it just says that they want far too much if they couldn't make it work with 2 different teams. Actually makes me feel better.
If the Celtics rated him that highly, why is it unreasonable to think another team did too? If Ainge thought he was the best player but gambled that he would drop because of how Jay Bilas rated him, he should be fired. It's far more likely that Chad Fors rated him too low than Ainge picked him too high.
I think it is all Stevens, Thomas, and the bench/role players like Amir, Evan Turner, etc.
I don't think Smart can be grouped with the other guys as he was a top pick. I only think Bradley and Smart have been good. Rozier and KO have not really helped the team yet.
YEs there was a very reasonable chance, guys projected after him some places went before him. (Pappagiannis Maker some places etc.)
Chad Ford - (pulling from ESPN, rather than twitter feed)-
"The Celtics take French PF Guerschon Yabusle at No. 16. I love this kid. He's a beast in the paint, can shoot 3s and is more athletic than you think. I like it. He has Danny Ainge type toughness"
"The Celtics take French PF Guerschon Yabusle at No. 16. I love this kid. He's a beast in the paint, can shoot 3s and is more athletic than you think. I like it. He has Danny Ainge type toughness"
Yabusele's YT vids make him look fine to me. Big guy with touch and good form. Who the hell knows how anything will pan out?
Without doing the research, I'm sure Bradley has a positive value compared to what is expected from a pick in that spot.
But to say that KO hasn't helped the team, that means you don't know anything about basketball. Yes, he isn't Giannis but he's certainly an asset to the Cs, particularly in this day and age.
Davis and Skal falling like sterling...
I want to pull for Levert, wish he ended up somewhere else.
I want to pull for Levert, wish he ended up somewhere else.
I don't particularly like the Yabusle pick, as I think it's harder to "turn it on" defensively than is generally believed (same reason I don't like the Brown pick) but I don't worry about the reach aspect. Once you're out of the top ten or so, concerns about "could have had him later" are a bit silly to me.
No. What I tried to point out is that KO isn't the reason the Celts are competitive now. I am not a basketball expert, but I am pretty sure Stevens and Thomas have had a lot more to do with the Celts recent success than KO, but you are free to disagree.
Right-- yah, that the cost was prohibitive. I was more focused on getting jive/jibe correct to fill in the details.
For who? Because they couldn't have possibly wanted that for Butler. That is insanity.
I see J-Stew's report. As one of his friends works for the Celtics I would tend to trust that. Now I'm off the ledge about Ainge screwing it up. No way do I do that deal for Jimmy Butler. I do wish he took Dunn however.
Danny isn't stupid...he just makes some curious draft picks at certain times.
He has definitely accelerated the rebuild, hired Stevens, and traded for the Nets' picks. He is far from stupid.
The insane Butler trade proposal and J-Stew is Jimmy Stewart from Felger and Mazz.