C's pick Aaron Nesmith #14 overall

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I’m not worried about Nesmith. The game is clearly moving too fast for him at the moment, but it took him a year to adjust to the speed of the college game and it will likely take a year to adjust to the NBA. But the shot’s fine, he’s just rushing to get it off. But the bright side is that the Jay-Crew is going to generate wide open shots for him. So he should have a good environment for developing offensively.
 

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Seeing him a bit, despite him playing poorly, I am more optimistic. He is the long athlete they need on the wing. He is just crapping his pants right now. A few things one d like late switches he did well, and his energy was high. Also the fact the Cs are scufflin gon D makes me see why Brad is less willing to give a kid some run than in the past.
 

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He sucks right now, but I still think the Celtics can afford to run him out there for at least 10 minutes a night to gain more NBA experience.
 

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I thought he recovered nicely last night even though he didn't make anything. As pointed out before, even though it didn't go in he had great confidence and rhythm on his last attempt. And his best play was his hockey assist in I think the second quarter, faking a guy in the corner, penetrating a little bit to draw a defender's attention and then swinging it to I think Pritchard who then had Tatum wide open in the opposite corner. It was a nice play.

EDIT: here it is https://www.nba.com/stats/events/?GameEventID=270&GameID=0022000097&Season=2020-21&flag=1&title=Tatum 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Waters 2 AST)&sct=plot
 

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Yeah, and this will probably sound like I’m glossing over some seriously inconsistent play, but his movement and size look good. He has a ton to learn and we should measuring his progress is months, not games , but you can see a good 3&D wing in there. Hopefully he’s starting to feel a bit more comfortable out there.
 

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I think he’s going to be fine. He’s flashed, has the athleticism for the league, a smooth stroke and work ethic isn’t the issue. He hasn’t played competitive ball in a long time. Bones are there to be a good player.
 

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He looks better shooting the ball on the move than spotting up.

And since this thread has been bumped - anyone else notice that he doesn't seem to slide his feet on defense? He's always crossing over and then it turns into running 9or in his case catching up). Not an issue when he's playing off-ball but explains why he can't play on ball defense.
 

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He looks better shooting the ball on the move than spotting up.

And since this thread has been bumped - anyone else notice that he doesn't seem to slide his feet on defense? He's always crossing over and then it turns into running 9or in his case catching up). Not an issue when he's playing off-ball but explains why he can't play on ball defense.
Yes, I noticed. It didn't burn him tonight but he looked totally off balance and stumbling around on defense several times. It was the kind of thing you don't normally see in the NBA.
 

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Yes, I noticed. It didn't burn him tonight but he looked totally off balance and stumbling around on defense several times. It was the kind of thing you don't normally see in the NBA.
Yeah, I've never seen it either. At least guys generally try to slide their feet, even if they aren't that quick.

hopefully it's something they can work on,
 

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Am I the only one disappointed in what I’m seeing out of Nesmith? I originally liked the pick and while of course it is way early I’d would have liked to see him adjust to the quickness/length of the league the way Pritchard has.

Not giving up on him but my feeling right now is how I felt after a month of JaJuan Johnson. So not pleased at all.
 

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Am I the only one disappointed in what I’m seeing out of Nesmith? I originally liked the pick and while of course it is way early I’d would have liked to see him adjust to the quickness/length of the league the way Pritchard has.

Not giving up on him but my feeling right now is how I felt after a month of JaJuan Johnson. So not pleased at all.
I'm telling myself there are so many weird things going on and not to overreact. Injured and didn't play most of his soph (final) college season, no summer league, minimal practice time, all the COVID weirdness in general.

If there was ever a season to give someone 40 games before even starting to judge, it's this one. That being said, it has been pretty ugly, I agree.

Pritchard is in a totally different category as a 4 year college player and the next Steve Nash. Can't compare him to Nesmith.
 

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Am I the only one disappointed in what I’m seeing out of Nesmith? I originally liked the pick and while of course it is way early I’d would have liked to see him adjust to the quickness/length of the league the way Pritchard has.

Not giving up on him but my feeling right now is how I felt after a month of JaJuan Johnson. So not pleased at all.
I hope Brad just keeps investing minutes in AN, he's going to take longer than we like. BUT it will pay off by the end of the season. He's got length and he's not afraid of the paint.

Pritchard is special. He keeps on getting better every game. I'm irrationally bullish on PP. I trust him with the ball more than any other Celtic not named Jay
 

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I kind of feel like we’re playing with house money with Nesmith. Ainge really needed to hit with one of these 2020 picks and PP has looked fantastic. I thought Nesmith would be better but he clearly has a ways to go. If you can get 1 rotation player out of 14/26 in a so-so draft, you’re already ahead of the curve. Ainge has done that. If Nesmith can eventually get into the rotation by next year, this draft was a smashing success. I don’t expect him to do so this year.
 

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So let me get this straight, we are starting to write off a 21 year old kid with a beautiful stroke, who wasn't able to play competitive ball in almost a year, who had no summer league and almost no preseason? 11 games in? Are we really back to pre 2004 Red Sox mentality?
 

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So let me get this straight, we are starting to write off a 21 year old kid with a beautiful stroke, who wasn't able to play competitive ball in almost a year, who had no summer league and almost no preseason? 11 games in? Are we really back to pre 2004 Red Sox mentality?
None of the rookies had a summer league or a preseason or were able to play competitively in almost a year. Wiseman played 3 collegiate games, Ball played zero. Many others selected after him are flourishing......Nesmith is floundering. Meanwhile guys Iike Cole Anthony, Bey, Achiuwa, Maxey, Quickley, Bane, and Pritchard who were all picked after him are showing they can play in this league as rookies who didn’t have summer league or a preseason either. The red flags are there for this to be a concern.
 

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None of the rookies had a summer league or a preseason or were able to play competitively in almost a year. Wiseman played 3 collegiate games, Ball played zero. Many others selected after him are flourishing......Nesmith is floundering. Meanwhile guys Iike Cole Anthony, Bey, Achiuwa, Maxey, Quickley, Bane, and Pritchard who were all picked after him are showing they can play in this league as rookies who didn’t have summer league or a preseason either. The red flags are there for this to be a concern.
If only there were examples in the entire history of the NBA where some rookies took a bit more than 11 games to become good players "cough" Jaylen Brown "cough".
Maybe he sucks and will never be good, but we should definitely not be citing a tiny sample size.
 

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Anytime you have a guy with a significant lower leg or foot injury struggling with footwork, that can’t be a good sign. I’ve been concerned with it since Brad mentioned that Nesmith was having trouble “getting up and down the court.” I know that was a throwaway, but still.
 

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I’ve been concerned with it since Brad mentioned that Nesmith was having trouble “getting up and down the court.” I know that was a throwaway, but still.
I just took that to mean he was pretty winded, not having played much. He doesn't seem to have any issues moving around, even if he's got some bad habits.

I haven't been much impressed with Nesmith so far -- he has all the poise of a wide-eyed 18-year-old rookie, and runs around like a rabbit on crack -- but there are flashes where he looks very good. I'll be interested to see where he is at game 72. I can't tell how much of his dismal early shooting is because he's so amped, but I'd like to think that's a big part of it.
 

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Huh, I'm surprised people are so bearish on him. I see the signs for concern, but he looks 50x less lost on defense now than he did a month ago. His athleticism/length look like they'll translate.

If I were just watching with no context, I could see the cause for concern, but the rapid growth has me less worried than I was when he was racking up DNPs.
 

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If only there were examples in the entire history of the NBA where some rookies took a bit more than 11 games to become good players "cough" Jaylen Brown "cough".
Maybe he sucks and will never be good, but we should definitely not be citing a tiny sample size.
11 games? that sample size is massive around here this season o_O

Heck, we had people declaring Semi wasn't cut out to be a deep bench player in the preseason. After 5 games, 22yr old Grant had eaten his way out of the league and will be nothing more than a fringe NBA player. And 21yr old Romeo will never develop or learn how to shoot, deal him for some costly, veteran wing and use the TPE now!

There was pining for Danny to spend $13MM on Trevor Ariza in the preseason. Some lamented not landing Kelly Oubre and spending $14MM of the TPE (trade those worthless late firsts or 2nds). OR sign veteran journeyman, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, to be part of the C's wing rotation because the Celtics lacked any kind of wing depth 2 games into this season.

People have taken one Brad preseason throw-away line "Nesmith can barely run up and down the court" as gospel for the entire season. They've declared Nesmith can't handle the playbook and should be red-shirted after a handful of mop-up minutes. Anyone paying attention can see him getting more comfortable with the NBA speed. Saddiq Bay and Bane have looked very playable this season. I'd expect Nesmith to eventually shake off the nerves, with NBA minutes, and play to their level by season's end.

I love Danny's approach this season: Hand the keys to JayCrew. Add a couple of cheap vets with some attitude. Fill the bench with homegrown talent, and develop them. Define roles throughout the roster. Retain the TPEs and strike when another team throws in the towel this season (Yes there will be sellers regardless of the play-in gimmick game). OR avoid the repeater and use most of the TPE in the offseason. Play the 'long game' with this roster and go for a 5yr sustained run. Any kind of injury luck, they could find themselves winning a Championship this season
 
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11 games? that sample size is massive around here this season o_O

Heck, we had people declaring Semi wasn't cut out to be a deep bench player in the preseason. After 5 games, 22yr old Grant had eaten his way out of the league and will be nothing more than a fringe NBA player. And 21yr old Romeo will never develop or learn how to shoot, deal him for some costly, veteran wing and use the TPE now!

There was pining for Danny to spend $13MM on Trevor Ariza in the preseason. Some lamented not landing Kelly Oubre and spending $14MM of the TPE (trade those worthless late firsts or 2nds). OR sign veteran journeyman, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, to be part of the C's wing rotation because the Celtics lacked any kind of wing depth 2 games into this season.

People have taken one Brad preseason throw-away line "Nesmith can barely run up and down the court" as gospel for the entire season. They've declared Nesmith can't handle the playbook and should be red-shirted after a handful of mop-up minutes. Anyone paying attention can see him getting more comfortable with the NBA speed and slowly developing. S.Bay and Bane have looked very playable this season. I'd expect Nesmith to eventually shake off the nerves, with NBA minutes, and play to their level by season's end.

I love Danny's approach this season: Hand the keys to JayCrew. Add a couple of cheap vets with some attitude. Fill the bench with homegrown talent, and develop them. Define roles throughout the roster. Retain the TPEs and strike when another team throws in the towel this season (Yes there will be sellers regardless of the play-in gimmick game). OR avoid the repeater and use most of the TPE in the offseason. Play the 'long game' with this roster and go for a 5yr sustained run. Any kind of injury luck, they could find themselves winning a Championship this season
Yeah, I mean at the end of the day...the shit the team is doing is working, and the organization deserves some credit and a long leash.

Significantly improved this year:
- Tatum
- Brown
- TL
- Semi
- PP

Looking totally fine, in the right role:
- Theis
- TT
- JaVonte
- Teague

Meh or bad but trending up
- Grant
- Nesmith

Total shit:
- Waters
- Carsen

That's....pretty fucking good.
 

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benhogan: That was a masterclass in exaggeration. I am actually impressed.
The funny part is it's all citable over the last month.

The bar for developing role players is pretty darn low when you have the Jays leaping to All-NBA and a 20ppg All-Star returning from injury.
 

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The funny part is it's all citable over the last month.

The bar for developing role players is pretty darn low when you have the Jays leaping to All-NBA and a 20ppg All-Star returning from injury.
People need to watch more Raptors/Heat/Nuggets games. It's not all peaches and cream in those places either, as much as we think of them as being amazing for development.

If the Celtics come out of these past ~6 years with Smart, Tatum, Brown, PP, TL, and one other guy popping, that's an insanely good track record.
 

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If the Celtics come out of these past ~6 years with Smart, Tatum, Brown, PP, TL, and one other guy popping, that's an insanely good track record.
Speaking only for myself, I'm pretty happy with the Celtics' track record. They wouldn't be nearly this good without an impressive amount of in-house talent.

But my going expectation for any non-lottery pick is not very high, because most of those guys don't turn out.
 

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None of the rookies had a summer league or a preseason or were able to play competitively in almost a year. Wiseman played 3 collegiate games, Ball played zero. Many others selected after him are flourishing......Nesmith is floundering. Meanwhile guys Iike Cole Anthony, Bey, Achiuwa, Maxey, Quickley, Bane, and Pritchard who were all picked after him are showing they can play in this league as rookies who didn’t have summer league or a preseason either. The red flags are there for this to be a concern.
A lot of those guys are playing for teams that aren't going anywhere so they can be force-fed minutes and shots without repercussions.

Plus, IIRC, Nesmith has had to adjust everytime he jumped levels. He's going from someone who touched the ball a lot to trying to be a spot-up shooter, which I think he needs to work on.

And after last night, Cole Anthony clearly needs a ton of work. Yes he can score - and he's not afraid to let people know - but as mentioned on the Tele, he has trouble making simple passes and he gets burned on defense a lot.
 

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So let me get this straight, we are starting to write off a 21 year old kid with a beautiful stroke, who wasn't able to play competitive ball in almost a year, who had no summer league and almost no preseason? 11 games in? Are we really back to pre 2004 Red Sox mentality?
It seems like a decent number of posts here are the exact opposite of “writing off”.
 

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The bar admittedly is low at this point, but I thought Nesmith looked a little better last nite, especially with his willingness to drive. And if he'd hit one of the 3-pointers he missed, nobody would be taking issue with his outside shot.

Baby steps.
 

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He knows how and where to find the open spots behind the arc, as a lot of his looks have been quite open. Don’t know if he’s been spooked by long defenders rushing out or what. You see the profile of a guy who can excel without the ball in his hands but it needs to translate into makes or he’s just a guy who can run around a lot.

The driving last night was nice. He’s not a major athlete so he’s not going to blow by guys but as the three starts falling more it could provide more playmaking space, so it’s good to see he has that ability.

His biggest problem will be finding minutes if everyone is healthy. With Pritchard demanding at least 25 a night, Semi draining corner threes, and Romeo eventually coming back as one of their best wing defenders, it’s going to take a lot of Gino time for him to get in-game reps.
 

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His biggest problem will be finding minutes if everyone is healthy. With Pritchard demanding at least 25 a night, Semi draining corner threes, and Romeo eventually coming back as one of their best wing defenders, it’s going to take a lot of Gino time for him to get in-game reps.
Agreed, and that's a good problem for the C's to have this season.
 

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Speaking only for myself, I'm pretty happy with the Celtics' track record. They wouldn't be nearly this good without an impressive amount of in-house talent.

But my going expectation for any non-lottery pick is not very high, because most of those guys don't turn out.
Agreed. A bunch of us have been through a lot of ups and downs with the team for more than a decade and as you see things play out you realize things like depth and contingency plans matter. Just hoping isn’t a strategy.

Also, the key guy has been Semi who was not at all who people were citing as developing into wing depth that mattered this year. Just goes to show you need a lot of good guys, not just hoping a few all develop
 
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He knows how and where to find the open spots behind the arc, as a lot of his looks have been quite open. Don’t know if he’s been spooked by long defenders rushing out or what. You see the profile of a guy who can excel without the ball in his hands but it needs to translate into makes or he’s just a guy who can run around a lot.

The driving last night was nice. He’s not a major athlete so he’s not going to blow by guys but as the three starts falling more it could provide more playmaking space, so it’s good to see he has that ability.

His biggest problem will be finding minutes if everyone is healthy. With Pritchard demanding at least 25 a night, Semi draining corner threes, and Romeo eventually coming back as one of their best wing defenders, it’s going to take a lot of Gino time for him to get in-game reps.
Agree on the minutes point. Kemba is coming back soon and Romeo is probably a month away. When both are in the fold, minutes will be extremely tight.

Thompson
Theis
Time Lord
Tatum
Brown
Semi
Smart
Kemba
PP
Grant
Romeo

That’s 11 guys who all demand more minutes than Nesmith when everyone is available. Obviously, there will be injuries, load mgmt, COVID protocol, etc. so there may be pockets of availability but I’m really not expecting too much from him rest of the year.

All we can really hope for is incremental improvement in the small pockets of time he’ll be getting. And I expect to see that. All it might take is one 4 for 6 performance to get that confidence up on offense. Defense will obviously be a slower progression.
 

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Agree on the minutes point. Kemba is coming back soon and Romeo is probably a month away. When both are in the fold, minutes will be extremely tight.

Thompson
Theis
Time Lord
Tatum
Brown
Semi
Smart
Kemba
PP
Grant
Romeo

That’s 11 guys who all demand more minutes than Nesmith when everyone is available. Obviously, there will be injuries, load mgmt, COVID protocol, etc. so there may be pockets of availability but I’m really not expecting too much from him rest of the year.

All we can really hope for is incremental improvement in the small pockets of time he’ll be getting. And I expect to see that. All it might take is one 4 for 6 performance to get that confidence up on offense. Defense will obviously be a slower progression.
I agree on everything here except the bolded at the end. He's been progressing more rapidly on defense than on offense, imo.
 

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I agree on everything here except the bolded at the end. He's been progressing more rapidly on defense than on offense, imo.
Fair although that’s probably based on his starting points of each. On offense, he is just missing/rushing looks. He looks like he belongs there. On defense, he started out at the baby giraffe stage so you’re right that his rate of improvement is profitably greater on defense.

It’s definitely encouraging to see him make some improvements although he still has a ways to go, as we all expected.
 

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None of the rookies had a summer league or a preseason or were able to play competitively in almost a year. Wiseman played 3 collegiate games, Ball played zero. Many others selected after him are flourishing......Nesmith is floundering. Meanwhile guys Iike Cole Anthony, Bey, Achiuwa, Maxey, Quickley, Bane, and Pritchard who were all picked after him are showing they can play in this league as rookies who didn’t have summer league or a preseason either. The red flags are there for this to be a concern.

Yeah, his struggles would be easier for me to brush off if a lot of the guys I had ranked ahead of him (Maxey, Bey, Precious, Bane and Tillman. Hampton and Josh Green not so much) weren't all flashing. I think his longer lay off and injury recovery is possibly at play, but generally when a young guy struggles like this I don't change my outlook on him too much from my predraft evaluation too much unless he looks like he just doesn't fit on an NBA court. With Nesmith, I was concerned with his instincts/BBIQ, and he's flashed some good, some bad in that regard in his very limited minutes so far. Last night Pritchard got trapped, and rather than creating a passing lane for PP to escape, Nesmith, who should've been the outlet, just stood planted in his spot. PP was clearly frustrated by it, and gestured to him after the whistle to come to the ball. Pretty fundamental stuff for most guys, but Nesmith just doesn't have the processing right now to improvise much when things break down, and it tough to give a guy like that minutes when you're competing.

"Instincts" is probably the wrong word though, because I do believe that a lot of that stuff can be learned through reps. Instead of JuJuan Johnson, think Jaylen, or Rozier, or Semi. All guys who looked utterly lost at times during their rookie (or beyond) years, but gradually learned how to play, with normalish development curves. A big reason I preferred Bane over Nesmith was his superior "instincts", but maybe that's just a function of him coming out after four years of college. Nesmith has the prettier stroke and 6 inches of length on Bane, and now he's getting his PhD in hoopsology, so I'm willing to wait a couple of years before I really look back on this draft class. Still wish we took him (or Tillman) with #30, but that's another discussion.
 

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I get a strong Fultzian vibe from Nesmith. Hope he doesn't poke his head in the sand for 3 years.
You mean he's going to stop playing this year?

Or that his shot mechanics are so broken that he's going to have to rebuild it?

Fultz seems to me an opposite comp - Fultz was always more athletically gifted than anyone else he played against; could get anywhere he wanted on the floor; was super fluid; but had some physical/mechanical/psychological issues to address before making himself into a pretty good NBA player.

Nesmith is an okay athlete who works super hard; neexs to learn more about basketball; isn't very fluid; but knows eventually that his shots are going to fall.

Fultz could run an offense from Day 1; Nesmith is still learning rotations.

Just my view. YMMV.
 

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I assume he’s talking psychologically, not in terms of game, but Fultz was really a one-off in that respect. Nesmith seems confident, grounded and secure from everything I’ve seen of him, and I haven’t heard anything negative about about his family or hangers-on the way you’d hear about Fultz’s mother and “trainer”. It’s always unwise to compare anyone to a black swan event, but I don’t get it at all in this case.
 

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If only there were examples in the entire history of the NBA where some rookies took a bit more than 11 games to become good players "cough" Jaylen Brown "cough".
Maybe he sucks and will never be good, but we should definitely not be citing a tiny sample size.
Jaylen was a rotation player and contributor on Day One. He also dropped 20 in a game during his first or second week.

How about this question.........

Re-draft today. Where does he get selected?(Obviously not by Boston, which is kinda my point that we’d have chosen someone else)
 

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Re-draft today. Where does he get selected?(Obviously not by Boston, which is kinda my point that we’d have chosen someone else)
After Pritchard, that's for sure.

I'm of the mindset that essentially "everything matters" for these young players to some degree, but they may not matter a lot (particularly in Nesmith's case). 11 ugly games isn't the end of the world but they are what we have. There is an alternative universe where Nesmith is crushing it like PP out there.

However you viewed him before the season, I think it's very appropriate to have the arrow pointing a bit in the negative direction. But it's so early that the strength of that signal is low and it could easily be reversed in the future.
 

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Nesmith wouldn't be the first NBA player to be lost and useless as a rookie that turns into a decent player a couple of years down the road. And Nesmith's potential value is 2-3 years out anyway; anything before that is just gravy at this point.
 

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Agreed. A bunch of us have been through a lot of ups and downs with the team for more than a decade and as you see things play out you realize things like depth and contingency plans matter. Just hoping isn’t a strategy.

Also, the key guy has been Semi who was not at all who people were citing as developing into wing depth that mattered this year. Just goes to show you need a lot of good guys, not just hoping a few all develop
As someone that's followed them for 4 decades, I'm 100% sure Danny's strategy hasn't been based solely on hope.

Having a bench wing that can play defense and shoot competently from 3 (~38%) is the basic bar. That's all the Celtics need around the starting wings (Brown, Tatum, Smart). Considering Semi hit that mark last season and comes with a work ethic it wasn't a stretch to think he could do the job. 22yr old Grant was pretty much that in the 2nd half of last season (playoffs incl). Nesmith could be that eventually. Romeo and Green also add a different set of ++skills to the bench/wing roster. Not only have we received production, but Danny is also developing a roster of trade assets that could be added to the TPE between now and next season. This is exactly how some of us saw it before the season started.
 
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Just to correct a point, this isn't just 11 games. Nesmith has appeared in just four of those eleven. He has played a total of 57 NBA minutes.

If you are capable of determining whether a player is good or not based on that amount of play alone, you presumably are in the wrong line of work.
 

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I haven’t seen anyone say they know if he will be good or bad. But poor play matters, even if it only matters a very small amount.

The fact that he can’t get on the floor even though we need wings also matters.

Again, the signal is very weak and may not be very significant. Need more data points, but the first few aren’t great.
 

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My view is that Pritchard, who is almost two years older, being more NBA ready is coloring the takes here. Its a fact that Pritchard is getting more run but the Cs also need his skill set more immediately.

Beyond that, we have no idea if all new players were given the same opportunities or if the Cs saw a need to focus on replacing Walkers skills/minutes as well as other specific areas. Nesmith may or may not be terrible in practice but its impossible to say that is why he isn't getting run. The back end of the Cs rotation is suddenly kind of crowded so its not like his path is clear there either.

All I am saying is if you have identified Nesmith as a bust at this point, its a terrible thing but probably not as personally devastating as realizing that you have probably cost yourself immense sums of money by not being an NBA GM. Who is really the bust in this scenario?
 

teddykgb

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You guys keep slaying that straw man that he’s a bust. Of course nobody knows. Posters are going out of their way to say that they’re not ready to call just but that the early returns aren’t positive. That seems like a pretty non controversial assessment of what he’s done. You have to slice the analysis down to individual plays right now to find some positivity. That’s OK but it’s close to as poor a start as you can imagine for him. You have to hope he stays confident and works hard and can put it all behind him. As stated earlier, he’s probably going to get the Tacko treatment aster people come back so hopefully he can work in practice and find the pace of the NBA game