Celtics' Draft Room Let Out 'Collective Moan' When Heat Selected Tyler Herro

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:25 pm

The Boston Celtics had serious interest in drafting Tyler Herro leading up to the 2019 NBA Draft.

Boston owned the 14th pick but the Miami Heat picked Herro at No. 13.

"On NBA draft night last year there was a collective moan among the Boston Celtics brass right about the time the Miami Heat used the No. 13 pick to select Tyler Herro," wrote A. Sherrod Blakely this week.

Herro is averaging 20.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists through the first four games of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Via A. Sherrod Blakely/NBC Sports Boston

Papi_swav · Post #2 » by **Papi_swav** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:40 pm

how many times was the Celtics going to draft a good player? Greak Freak, now Tyler Herro and the list goes on and on. Every year it's the same story with them lmaooo they trying to save face.

The_Hater · Post #3 » by **The_Hater** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:39 pm

Papi_swav wrote::lol: how many times was the Celtics going to draft a good player? Greak Freak, now Tyler Herro and the list goes on and on. Every year it's the same story with them lmaooo they trying to save face.

The Greek Freak was actually drafted AFTER they picked Olynyk in 2013, they passed on him, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here.

Hipster Doofus · Post #4 » by **Hipster Doofus** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:39 pm

gtfo with this celtics crap. same thing every year, they were gonna select the best player in hindsight but JUST missed him.

let's go heat! one more game and send these green leprechauns home

Cassius · Post #5 » by **Cassius** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:30 pm

The_Hater wrote:
Papi_swav wrote::lol: how many times was the Celtics going to draft a good player? Greak Freak, now Tyler Herro and the list goes on and on. Every year it's the same story with them lmaooo they trying to save face.

The Greek Freak was actually drafted AFTER they picked Olynyk in 2013, they passed on him, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here.

He's right. There's an annual story that Ainge is so smart that he knew that he should have picked <insert rising start here>, but <insert BS reason here> it didn't happen, but Ainge is still the smartest man in the world.

I remember when they put out an article that said they wanted Draymond at 22, that he was third on their draft board, but the team already had too much size as it was, since they had just taken Jared Sullinger... ignoring the fact that they picked 7 foot Fab Melo there instead.

Rashidi · Post #6 » by **Rashidi** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:58 pm

Papi_swav wrote::lol: how many times was the Celtics going to draft a good player? Greak Freak, now Tyler Herro and the list goes on and on. Every year it's the same story with them lmaooo they trying to save face.

2019: Romeo Langford (14th)
2018: Robert Williams (27th)
2017: Jayson Tatum (3rd)
2016: Jaylen Brown (3rd)
2015: Terry Rozier (16th)
2014: Marcus Smart (6th)

If only people did research before they ran their mouths.

Also, you literally put Herro and Giannis in the same sentence. Calm down.

Metallikid · Post #7 » by **Metallikid** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:19 pm

May as well cut Romeo Langford if you're gonna put stuff like this out...

EMG518 · Post #8 » by **EMG518** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:39 pm

These type of posts are always stupid to me. If you liked him that much you would have traded up a few spots and picked him. Congrats for not thinking he was worth moving a few spots up for but liking him. You were wrong not too.

pagal · Post #9 » by **pagal** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:57 pm

typical bullsh*t out that dump. I was going to buy the same numbers for lotto ticket as the last draw too.

FOH!

RodyTur10 · Post #10 » by **RodyTur10** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:30 pm

It was reported by insiders right after the draft that Ainge really wanted Tyler Herro (it wasn't exactly a secret under Celtics fans):
So no hindsight.

Report below after Tyler Herro work-out pre-draft at June 5, 2019.
And a topic from a Celtics blog about a report from a Brian Scalabrine morning show at June 21, 2019.

https://forum.celticsstrong.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=ivda41ucrvbkvlm3qfqh64h0to&topic=100537.0
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/nba-rumors-tyler-herro-blew-away-celtics-impressive-workout

Papi_swav · Post #11 » by **Papi_swav** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:42 pm

Cassius wrote:
The_Hater wrote:
Papi_swav wrote::lol: how many times was the Celtics going to draft a good player? Greak Freak, now Tyler Herro and the list goes on and on. Every year it's the same story with them lmaooo they trying to save face.

The Greek Freak was actually drafted AFTER they picked Olynyk in 2013, they passed on him, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here.

He's right. There's an annual story that Ainge is so smart that he knew that he should have picked <insert rising start here>, but <insert BS reason here> it didn't happen, but Ainge is still the smartest man in the world.

I remember when they put out an article that said they wanted Draymond at 22, that he was third on their draft board, but the team already had too much size as it was, since they had just taken Jared Sullinger... ignoring the fact that they picked 7 foot Fab Melo there instead.

Exactly, every year Ainge comes out and say he was going to draft the best player from that class, literally every year a similar story comes out.

Papi_swav · Post #12 » by **Papi_swav** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:47 pm

Rashidi wrote:
Papi_swav wrote::lol: how many times was the Celtics going to draft a good player? Greak Freak, now Tyler Herro and the list goes on and on. Every year it's the same story with them lmaooo they trying to save face.

2019: Romeo Langford (14th)
2018: Robert Williams (27th)
2017: Jayson Tatum (3rd)
2016: Jaylen Brown (3rd)
2015: Terry Rozier (16th)
2014: Marcus Smart (6th)

If only people did research before they ran their mouths.

Also, you literally put Herro and Giannis in the same sentence. Calm down.

I don't know why you're bringing this list up. Literally every year Ainge comes out with saying he was "suppose to draft the best player". Read the other comments. He definitely said he wanted to draft Greak Freak, u can google it yourself. He also said Draymond, and now Herro. And it was a few others I can't recall. Maybe u the one that gotta do research

NoZoLakers · Post #13 » by **NoZoLakers** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:15 am

theres Ainge again with the could've should've leaks, just like they could've drafted Greek but Bucks got there 1st lol

NoZoLakers · Post #14 » by **NoZoLakers** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:18 am

Rashidi wrote:
Papi_swav wrote::lol: how many times was the Celtics going to draft a good player? Greak Freak, now Tyler Herro and the list goes on and on. Every year it's the same story with them lmaooo they trying to save face.

2019: Romeo Langford (14th)
2018: Robert Williams (27th)
2017: Jayson Tatum (3rd)
2016: Jaylen Brown (3rd)
2015: Terry Rozier (16th)
2014: Marcus Smart (6th)

If only people did research before they ran their mouths.

Also, you literally put Herro and Giannis in the same sentence. Calm down.

there were reports last yr that Bos was going to draft Greek but obviously they didnt lol

njknicks · Post #15 » by **njknicks** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:03 am

All hindsight - no one could have predicted that Tyler Herro would be this phenomenal in the playoffs as a rookie and become a key rotation player for the Heat in the ECF.

It just goes to show that you can uncover gems late in the lottery so long as you have the right culture to cultivate the talent. The Heat are STELLAR in this regard -- Nunn, Robinson both have been unbelievable finds -- picking up Bam #14 is incredible.

Kudos to the Heat for building a special culture from the ground up.

dice · Post #16 » by **dice** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:45 am

RodyTur10 wrote:It was reported by insiders right after the draft that Ainge really wanted Tyler Herro (it wasn't exactly a secret under Celtics fans):
So no hindsight.

reeeeeeally wanted him. just not enough to trade, say, their #22 pick in the same draft to move up a spot or two

RodyTur10 · Post #17 » by **RodyTur10** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:07 am

dice wrote:
RodyTur10 wrote:It was reported by insiders right after the draft that Ainge really wanted Tyler Herro (it wasn't exactly a secret under Celtics fans):
So no hindsight.

reeeeeeally wanted him. just not enough to trade, say, their #22 pick in the same draft to move up a spot or two

Maybe other teams didn't want to trade their pick? Perhaps Ainge gambled that he was smarter than everyone and was convinced that he didn't have to trade up to get a really good player?

We don't know. They never leak such inside information. Rumours about trade negotiations often tend to be false. Like the Anthony Davis rumours and on the other hand nobody saw the Irving-Thomas trade coming or the #1 pick trade with Philly.

For the Celtics it would make a lot of sense to try to trade up the coming draft with picks #14, #26 and #30, while already having soo many young players on the team (Waters, Edwards, Langford, Brown, Tatum, G.Williams, R.Williams, Fall), but there has to be a team that's willing to trade down.

I bet that Mark Cuban wasn't the only guy who saw how special Doncic was going to be (even back then kind of crazy he fell to #3), however Atlanta traded their pick to Dallas, and I think there were a lot of GM's who knew at that time they had just missed out on a potential superstar.

Sofia · Post #18 » by **Sofia** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:50 pm

Another Danny knows best story.

Mak · Post #19 » by **Mak** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:23 pm

Sofia wrote:Another Danny knows best story.

This story is hard to believe based on Danny's draft record outside the top 10.

FreeBoosie · Post #20 » by **FreeBoosie** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:59 pm

A “collective moan” makes it sound like a draft room orgy or something lol