dortmunder wrote:i think its Philon and Lendeborg for us.
Maybe. But we haven't worked either of them out yet. At least not according to the reports where workouts get leaked to the public/media.
Last year we drafted 2 guys and both of them were on those workout reports for us (baylor, Watson). Year before that we drafted 1 guy and it was someone we had in for a workout twice (Walsh).
Yeah before that we did not workout JD ahead of the draft but that was the 53rd pick so it didn't matter as much. A pick this year in the 28-32 range, I'm sure whoever we take would be someone we have in for a workout.
Begarin we had in for a workout too.
We've only had 5 guys in for a workout so far though this year and 1 of them (haggerty) withdrew from the draft. So at this point I would say that the 4 guys we've brought in have a better chance at getting drafted by us than the guys we have not worked out.
Also, there's still about another month until the draft. We worked out 40 prospects last year but only 5 so far this year. So of course, we'll be bringing in more prospects for workouts over the next few weeks. As that happens and as new names get added to our workout list, the likelihood of those players being drafted by the Celtics will go up quite a bit. Until then, I wouldn't be too certain about guys we haven't worked out being drafted by us..
Not saying we can't talk about other prospects of course. I just wouldn't use words that convey such certainty or confidence that X player or Y player will be picked by us.
