2019 NBA draft

[big-shot-ROB]

I'd like the Memphis pick to convey next year. This year is a tipical year where you might want to take risks after the top-5 picks as what you are probably missing on is a bench player.

Having said that, the Celtics need strong & cheap bench production, given we can not keep Morris and Rozier (I hope we can retain Baynes). So I might be looking for Ainge to go the safe route and don't even risk on guys such as Bol Bol, KPJ, Grimes, etc.

I think if you can you go Culver with the SAC pick. If you miss on him you roll the dice on Cam or Little or Garland.

Then I'd go Tre with the Clippers pick (if you pick Garland then you hope Jaxson Hayes is still there).

The after that, with our own pick you go Bruno Fernando (or Clarke if you picked up Hayes).

The combination of Culver-Tre-Fernando I think can contribute with Brown, Baynes, Ojeleye and Williams off the bench. Only Tre is a freshman and gives you playmaking and defense, Culver and Brown can share the scoring duties, Ojeleye stretches the floor and gives you defense while Baynes, Fernando and Williams are good interior presences (although I think Williams gets too much lost right now and needs discipline). Fernando (from the few I've seen) is a tremendous rebounder.

[celticfan42487]

I'd like the Memphis pick to convey next year. This year is a tipical year where you might want to take risks after the top-5 picks as what you are probably missing on is a bench player.

Having said that, the Celtics need strong & cheap bench production, given we can not keep Morris and Rozier (I hope we can retain Baynes). So I might be looking for Ainge to go the safe route and don't even risk on guys such as Bol Bol, KPJ, Grimes, etc.

I think if you can you go Culver with the SAC pick. If you miss on him you roll the dice on Cam or Little or Garland.

Then I'd go Tre with the Clippers pick (if you pick Garland then you hope Jaxson Hayes is still there).

The after that, with our own pick you go Bruno Fernando (or Clarke if you picked up Hayes).

The combination of Culver-Tre-Fernando I think can contribute with Brown, Baynes, Ojeleye and Williams off the bench. Only Tre is a freshman and gives you playmaking and defense, Culver and Brown can share the scoring duties, Ojeleye stretches the floor and gives you defense while Baynes, Fernando and Williams are good interior presences (although I think Williams gets too much lost right now and needs discipline). Fernando (from the few I've seen) is a tremendous rebounder.

I'm also hoping we at least miss this draft.

From what I'm hearing it's universal that this draft has no depth in it and only the top 2 prospects are ones that GMs care about.

Besides non of the pick we'll get will have any value. But with ideally the Kings and Clippers getting us somewhere near the lower end of the middle plus our own and our second.... that's a **** ton of picks to add to a roster even losing the players we're losing. Plenty of swings at the bucket to get replacements in.

Then increase that MEM's picks value by rolling it over to next year. Much like Horford MEM is playing a age game with Gasol and it's only a matter of time till they lose it.

Conley is starting to raise questions at age 31 and his injury history as well.

Lets pray we can get this pick deferred and roll the dice next year. JJJ is a stud for them but I doubt they'll be able to make up for the loss in Gasol in one or even 2 years. Especially if Conley falls off the cliff or at least becomes inconsistent.

We should have had a great pick from the Kings this year but got completely ****, MEM being deferred is our only chance of still have a great pick in the **** cupboard of pick assets that we have left.

[No-Man]

Looking more and more like you'd end up with only the Kings pick (late lotto) and yours (~25th); that's a blessing really for an AD trade in July (when you can make a move and he actually rejects the supermax) future picks are more valuable than 2 rookies recently drafted in a class perceived as weak (esp since you'd have 0 intel regarding what the Pels might want)

those 2 picks (add in the option of the Pels choosing between BOS/LAC, whichever is best by draft time)+Brown+Smart+Williams+Yabusele for AD if the Pels want to go young (no idea, doesn't seem so right now but who knows), it's a pretty awesome offer

[HoopsterJones]

I think its clear we have no shot at Zion. So now I just root for a team to take him that will use him right.

Cle don't deserve him
Chi would be good in theory. That coach issue is crazy tho.
Phx don't deserve him.
NYK would be dope. Perfect fit next to Porzingis.
AtL would be dope too. Young Huerter Collins Zion ?! Shaw. Neither big are shooters, but they both shoot it some. That's be fun af to see.

Really hoping for ATL. That Doncic trade was terrible, but I still like their core & their direction.

As a Zion fan NY is my #1 hope. I think he and KP would be fun to watch and Zion in that market would be huge. Chicago is my #2. Another great basketball market and I do think they have some young pieces to go with him. My long shot #3 is Dallas. I'm hoping Dallas slips to having like the 9th worst record but gets lucky in the lotto and lands the #1 pick. Zion and Doncic would be crazy.

Chicago is where top prospects go to die..... Don't do it.

Provide an example of this. I’m dubious of this claim.

[Bleeding Green]

As a Zion fan NY is my #1 hope. I think he and KP would be fun to watch and Zion in that market would be huge. Chicago is my #2. Another great basketball market and I do think they have some young pieces to go with him. My long shot #3 is Dallas. I'm hoping Dallas slips to having like the 9th worst record but gets lucky in the lotto and lands the #1 pick. Zion and Doncic would be crazy.

Chicago is where top prospects go to die..... Don't do it.

Provide an example of this. I’m dubious of this claim.

lmao they've only had two top-10 picks in a decade and they seem to have nailed both (WCJ, Lauri).

[Darth Celtic]

Chicago is where top prospects go to die..... Don't do it.

Provide an example of this. I’m dubious of this claim.

lmao they've only had two top-10 picks in a decade and they seem to have nailed both (WCJ, Lauri).

Well, the Pelicans drafted AD so that must mean they are a great franchise and if he commits to them long term they'll be true contenders every year and he'll be talked about as an all time great.

It's not the quality of who they draft, it's the lack of quality in the front office to build a legit contender with those prospects. The Bulls would draft Zion and add him, he'd be great, and all those guys you listed could be great, but with Gar/Pax it won't matter.

It's like being drafted by the Magic, but worse.

[Cornbread]

Ainge just likes a tweet saying Taevion Kinsey (freshman, Marshall) is going to be a star.

ITS HAPPENING!

[Marti-mar]

I've liked what I've seen of Jaxson Hayes. I've seen almost every game (Texas alum). His ceiling is not as high as Bamba, but he has a better feel for the game. He's a natural ball player, not an athlete trying to be a player. And he has NFL receiver quality hands. He catches everything in his vicinity. He plays with a fire that Bamba rarely showed. If Bamba and Hayes both hit their ceilings, Bamba will be better, but I think Hayes is more likely to hit his. The staff also thinks Hayes may not be done growing. (I still think Bamba is going to be a damn good pro. I like Hayes more though.)

Hayes has little back to the basket game right now. He's slender in frame and sometimes gets pushed off the block. He's a project offensively and will struggle defensively early against physical bigs. The upside is huge, however.

Jaxson Hayes may not have eye popping stats, but if you watch him, you just feel like he has "it." We started the year hoping he wouldn't be another one and done, but.. that looks like it's out. I hope we're in a position to grab him but every time I check it seems like he keeps moving up in mock drafts and player rankings. I fear he may go before we pick.

[snowman]

I'd like the Memphis pick to convey next year. This year is a tipical year where you might want to take risks after the top-5 picks as what you are probably missing on is a bench player.

Having said that, the Celtics need strong & cheap bench production, given we can not keep Morris and Rozier (I hope we can retain Baynes). So I might be looking for Ainge to go the safe route and don't even risk on guys such as Bol Bol, KPJ, Grimes, etc.

I think if you can you go Culver with the SAC pick. If you miss on him you roll the dice on Cam or Little or Garland.

Then I'd go Tre with the Clippers pick (if you pick Garland then you hope Jaxson Hayes is still there).

The after that, with our own pick you go Bruno Fernando (or Clarke if you picked up Hayes).

The combination of Culver-Tre-Fernando I think can contribute with Brown, Baynes, Ojeleye and Williams off the bench. Only Tre is a freshman and gives you playmaking and defense, Culver and Brown can share the scoring duties, Ojeleye stretches the floor and gives you defense while Baynes, Fernando and Williams are good interior presences (although I think Williams gets too much lost right now and needs discipline). Fernando (from the few I've seen) is a tremendous rebounder.

Baynes has a player option for next season..He'll be back

[return2glory]

Tre Jones from Duke would be a nice pick for the Celtics. Very good passer and defender. Would be ideal for our 2nd unit.

[bucknersrevenge]

We're so used to looking at the draft in terms of our rebuild going back to the Nets trade. But we're done now. I know this is not really the thread for it but is it weird that I'm not really looking for ANY rookies this offseason? I want to make that big trade (we all know who) for some of our youth and then fill in spots with some veteran filler. vet backup PG (Wanamaker, Ish Smith, Shelvin Mack, Patrick Beverley, etc). Maybe 1 draft pick BPA but I'd like to think that Ojeleye and Rob Williams could be factors.

[snowman]

I am a NC Tarheel fan, but lately, it would seem like the more Duke players we can get the better off we are. lol So, I would agree that Tre Jones would be a great pick up in the last half of the first round. Would be great if he were still there when we use our own pick at say 25.

[Andrew McCeltic]

Tough to predict, not knowing if we get 2 or 3 or 4 1sts.. based on where we're currently slated, right now I like Romeo Langford, Sekou Doumbouya as a player to stash for a year, and Bol Bol as a gamble we can afford to take and give a couple of years of weight training.. The SAC pick is probably going to give us a shot at a handful of decent two-guards and a handful of decent non-stretch bigs. You can also leave it to Danny Ainge, though, to take the best point guard available.

[Andrew McCeltic]

Jarret Culver is good, too - to get him or Langford around 11-12, Doumboya with the Clippers pick, and Bol or another big with our 1st could be a nice haul..

[captain green]

Tre jones reminds me of a smaller james young.
Im definitely not interested in getting smaller.
Reddish, and bassy are the closest to being the best out of the crop we could touch. But if we get all picks and grab jones with our last pick I wouldn't be to upset. IIan to me he is a fringe late 1st pick.

[big-shot-ROB]

Culver is a pipe dream. He is going top-5. Reddish will be out of our range too I guess. Little could be there, could not. Garland is out of our range too.

I wouldn't touch Bol Bol at all.

Right now if we have 3 picks I'd want Garland, Reddish and Hayes but that's a pipe dream.

Most realistic but optimal outcome is Little or Clarke, Fernando and Tre.

[Patsfan1081]

Porter seems to be slipping because of off court issues/injuries, he might be the most fun player to watch because of his handles and athlectism. I have a feeling though if he attends the combine his value will shoot back up.

[snowman]

Will Bol Bol becomes the next Porzingis or Oden ?

[darrendaye]

Porter seems to be slipping because of off court issues/injuries, he might be the most fun player to watch because of his handles and athlectism. I have a feeling though if he attends the combine his value will shoot back up.

TA redux?

[Curmudgeon]

Watching Duke St. Johns.

Williamson is a 285 lb Jaylen Brown. Exciting player. His stroke from the free throw line is bad, though, and his release on the jumper is too low. Those will be issues when he hits the NBA. He's a legit No. 1 but he's no LeBron.

RJ Barrett is too much like Wiggins, and not just because they're both Canadian. He looks better than he is.

After Williamson, the guy on that Duke team I'm liking best is Reddish. Very nice player at both ends.