2022 NBA Draft Thread – (June 23rd, 8PM, ESPN)

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If we're looking for an eventual replacement for Al, Michael Foster Jr. from the G-League Ignite could be a really good option in the 2nd round:

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Yeah i saw those clips too. Foster looks good. Looks like he's really hustling out there, he's in good shape. He's also one of the guys the celtics brought in for a pre draft workout recently so he's on our radar.

Chances are pretty good he'll still be there at 53. He's young, only 19 and has some stuff to work on with his game. If we grab him he'd spend next year in Maine and then possibly contribute for us off the bench by year 2. He's a PF who can play some small ball 5.

[Scoonie]

Players we've brought in for a pre draft workout so far:

Kevin McCullar Jr - Wing - Texas Tech
Gabe Brown - Wing - Michigan St
Lucas Williamson - Wing - Loyola Chicago
Jared Rhoden - Wing - Seton Hall
Julian Champagnie - Wing - St John's
Keon Ellis - Wing - Alabama
Trevion Williams - C - Purdue
Isaiah Wong - SG - Miami
Michael Foster - PF - G League Ignite
Teddy Allen - Wing - New Mexico St
Peter Kiss - Wing - Bryant

Where did you read that the Celtics brought in Michael Foster Jr. for a workout?

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Players we've brought in for a pre draft workout so far:

Kevin McCullar Jr - Wing - Texas Tech
Gabe Brown - Wing - Michigan St
Lucas Williamson - Wing - Loyola Chicago
Jared Rhoden - Wing - Seton Hall
Julian Champagnie - Wing - St John's
Keon Ellis - Wing - Alabama
Trevion Williams - C - Purdue
Isaiah Wong - SG - Miami
Michael Foster - PF - G League Ignite
Teddy Allen - Wing - New Mexico St
Peter Kiss - Wing - Bryant

Where did you read that the Celtics brought in Michael Foster Jr. for a workout?

Saw it on twitter

[playa-hater]

OKC at 2 & 12. They gotta sell of 30 or 34. Just have to, right?????

IDK but the rockets. are open to trading the no. 3 pick:

https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/news/houston-rafael-stone-open-to-trading-draft-pick#gid=ci02a1738270002654&pid=stone-2

Makes sense. They have so many young players. They drafted 4 guys in the 1st round last year and are having trouble as it is, finding playing time for all of them, along with porter jr who just turned 22, Daishen Nix, etc. Trade the pick for an established star player is a good move.

It's probably a pipe dream for us to make a move here. I mean, the only guys the rockets would want in exchange for the 3rd pick would be tatum or brown. we're not doing that obviously. if we can somehow get the pick without trading tatum or brown, I think a the top 2 picks will be holmgren and banchero so we could get Jabari Smith. Jr, a floor spacing 6'10" dude who just had one of the best shooting seasons ever for a freshman of his size. Plus he's an elite, highly switchable defender. He'd be perfect on the celtics, but it's just probably not realistic cause we don't have anyone the rockets would want for the pick, other than tatum/brown..

Feels kind of blasphemous to suggest but Brown for the 2 or 3 for Banchero then S/T for Beal is a sinister move. Adds the third high end player while staying out of the third concurrent big max deal. Smith/Tatum seems too skinny at the forwards though, they need a PF with bulk for the foreseeable future.

I would do it if Beal was a definite..

[djFan71]

IDK but the rockets. are open to trading the no. 3 pick:

https://www.si.com/nba/rockets/news/houston-rafael-stone-open-to-trading-draft-pick#gid=ci02a1738270002654&pid=stone-2

Makes sense. They have so many young players. They drafted 4 guys in the 1st round last year and are having trouble as it is, finding playing time for all of them, along with porter jr who just turned 22, Daishen Nix, etc. Trade the pick for an established star player is a good move.

It's probably a pipe dream for us to make a move here. I mean, the only guys the rockets would want in exchange for the 3rd pick would be tatum or brown. we're not doing that obviously. if we can somehow get the pick without trading tatum or brown, I think a the top 2 picks will be holmgren and banchero so we could get Jabari Smith. Jr, a floor spacing 6'10" dude who just had one of the best shooting seasons ever for a freshman of his size. Plus he's an elite, highly switchable defender. He'd be perfect on the celtics, but it's just probably not realistic cause we don't have anyone the rockets would want for the pick, other than tatum/brown..

Feels kind of blasphemous to suggest but Brown for the 2 or 3 for Banchero then S/T for Beal is a sinister move. Adds the third high end player while staying out of the third concurrent big max deal. Smith/Tatum seems too skinny at the forwards though, they need a PF with bulk for the foreseeable future.

I would do it if Beal was a definite..

Yeah, that seems like a possible play for sure. You won't know on draft night, though, so I doubt it's that particular move. But if you get Beal, a Jaylen trade becomes more possible. But, he's gonna go off tonight, so like you said a touch blasphemous, but we were taught by Danny. Will definitely discuss that type stuff post playoffs.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

Not really Celtics related but it would be pretty cool if the Magic reunited Suggs and Holmgren in the NBA.

Yeah apparently they've been playing together since 3rd grade. So that'd be roughly 8 years as teammates. I'd definitely take holmgren 1st if i was orlando.

So, we're all buying Chet? I'm too scared of skinny dudes to take Chet, but I really don't know. Spectrum from Giannis/KD to Manute/Bradley, so ???? Feels like the ultimate home run swing - maybe you get lucky, but feels like more often you don't. Not that you go safe pick or anything, but man, I'd feel uneasy pulling the tigger taking him.

I honestly haven't looked at the top of the draft, tho. Just scraps that may be left in the later 2nd round.

I'll buy Chet. I'm not really worried about his frame. Might take a while before he is ready to handle NBA big men in the post but if any team wants to divert their offense to run it through the post in 2022 and they don't have like Jokic or Embiid that's already a win for the defense. More importantly he is more than skilled enough to play on the perimeter. Play him as a weak side rim protector on defense and let him wreck stuff. Also he can catch lobs, space the floor to the three point line and has a high basketball IQ so yeah he can play the 4 on offense no problem.

[djFan71]

Yeah apparently they've been playing together since 3rd grade. So that'd be roughly 8 years as teammates. I'd definitely take holmgren 1st if i was orlando.

So, we're all buying Chet? I'm too scared of skinny dudes to take Chet, but I really don't know. Spectrum from Giannis/KD to Manute/Bradley, so ???? Feels like the ultimate home run swing - maybe you get lucky, but feels like more often you don't. Not that you go safe pick or anything, but man, I'd feel uneasy pulling the tigger taking him.

I honestly haven't looked at the top of the draft, tho. Just scraps that may be left in the later 2nd round.

I'll buy Chet. I'm not really worried about his frame. Might take a while before he is ready to handle NBA big men in the post but if any team wants to divert their offense to run it through the post in 2022 and they don't have like Jokic or Embiid that's already a win for the defense. More importantly he is more than skilled enough to play on the perimeter. Play him as a weak side rim protector on defense and let him wreck stuff. Also he can catch lobs, space the floor to the three point line and has a high basketball IQ so yeah he can play the 4 on offense no problem.

Yeah, I wasn't even thinking post. Heck, KD & Rashard Lewis started out playing SG back in their Sonic days. But even on the perimeter you need some heft to hold your line on drives / D, etc. So, you're thinking kinda like Rob on weakside D, but also hit 3s and run the offense thru up top? That's a pretty darn useful player for sure. Does he have it in him to take people off the dribble/create his own shot at some point? Or does he tap out at unicorn dead-eye Rob?

[captain green]

Came away from the team weaver vs team curry game. Kenny lofton Jr raised his stock imo straight pushing around Cockburn hitting a three and always straight when defending. Also that Purdue center looks faster here than tourny had a nice cross over for a 6'10 guy too. Pippen Jr number 4 on team weaver was solid. Still early to stamp them approved though.

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Came away from the team weaver vs team curry game. Kenny lofton Jr raised his stock imo straight pushing around Cockburn hitting a three and always straight when defending. Also that Purdue center looks faster here than tourny had a nice cross over for a 6'10 guy too. Pippen Jr number 4 on team weaver was solid. Still early to stamp them approved though.

Yeah. the Purdue center (Trevion Williams) looks slimmed down, looks like maybe he dropped like 20 lbs since the college season. Helps his draft stock big time because his primary weakness was how quick can he be getting up and down the floor in a fast paced NBA game, can he cover ground with more spacing, can he move his feet laterally to defend in space. Him slimming down and looking quicker/lighter on his feet is a nice development to see.

Celtics worked trevion out recently. seems like pretty good chance he'll be gone before our pick but definitely a guy to keep on the radar if he falls that far and if we want to go for a big.

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[Smart2Nesmith43]

So, we're all buying Chet? I'm too scared of skinny dudes to take Chet, but I really don't know. Spectrum from Giannis/KD to Manute/Bradley, so ???? Feels like the ultimate home run swing - maybe you get lucky, but feels like more often you don't. Not that you go safe pick or anything, but man, I'd feel uneasy pulling the tigger taking him.

I honestly haven't looked at the top of the draft, tho. Just scraps that may be left in the later 2nd round.

I'll buy Chet. I'm not really worried about his frame. Might take a while before he is ready to handle NBA big men in the post but if any team wants to divert their offense to run it through the post in 2022 and they don't have like Jokic or Embiid that's already a win for the defense. More importantly he is more than skilled enough to play on the perimeter. Play him as a weak side rim protector on defense and let him wreck stuff. Also he can catch lobs, space the floor to the three point line and has a high basketball IQ so yeah he can play the 4 on offense no problem.

Yeah, I wasn't even thinking post. Heck, KD & Rashard Lewis started out playing SG back in their Sonic days. But even on the perimeter you need some heft to hold your line on drives / D, etc. So, you're thinking kinda like Rob on weakside D, but also hit 3s and run the offense thru up top? That's a pretty darn useful player for sure. Does he have it in him to take people off the dribble/create his own shot at some point? Or does he tap out at unicorn dead-eye Rob?

Yes that's what I'm thinking. Creating his own shot really is going to determine how much better he can be. The fact that you can't really go under on him is really going to help him in that regard, and of course, with his size and length he can just rise up and fire over pretty much everybody.

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If we're looking for an eventual replacement for Al, Michael Foster Jr. from the G-League Ignite could be a really good option in the 2nd round:

Read on Twitter

Yeah i saw those clips too. Foster looks good. Looks like he's really hustling out there, he's in good shape. He's also one of the guys the celtics brought in for a pre draft workout recently so he's on our radar.

Chances are pretty good he'll still be there at 53. He's young, only 19 and has some stuff to work on with his game. If we grab him he'd spend next year in Maine and then possibly contribute for us off the bench by year 2. He's a PF who can play some small ball 5.

Surprised he's not ranked higher being that young. I mean, G league has got to be a major cut over D1 and this guy was hanging in there around his 19th birthday? Being average in G league while playing guys 3-7 years older seems pretty impressive.

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If we're looking for an eventual replacement for Al, Michael Foster Jr. from the G-League Ignite could be a really good option in the 2nd round:

Read on Twitter

Yeah i saw those clips too. Foster looks good. Looks like he's really hustling out there, he's in good shape. He's also one of the guys the celtics brought in for a pre draft workout recently so he's on our radar.

Chances are pretty good he'll still be there at 53. He's young, only 19 and has some stuff to work on with his game. If we grab him he'd spend next year in Maine and then possibly contribute for us off the bench by year 2. He's a PF who can play some small ball 5.

Surprised he's not ranked higher being that young. I mean, G league has got to be a major cut over D1 and this guy was hanging in there around his 19th birthday? Being average in G league while playing guys 3-7 years older seems pretty impressive.

yeah, reason he's not ranked higher is:

a) based on how everyone played this past season, he's arguably the worst defender in the entire draft class
b) good mid range jumper but very low % from 3
c) kind of undersized for a big man, especially one who is very limited in terms of outside shooting

On the plus side, he measured 6'9.25" at the combine so it turns out he's not as undersized as we thought (he had previously been listed at 6'8'). and he previously was listed at 250 lbs and so he looked like kind of a chubby 6'8", 250 guy running around out there. But at the combine he came in at 236 lbs and looks like he has slimmed down, gotten more tone, in good shape, light on his feet. Body fat came in at just 6.1% at the combine. A lot of bigs come in over 10%. So it really seems like this dude has put in some work to get in good shape. He's been working out a lot before the draft with rasheed Wallace.

If he keeps shooting like this, he'll definitely be gone by pick 53..

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[captain green]

Second scrimmage game had seabron, timme, Ron Harper Jr taking the top 3 , Braun, and besson and William did solid. But seabron stole the show super fast was all over the place. Weird play at the last timme was on bench and they went with odd choice. That assistant coach for new York, erman interview was weird, was just not good on camera or interview.

[Scoonie]

Michael Foster Hr. had 3 blocked shots and 6 rebounds in his NBA Combine game this afternoon.

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[1st banana]

Fwiw latest ESPN+ mock has us taking procida. Just watched more of his tape. I really like what I see seems more athletic than I initially remember.

A lot of foreign prospects look like that in lesser leagues, some are players most are trash. Kinda reminded of an athletic bellinelli but also reminded me of the great Mario hezonja.

Seeing tons of guys with potential around our pick just feel like 1 of these second round stabs in the dark has to hit. Doesn’t have to be Jokic or dray but like how about a good 7-9 guy.

[1st banana]

Came away from the team weaver vs team curry game. Kenny lofton Jr raised his stock imo straight pushing around Cockburn hitting a three and always straight when defending. Also that Purdue center looks faster here than tourny had a nice cross over for a 6'10 guy too. Pippen Jr number 4 on team weaver was solid. Still early to stamp them approved though.

Yeah. the Purdue center (Trevion Williams) looks slimmed down, looks like maybe he dropped like 20 lbs since the college season. Helps his draft stock big time because his primary weakness was how quick can he be getting up and down the floor in a fast paced NBA game, can he cover ground with more spacing, can he move his feet laterally to defend in space. Him slimming down and looking quicker/lighter on his feet is a nice development to see.

Celtics worked trevion out recently. seems like pretty good chance he'll be gone before our pick but definitely a guy to keep on the radar if he falls that far and if we want to go for a big.

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Omg he’s been one of my favorites his passing has me totally crushin. There’s no real chance he’ll fall to us though is there?

Looks to be in great shape and a tighter handle in space now too.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

Among centers, Moussa Diabate has the fastest lane agility time and shuttle run (4th amongst all players), the best max vertical leap (by a full three inches), the second fastest three quarter sprint and second highest standing vertical leap. So he definitely tests out like one of the more mobile bigs in the class.

He also has by far the lowest body fat percentage among all players (historically low in fact), is 6'9.25 without shoes, has a 7'2.5 wingspan and 9'1.5 standing reach and weights 216lbs. I'd say he looks like a pretty switchable small ball center to me.

Omg he’s been one of my favorites his passing has me totally crushin. There’s no real chance he’ll fall to us though is there?

Looks to be in great shape and a tighter handle in space now too.

Tankathon mock has him going 53rd to the Celtics right now...

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Came away from the team weaver vs team curry game. Kenny lofton Jr raised his stock imo straight pushing around Cockburn hitting a three and always straight when defending. Also that Purdue center looks faster here than tourny had a nice cross over for a 6'10 guy too. Pippen Jr number 4 on team weaver was solid. Still early to stamp them approved though.

Yeah. the Purdue center (Trevion Williams) looks slimmed down, looks like maybe he dropped like 20 lbs since the college season. Helps his draft stock big time because his primary weakness was how quick can he be getting up and down the floor in a fast paced NBA game, can he cover ground with more spacing, can he move his feet laterally to defend in space. Him slimming down and looking quicker/lighter on his feet is a nice development to see.

Celtics worked trevion out recently. seems like pretty good chance he'll be gone before our pick but definitely a guy to keep on the radar if he falls that far and if we want to go for a big.

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Omg he’s been one of my favorites his passing has me totally crushin. There’s no real chance he’ll fall to us though is there?

Looks to be in great shape and a tighter handle in space now too.

Trevion will probably be gone before our pick but there's a chance he'll still be there. He flashed a little bit of 3 pt shooting this past season at Purdue too. And right from Day 1 in the NBA he is arguably the 2nd best passing center in the league outside of Jokic. HIs passing is that good.

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Among centers, Moussa Diabate has the fastest lane agility time and shuttle run (4th amongst all players), the best max vertical leap (by a full three inches), the second fastest three quarter sprint and second highest standing vertical leap. So he definitely tests out like one of the more mobile bigs in the class.

He also has by far the lowest body fat percentage among all players (historically low in fact), is 6'9.25 without shoes, has a 7'2.5 wingspan and 9'1.5 standing reach and weights 216lbs. I'd say he looks like a pretty switchable small ball center to me.

Omg he’s been one of my favorites his passing has me totally crushin. There’s no real chance he’ll fall to us though is there?

Looks to be in great shape and a tighter handle in space now too.

Tankathon mock has him going 53rd to the Celtics right now...

Yeah Diabate definitely is an upside guy.

I actually had him as a lottery pick coming into the 2021-2022 season, cause his HS footage (from 2020-2021) was really impressive when you look at the combination of size, length, athleticism, how quick and fluid he moves out there, the ability to shoot, handle the ball, block shots and pass:

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Seems like a good chance he'll still be there. Also a chance however that he returns to Michigan for his sophomore season.

[winsomme2]

Yeah. the Purdue center (Trevion Williams) looks slimmed down, looks like maybe he dropped like 20 lbs since the college season. Helps his draft stock big time because his primary weakness was how quick can he be getting up and down the floor in a fast paced NBA game, can he cover ground with more spacing, can he move his feet laterally to defend in space. Him slimming down and looking quicker/lighter on his feet is a nice development to see.

Celtics worked trevion out recently. seems like pretty good chance he'll be gone before our pick but definitely a guy to keep on the radar if he falls that far and if we want to go for a big.

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Omg he’s been one of my favorites his passing has me totally crushin. There’s no real chance he’ll fall to us though is there?

Looks to be in great shape and a tighter handle in space now too.

Trevion will probably be gone before our pick but there's a chance he'll still be there. He flashed a little bit of 3 pt shooting this past season at Purdue too. And right from Day 1 in the NBA he is arguably the 2nd best passing center in the league outside of Jokic. HIs passing is that good.

By my calculations there are like 60 prospects that probably should be gone by 53.....this draft is loaded with should be first round talent that will be there for us to pick at 53....

Brad definitely going to have a shot at some prospects that will only add to our young core.

It's weird to be this excited about such a low pick, but I really am.

The current player jumping off the screen for me right now is Marcus Sasser. This kid can play.