2024 NBA Draft Thread – (June 26 & 27)

[big-shot-ROB]

Took a quick look at the pick situation- Boston has their first, plus the better of CHI/NO seconds, and the Dallas second.

I like the odds of two top-40 picks as well as seeing what Brad does with them. Based on history he’s not making three of those picks so it’s a matter of does he trade some of them in-season or at the draft.

I doubt he even uses his first rounder because of the cap situation. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved most of his moves thus far, however sooner or later you’re going to need to supplement with young talent and we have yet to see Brad draft and development a young rotational player yet. It would be nice to see them go after a young big somewhere in the first round.

Here's who the Celtics picked up with their first round picks since Brad Stevens took over as GM:
2021: Al Horford
2022: Derrick White
2023: Malcolm Brogdon
2029: Jrue Holiday
I'm fine trading the picks away every year if that's the kind of guys the Celtics are getting back.

Lol, this put together is hilarious, but minus Holiday who we gave meaningful extra assets for, those are basically his picks.

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A name to put on the radar: Dalton Knecht.

Why?

1) Well, he's from Colorado. Started out playing for a junior college in colorado, before transferring to a D-1 school in colorado. Ended up breaking out as a college senior at a high major D-I school. Prior to that was not on draft radars.

Does that background sound familiar? It's the same background as Derrick White!

2) Playing at Tennessee now. We had pretty good success with drafting a 6'6" dude out of Tennessee a few yrs ago (Grant).

3) Dude can flat out ball, score the rock and shoot the rock. Impressive PPG and 3 pt shooting numbers over the past 2 seasons..really high BPM so far this season of 9.9.

Perhaps he's a guy we scoop up in the 2nd round - or possibly late in the 1st if we keep that pick.

Checking out this game for Dalton Knecht. At around the 5:10 mark, they show Danny Ainge in the crowd.

He must be scouting Knecht and Judah Mintz and JJ Starling from Syracuse. Starling wouldn't really make sense for their team, so I figure it's mainly just Knecht and Mintz he is scouting..

Watch on YouTube

[Patsfan1081]

Took a quick look at the pick situation- Boston has their first, plus the better of CHI/NO seconds, and the Dallas second.

I like the odds of two top-40 picks as well as seeing what Brad does with them. Based on history he’s not making three of those picks so it’s a matter of does he trade some of them in-season or at the draft.

I doubt he even uses his first rounder because of the cap situation. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved most of his moves thus far, however sooner or later you’re going to need to supplement with young talent and we have yet to see Brad draft and development a young rotational player yet. It would be nice to see them go after a young big somewhere in the first round.

Here's who the Celtics picked up with their first round picks since Brad Stevens took over as GM:
2021: Al Horford
2022: Derrick White
2023: Malcolm Brogdon
2029: Jrue Holiday
I'm fine trading the picks away every year if that's the kind of guys the Celtics are getting back.

Its not exactly a one for one though,you also had to give up a lot of depth for Jrue. And like I said It’s not like Im upset with the moves however I am concerned a bit with the depth and youth going forward. You have to extend Holliday coming up and with Tatum’s super max coming up we are going to see some changes being made. And with every title team you do see some contributions coming from rotational guys like the Leon Powes or Glen Davis’s types which we don’t really have at this time. This team isn’t getting anything from the min signed guys. I would just really like to see Brad hit on a prospect, and he has a better chance the higher he drafts.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

The new mock on ESPN just dropped (https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/insider/story/_/id/39000331/2024-nba-mock-draft-why-isaiah-collier-new-no-1-prospect). Here's who they have the Celtics picking:
#29 Baba Miller (not sure why they don't have the Celtics at #30 instead, but whatever, whomever is available at 29 will probably also be at 30 anyway)
#36 Tristan Da Silva
#46 Zach Edey

I think that Edey could be an interesting Kornet replacement down the line and Miller as the potential to be the big wing defender that the Celtics don't have on the roster currently. Don't really know much about Da Silva but he's 6'8 and he knocks down his threes so he certainly fits the mold of the modern NBA player.

[shackles10]

The new mock on ESPN just dropped (https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/insider/story/_/id/39000331/2024-nba-mock-draft-why-isaiah-collier-new-no-1-prospect). Here's who they have the Celtics picking:
#29 Baba Miller (not sure why they don't have the Celtics at #30 instead, but whatever, whomever is available at 29 will probably also be at 30 anyway)
#36 Tristan Da Silva
#46 Zach Edey

I think that Edey could be an interesting Kornet replacement down the line and Miller as the potential to be the big wing defender that the Celtics don't have on the roster currently. Don't really know much about Da Silva but he's 6'8 and he knocks down his threes so he certainly fits the mold of the modern NBA player.

Baba is what my kids call my dad. For that reason alone he'll be excited about the pick lol

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The new mock on ESPN just dropped (https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/insider/story/_/id/39000331/2024-nba-mock-draft-why-isaiah-collier-new-no-1-prospect). Here's who they have the Celtics picking:
#29 Baba Miller (not sure why they don't have the Celtics at #30 instead, but whatever, whomever is available at 29 will probably also be at 30 anyway)
#36 Tristan Da Silva
#46 Zach Edey

I think that Edey could be an interesting Kornet replacement down the line and Miller as the potential to be the big wing defender that the Celtics don't have on the roster currently. Don't really know much about Da Silva but he's 6'8 and he knocks down his threes so he certainly fits the mold of the modern NBA player.

Baba is what my kids call my dad. For that reason alone he'll be excited about the pick lol

Baba is an intriguing prospect. I think 1st round might be a reach for him, but I think anywhere in 2nd round is a reasonable spot to take him.

Baba is a pretty straightforward prospect. Stretch 4 and small ball 5. He can shoot the 3 pretty well..he can block shots pretty well. He's got good size at 6'11"..and a pretty solidly built 6'11" dude. And he can switch pretty well defensively, as we see here.

Read on Twitter

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7'2" wingspan, will only be 20 on draft night.

That seems like possibly a really solid pick in the 2nd round. I'll monitor him as the season goes on - might end up having him as a 1st rounder..

Bottom line, if you're 6'11", can shoot 3's, block shots, defend out on the perimeter, playing for a team in the ACC and you're only 19..you've got a pretty good chance to get drafted.

[165bows]

Been a very strong trend they like drafting young guys with upside. Partly a function of the big club roster imo.

Not an elite athlete but I like this guy as someone who fits the mold of guards they’ve pursued. Prob gone by the time they pick but wth.

https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-profiles/nba-draft-scouting-report-pittsburghs-carlton-carrington

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Been a very strong trend they like drafting young guys with upside. Partly a function of the big club roster imo.

Not an elite athlete but I like this guy as someone who fits the mold of guards they’ve pursued. Prob gone by the time they pick but wth.

https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-profiles/nba-draft-scouting-report-pittsburghs-carlton-carrington

I like Carrington quite a bit. He's no. 10 on my big board right now so he'll probably go too high for us but you never know.

Smooth 6'5" PG who can shoot, handle the ball, run PnR, make slick passes. There's a chance (not sure how big of a chance, we'll have a better idea by later in the season) that he's the next Haliburton..

[165bows]

Been a very strong trend they like drafting young guys with upside. Partly a function of the big club roster imo.

Not an elite athlete but I like this guy as someone who fits the mold of guards they’ve pursued. Prob gone by the time they pick but wth.

https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-profiles/nba-draft-scouting-report-pittsburghs-carlton-carrington

I like Carrington quite a bit. He's no. 10 on my big board right now so he'll probably go too high for us but you never know.

Smooth 6'5" PG who can shoot, handle the ball, run PnR, make slick passes. There's a chance (not sure how big of a chance, we'll have a better idea by later in the season) that he's the next Haliburton..

Haven’t seen him play but going to keep an eye out for him. Love watching the highlights I saw, agree he could be a guy to really break out on the offensive end.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

I might avoid anyone Danny A i n g e is drafting this year. Everything he seemed to touch has gone spuds up recently...

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

To me, the two-headed Hydra monster of Zach Edey and Luke makes for a very interesting combo. I would like to see the Celtics stock up on the bigs like Cleveland has.

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Ok, so this might be pretty farfetched but Bronny James made his college debut yesterday. He missed the 1st part of the season after having cardias arrest during the summer.

Not sure if that will scare scouts away from drafting him..or maybe he just goes a little bit lower in the draft if there's health risks.

BUT he made a few plays in that game yesterday that reminded me of Marcus Smart. And it's not just that 1 game - he was getting comparisons to Marcus (or even Jrue) before this season.

Seems like Bronny is gonna go late 1st round at the earliest - possibly in the 2nd round. 

Perhaps we take Bronny. Groom him to be a long term Marcus replacement and a backup combo-guard 3&D type of guy. Picture Pritchard but with way more athleticism and better D. He slides in to Pritchard's backup guard spot, long term.

And LeBron has a player option this summer. He was quoted saying that he wants to play with Bronny in the NBA. What if we take Bronny with the 30th pick, LeBron declines his player option and signs here to a team-friendly deal as a FA? I know, it is farfetched. Because if there's a chance that the team that drafts Bronny can get LeBron to sign there for cheap would probably make Bronny go higher in the draft - too high for us to get him - especially with 2024 being a weaker draft in the 1st round.

But you never know..

[165bows]

Ok, so this might be pretty farfetched but Bronny James made his college debut yesterday. He missed the 1st part of the season after having cardias arrest during the summer.

Not sure if that will scare scouts away from drafting him..or maybe he just goes a little bit lower in the draft if there's health risks.

BUT he made a few plays in that game yesterday that reminded me of Marcus Smart. And it's not just that 1 game - he was getting comparisons to Marcus (or even Jrue) before this season.

Seems like Bronny is gonna go late 1st round at the earliest - possibly in the 2nd round. 

Perhaps we take Bronny. Groom him to be a long term Marcus replacement and a backup combo-guard 3&D type of guy. Picture Pritchard but with way more athleticism and better D. He slides in to Pritchard's backup guard spot, long term.

And LeBron has a player option this summer. He was quoted saying that he wants to play with Bronny in the NBA. What if we take Bronny with the 30th pick, LeBron declines his player option and signs here to a team-friendly deal as a FA? I know, it is farfetched. Because if there's a chance that the team that drafts Bronny can get LeBron to sign there for cheap would probably make Bronny go higher in the draft - too high for us to get him - especially with 2024 being a weaker draft in the 1st round.

But you never know..

If Lebron signs a vet exception contract to play with him I doubt Bronny makes it out of the top 5-10 picks (no matter how good he is)

[playa-hater]

Still a long way to go but this seems like one of the worst Drafts by far.. At least at the lottery level.. Finding a hidden gem will be even harder this year I think.

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Still a long way to go but this seems like one of the worst Drafts by far.. At least at the lottery level.. Finding a hidden gem will be even harder this year I think.

Yeah it certainly seems to be a weaker draft. So more than ever, I expect Brad to trade all of his picks except for one, draft a guy in the mid to late 2nd round - and just try to do some good scouting to find a hidden gem..

[Patsfan1081]

I doubt he even uses his first rounder because of the cap situation. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved most of his moves thus far, however sooner or later you’re going to need to supplement with young talent and we have yet to see Brad draft and development a young rotational player yet. It would be nice to see them go after a young big somewhere in the first round.

Here's who the Celtics picked up with their first round picks since Brad Stevens took over as GM:
2021: Al Horford
2022: Derrick White
2023: Malcolm Brogdon
2029: Jrue Holiday
I'm fine trading the picks away every year if that's the kind of guys the Celtics are getting back.

Its not exactly a one for one though,you also had to give up a lot of depth for Jrue. And like I said It’s not like Im upset with the moves however I am concerned a bit with the depth and youth going forward. You have to extend Holliday coming up and with Tatum’s super max coming up we are going to see some changes being made. And with every title team you do see some contributions coming from rotational guys like the Leon Powes or Glen Davis’s types which we don’t really have at this time. This team isn’t getting anything from the min signed guys. I would just really like to see Brad hit on a prospect, and he has a better chance the higher he drafts.

That GS pick is looking better and better by the day too. At the moment tankathon has it sitting 11th drafting Clingan. They really could use some youth up front going forward so hopefully they can do something with their remaining picks. I however don’t feel better seeing every pick traded away turn into guys like Sengun, Bane, ect…

[Curmudgeon]

Kel'el Ware anyone?

[Homerclease]

Kel'el Ware anyone?

I’ll take Adem Bona but we likely have to move up to get him

[KillahGhostface]

I think we should draft Cooper Flagg.

[Hal14]

Kel'el Ware anyone?

I’ll take Adem Bona but we likely have to move up to get him

Yeah I like Bona as well. 

This season he's shown some improved passing from the perimeter, an improved mid range jumper and more flashes of defending guys out on the perimeter. So it's nice to see he is expanding his game - doing more stuff than just dunks, rebounds and blocks.

And agreed that we'd likely have to move up to get him - especially if we trade out of the 1st round..