2019 NBA draft

[sam_I_am]

I am kind of bristling at the idea this is a BAD draft as is stated over and over and over. It's not a bad draft, it's just not uber-talented in the lottery. There are going to be a lot of REALLY good players taken here, even if they become "just" role players. We need role players now, especially if we commit to the J's doing their thing. They are going to get expensive soon, and cheap contracts for quality role players is gonna be the way we win through depth.

I like this draft. It’s a great draft to have three low picks as the Cs do.

There will be players available at 22 who’ll be better than a lot of the top 10. A lot of people who will play in the league a long time. People like Cam Johnson or NAW or Grant Williams will be around a while. And there are lottery tickets like Bol and Porter. Should be a fun night no matter what happens.

Bol, Porter and Cam would be an interesting draft for sure.

[brackdan70]

Who have the Cs worked out? I haven’t been paying as close attention this year

[sam_I_am]

I am kind of bristling at the idea this is a BAD draft as is stated over and over and over. It's not a bad draft, it's just not uber-talented in the lottery. There are going to be a lot of REALLY good players taken here, even if they become "just" role players. We need role players now, especially if we commit to the J's doing their thing. They are going to get expensive soon, and cheap contracts for quality role players is gonna be the way we win through depth.

Because it is a bad draft you know it is a bad draft when guys projected to go in the 20's are also being talked about in the top 10. Your point is true there are going to be some good players coming out of the draft but they are incredibly hard to identify in this group.

The idea of "role" players sounds great and if your drafting a college upperclassmen late in first round that you project can step in and play NBA mins even though they have limited upside great. If your drafting a 19 year old in the lottery that it is going to take 3 years to develop and still only think they are going to have limited upside that sucks.

Too much late first round talent is going to bleed into the lottery in this draft. That makes me fine with moving #14 in a trade for a real player or trading down or out of this draft. If we stay at #14 give me the guy with big upside and injury questions or other concerns.

In support of your belief that this draft sucks is how many rumors there are of teams looking to trade away picks and how few teams are looking to acquire them.

[sully00]

I am kind of bristling at the idea this is a BAD draft as is stated over and over and over. It's not a bad draft, it's just not uber-talented in the lottery. There are going to be a lot of REALLY good players taken here, even if they become "just" role players. We need role players now, especially if we commit to the J's doing their thing. They are going to get expensive soon, and cheap contracts for quality role players is gonna be the way we win through depth.

I like this draft. It’s a great draft to have three low picks as the Cs do.

There will be players available at 22 who’ll be better than a lot of the top 10. A lot of people who will play in the league a long time. People like Cam Johnson or NAW or Grant Williams will be around a while. And there are lottery tickets like Bol and Porter. Should be a fun night no matter what happens.

Bol, Porter and Cam would be an interesting draft for sure.

Sign me up.

[SmartWentCrazy]

Who have the Cs worked out? I haven’t been paying as close attention this year

Tried to workout PJ Washington a second time. Worked out a ton once.

[ajones9219]

With New York officially going for Barrett, Id be all over moving up for Garland

[WeLikeOurGuys]

With New York officially going for Barrett, Id be all over moving up for Garland

I love Garland But the pelicans would want a lot to move up to 4.

[Darth Celtic]

With New York officially going for Barrett, Id be all over moving up for Garland

Baaaarffff.

Probably take JB or the Griz pick to get there, i'll give up neither for the 4th pick.

[Andrew McCeltic]

What if you're dealing Jaylen for Lonzo/4 and taking Barrett? (Rumors Knicks are thinking about Garland)

Lonzo/Barrett/Hayward/Tatum/Baynes, Smart off the bench.. add Capela and a couple of rookies and you have an interesting group to develop.. Hayward is likely to be, like Horford, a good veteran presence.

[Andrew McCeltic]

There's also a scenario where Garland goes third, Atlanta trades the 8 and 10 to take Culver fourth, and we can get Barrett and Tristan Thompson's money for Jaylen/Yabu.. Thompson is a flawed Horford replacement, but he's only got a year on his contract and you might be able to flip him for a different big..

[Darth Celtic]

There's also a scenario where Garland goes third, Atlanta trades the 8 and 10 to take Culver fourth, and we can get Barrett and Tristan Thompson's money for Jaylen/Yabu.. Thompson is a flawed Horford replacement, but he's only got a year on his contract and you might be able to flip him for a different big..

Except a reliable news article just came out saying the knicks are locked in on Barrett.....

[BillessuR6]

I want Garland as well. We can take on Hill and Moore contracts if Pelicans want to go after a big FA...

[ajones9219]

I am not huge on parting with Brown but I would do Brown/Yabs for Lonzo/4. Trade Smart for Capella and you can roll

Lonzo
Garland
Hayward
Tatum
Capella

You then have plenty of cap to fill out the bench. Maybe see if Morris wants to roll back for a decent rate

[LuckyLeprechaun]

What if you're dealing Jaylen for Lonzo/4 and taking Barrett? (Rumors Knicks are thinking about Garland)

Lonzo/Barrett/Hayward/Tatum/Baynes, Smart off the bench.. add Capela and a couple of rookies and you have an interesting group to develop.. Hayward is likely to be, like Horford, a good veteran presence.

I don't want Lonzo's poor shooting net negative self, nor his locker room cancer of a dad anywhere near the Celtics.

[Andrew McCeltic]

There's also a scenario where Garland goes third, Atlanta trades the 8 and 10 to take Culver fourth, and we can get Barrett and Tristan Thompson's money for Jaylen/Yabu.. Thompson is a flawed Horford replacement, but he's only got a year on his contract and you might be able to flip him for a different big..

Except a reliable news article just came out saying the knicks are locked in on Barrett.....

Hadn't seen that.. maybe they'll still find a way to Knick it up.. or maybe if you dangle Terry Rozier in a sign and trade with Jaylen they'd send us Barrett..

[Andrew McCeltic]

What if you're dealing Jaylen for Lonzo/4 and taking Barrett? (Rumors Knicks are thinking about Garland)

Lonzo/Barrett/Hayward/Tatum/Baynes, Smart off the bench.. add Capela and a couple of rookies and you have an interesting group to develop.. Hayward is likely to be, like Horford, a good veteran presence.

I don't want Lonzo's poor shooting net negative self, nor his locker room cancer of a dad anywhere near the Celtics.

You could always flip him, he has enough of a market around the league.. Probably New Orleans wouldn't go above a straight 4/Jaylen swap, anyway..

[Andrew McCeltic]

I am not huge on parting with Brown but I would do Brown/Yabs for Lonzo/4. Trade Smart for Capella and you can roll

Lonzo
Garland
Hayward
Tatum
Capella

You then have plenty of cap to fill out the bench. Maybe see if Morris wants to roll back for a decent rate

You'd have more than enough cap space to trade for Capela without dealing Smart, or having to match salary..

[Andrew McCeltic]

The Horford news is probably enough of a curveball that we could at least justify dealing Baynes to a contender - for Capela with a pick, or for Adams with a pick coming back..

[ajones9219]

I am not huge on parting with Brown but I would do Brown/Yabs for Lonzo/4. Trade Smart for Capella and you can roll

Lonzo
Garland
Hayward
Tatum
Capella

You then have plenty of cap to fill out the bench. Maybe see if Morris wants to roll back for a decent rate

You'd have more than enough cap space to trade for Capela without dealing Smart, or having to match salary..

Yeah I just meant if you didn't want to hurt our cap space. You could do that and have him as our sixth man with Baynes and Williams. Maybe try to get Morris back or find some more scoring for the bench

[ZeroTolerance]

I like this draft. It’s a great draft to have three low picks as the Cs do.

There will be players available at 22 who’ll be better than a lot of the top 10. A lot of people who will play in the league a long time. People like Cam Johnson or NAW or Grant Williams will be around a while. And there are lottery tickets like Bol and Porter. Should be a fun night no matter what happens.

Bol, Porter and Cam would be an interesting draft for sure.

Sign me up.

I watched Bol in a game atmosphere during the combines...He looked super slow and very awkward to me..The others were just crawling around him like ants...Often times he never made it across center court on defense by the time the opposition had already taken their shot...BIG NO on Bol Bol!