Larry_Russell wrote:Hal14 wrote:phincsfan wrote:Lets say it was true that the Raps offered RJ and #9 for Jrue. (I need more confirmation from insiders to say if it was true.)
That would mean the C's acquired a lottery pick while being a playoff team.
They draft whomever your heart desires because many of you had favorites that would never make it to #28. Lets say Khaman, Sorber, Coward, Clifford (he actually looks pretty good), Newell. Whomever it be, they'd be a building block. They keep Oooogo' with #28.
JB, RJ and White with a not so good frontcourt in 25/26 could lead to another lottery pick (maybe #1 because 40 years ago come June 2026 Len Bias passed and the basketball gods owe the C's something).
Now they have 2 lottery picks with a playoff season (24/25) and one bad season (25/26) before JT comes back.
I'm just an idiot and Stevens was the guy who got Butler to the finals and the C's #18, but I think with proper scouting, #9 this year and a potential lottery pick next year could have paid more dividends than worrying about having to pay RJ in 26/27. Heck, stretch him because it seems to be the thing to do now adays.
1) I think what Jake Fischer was saying is that the C's simply didn't like any of the guys in that draft range - at least not enough to make a move. Guys we could have possibly taken in that spot are like Queen, Maluach, CMB, Essengue, Carter Bryant Maybe Coward but he would have considered a bit of a reach that high (was projected to go in like the 13-22 range, Memphis reached for him)
I think maybe Boston just didn't love that group so much. At least not that high in the draft and with what we'd have to give up
2) It's just a rumor that we were offered 9 for Jrue. The clip where Bobby manning interviews Jake Fischer about it, the way Fischer words it is confusing. Like Bobby tries to confirm that Jrue was on the table and Fisher says "I think so". Like hmm, you don't sound so sure about that lol.
Then you sell off #9 for a 2026 1st.
No one was giving a 2026 1st for the 9th pick. Draft is too loaded. This draft was more or less a JAG draft after number 2 and probably will have a couple of role players and a bunch of wash outs.
Even if the Celtics get the 15-17 pick I would probably put money on that player making more of an impact than anyone in the back end of that top 10. Hell the Nets couldn’t even unload a pick in the 20s to trade back. That’s how bad this draft was.
And in the case they were stuck with the 9th pick this is what the 9th pick is paid.
Collin Murray-Boyles signed a 4 year, $28,822,764 contract with the Toronto Raptors, including $12,982,080 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $7,205,691.
For a team that is close to the 2nd apron at the time of tip off it’s risky to give that money to a guy who is quite possibly a bust or best case a JAG.