Red Auerbach Overruled Boston's Front Office On Selecting Tony Parker In 2001 Draft

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:22 pm

The Boston Celtics were set to draft Tony Parker in the 2001 NBA Draft until Red Auerbach overruled brand-new general manager Chris Wallace.

Auerbach was 84 at the time and remained president and vice chairman. Auerbach insisted the Celtics instead select Joe Forte at No. 21, several league executives confirmed recently.

Auerbach was skeptical of European point guards and he also had scouted Forte dating back to high school at DeMatha Catholic in Maryland.

The San Antonio Spurs knew Parker had a good workout for the Celtics and they feared Boston might select him with one of their three picks in the top-21. San Antonio selected Parker with the 28th overall pick.

Via Mike Monroe/The Athletic

MegaK · Post #2 » by **MegaK** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:32 pm

Can't win em all Red. Bro.

LAKESHOW · Post #3 » by **LAKESHOW** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:58 pm

The blunder was ainge listening to his coach and aquiring hayward.

Papi_swav · Post #4 » by **Papi_swav** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:09 pm

Bro how many times are we going to hear that Boston was going to draft a star years later. Same story every year. They was suppose to draft Giannis, Kawhi, Tony... who else? LeBron too?

SpursFan · Post #5 » by **SpursFan** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:28 pm

If the Celtics had drafted him, maybe he would've went the way of Joe Forte. We see time and again players thrive with the Spurs, and disappear when they go elsewhere. Player development, fit, and The System go a long ways.

Post #6 » by **TheCage4** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:31 pm

LAKESHOW wrote:The blunder was ainge listening to his coach and aquiring hayward.

Hayward was most likely on everyone’s wish list when he became a FA. Every fan would of praised their GM for landing him at that time.

LewisnotMiller · Post #7 » by **LewisnotMiller** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:43 pm

SpursFan wrote:If the Celtics had drafted him, maybe he would've went the way of Joe Forte. We see time and again players thrive with the Spurs, and disappear when they go elsewhere. Player development, fit, and The System go a long ways.

There is definitely a chance.
Opportunity, coaching, etc, are all very impactful.

the_process · Post #8 » by **the_process** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:30 pm

It’s good this slandering the dead guy piece came out. Makes sense.

the_process · Post #9 » by **the_process** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:30 pm

Papi_swav wrote:Bro how many times are we going to hear that Boston was going to draft a star years later. Same story every year. They was suppose to draft Giannis, Kawhi, Tony... who else? LeBron too?

Too many Boston area people in the sports media.

Papi_swav · Post #10 » by **Papi_swav** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:36 pm

the_process wrote:
Papi_swav wrote:Bro how many times are we going to hear that Boston was going to draft a star years later. Same story every year. They was suppose to draft Giannis, Kawhi, Tony... who else? LeBron too?

Too many Boston area people in the sports media.

Definitely and we can clearly see the bias-ism. Look how they doing Kyrie. Making up a bunch of crap stories. Then Boston fans wonder why nobody can stand them.