what other examples do you have other than the ones I offered for you?
What about Desmond Bane who seems more NBA ready than Nesmith? Or Matisse Thybulle from last year while keeping Grant Williams and trading him for Carsen Edwards.
Sully was a gamble that did not pay off. There is a reason he fell and we rolled the dice and watched him eat himself out of the league. I don't think we picked him for tanking. Ainge saw a good college player that fell and took a chance at getting value with high risk/reward guy. Trouble, is when he does this with guys with subpar athletic ability it rarely pans out.
rozier
smart
sullinger
bradley
rondo (picked for them)
jefferson
west
allen
olynyk (for them)
All decent to good players save Sully on that list. But there are stinkers too and quite a few. I stuck to first rounders
Grant Williams
Guerschon Yabusele
James Young
Lucas Nogueira
Jared Sullinger
Fab Melo
MarShon Brooks
J. R. Giddens
RJ Hunter
This is a fun read about some of the value of players drafted about Draft Value vs. Expectation
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/3/2/22308624/danny-ainge-boston-celticsBut we are 13th in Draft Value vs. Expectation
The draft is a crap shoot. Every GM hits sometimes and misses others. I support Ainge as GM, that does not mean I think he is without fault.
I did not choose to get into guys who we didn't pick who have turned out to be solid players who we could have got, like Jimmy Butler or Fred Van Fleet.
Whomever, is scouting some of these guys needs evaluated and I don't care if he is Danny's son or not.