Nothing I've heard about this draft suggests that it would be worth giving up much value to move from 14 to 6.
Bingo. And Phoenix saying they want to move back pretty much shows they feel the same way. After Zion and Morant, I do not see much of anything in this draft.
I would point out that people said much the same thing about the 2013 draft, and a couple of All-NBA caliber talents ended up being drafted outside the top 10 in that draft.
There are probably really valuable players that will be available in range of where the Celts are picking in this draft.
In that sense, having three picks plus #51 is a positive, because they'll have multiple chances to snag a diamond in the rough.
That's assuming they end up keeping all the picks, though, which seems pretty unlikely. But who knows.
I can just as easily point to other years that were thought to be bad drafts and were.
It's a bad draft. That's pretty much a consensus from draftniks, media and leaked comments from front office type people.
The chances of landing someone later in the draft that might be a great to good player is a complete crapshoot in years where the talent is good. It's even less likely in years with limited talent.
Yeah, after the top 3 it’s a bit of a mess. The only others with observable All-Star potential are in my mind Garland and Bol, and both have injury concerns & Bol has motor issues.
This draft seems rife with guys who can be your 7-9th man in the rotation down the track though, depending on the quality of your team
I don't know. It's not a star draft for sure. But it seems like a good draft to me if you're not talking about stars. Seems to my a guy like Thybulle could have an Avery Bradley like career, but with more size and even better defense. That would be quite a get (if correct) at pick 22.
And the other thing to consider is not who will be good next year, but who will be starting to sniff all star territory 4 years down the road. That can be very satisfying to a team as far as picking the right guy, a guy who does nothing much for a couple of year, or is just a solid role player, then really blossoms.
Here's a list of guys under the theme of---how good will they be in 4 years?---
Jarret Culver--IMO the clear #4 player in the draft and the guy who has a chance to be better than Barrett in the long run. Worth moving up to 6 if he is there at 6.
Kevin Porter Jr. -- right now a negative in the intangibles department due to behavior concerns. How about 4 years from now? He might be a genuine stud basketball player. A definite gamble pick.
Doumbouya -- in 4 years what will be? Can he make teams who don't take him regret?
Garland--Are we sure he's not worth drafting at pick 6?
To me to just call it a bad draft is a cop out....an example of team's not taking responsibility for picking the wrong guy(s). If GM's are honest...they would just admit that there's bound to be some eventual all stars and/or specialist studs (Bruce Bowen before becoming an all-star, the next Siakam, the next Jimmy Butler, etc.) in this draft, but in fact they have no clue who that might be. Not a knock against GM's or scouts....but more truthful than just saying the draft sucks.
Superstars are so hard to come by. To focus only on them is a mistake imo....
I think it's worth it to try for the great role players in a draft like this and hope you get lucky...(then call it a mix of drafting skill, diligence and luck)
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