Who You Got with the 14th Pick? (Poll added)

[Birdman]

Hopefully we trade all 3 picks for a vet or bench help..tired of all these D-leaguers on the bench who produce nothing

[footey]

It's pretty well  known that Danny wanted Herro at 14; Miami took him at 13.  The kid almost singlehandedly won them the game yesterday.

So don't assume we can't find someone in this draft that can't help right away.   Seems deep in high floor players.

[hpantazo]

It's pretty well  known that Danny wanted Herro at 14; Miami took him at 13.  The kid almost singlehandedly won them the game yesterday.

So don't assume we can't find someone in this draft that can't help right away.   Seems deep in high floor players.

Its easy to say in retrospect, but he should have traded up a few spots for Herro. We had the assets to easily do it. He traded up for Olynyk, he could have done it for Herro.

[Roy H.]

It's pretty well  known that Danny wanted Herro at 14; Miami took him at 13.  The kid almost singlehandedly won them the game yesterday.

So don't assume we can't find someone in this draft that can't help right away.   Seems deep in high floor players.

Its easy to say in retrospect, but he should have traded up a few spots for Herro. We had the assets to easily do it. He traded up for Olynyk, he could have done it for Herro.

As I recall, we didn’t have the cap space to trade up and still give Kemba a max contract.  We’re only talking about $0.5 million or so, but things were extremely tight, especially with Theis’ QO.

[hpantazo]

It's pretty well  known that Danny wanted Herro at 14; Miami took him at 13.  The kid almost singlehandedly won them the game yesterday.

So don't assume we can't find someone in this draft that can't help right away.   Seems deep in high floor players.

Its easy to say in retrospect, but he should have traded up a few spots for Herro. We had the assets to easily do it. He traded up for Olynyk, he could have done it for Herro.

As I recall, we didn’t have the cap space to trade up and still give Kemba a max contract.  We’re only talking about $0.5 million or so, but things were extremely tight, especially with Theis’ QO.

That makes sense. It's really too bad, we were in a tight spot cap-wise trying to recover from Kyrie and Horford leaving.

[liam]

It's pretty well  known that Danny wanted Herro at 14; Miami took him at 13.  The kid almost singlehandedly won them the game yesterday.

So don't assume we can't find someone in this draft that can't help right away.   Seems deep in high floor players.

Yeah, deep with role players but I bet at least one or two are NBA starters, maybe even a star.

[hwangjini_1]

you never know with the nba draft. though you can take educated guesses that the top picks will usually out perform lower picks. but still....

here is a history of the 14th pick in nba draft history.

2019 - romeo langford
2018 -michael porter
2017 - bam adebayo
2016 - denzel valetine
2015 -cameron payne

http://www.mynbadraft.com/nba-draft-picks/14th-overall/140509/

not much in the way of "star power". but a good number of credible nba players....and a whole bunch of nobodies. 

[gouki88]

I'm probably a bit higher on Cole Anthony than everyone else on here. I think his skill set will translate much better than it did in college, where the spacing was awful and perimeter offense (other than Cole Anthony) was severely lacking. I think Anthony has the talent to be a scorer in the NBA, he just needs some guidance to help him put it all together, and I believe Brad is the perfect coach for that.

Anthony terrifies me to be honest. Inefficient, worse passing version of Dennis Smith JR is all I can see when I watch him

He’s literally a small JT in my eyes. He just seems like a player who can get you buckets.

I don't see this at all. Terrible shot-selection, abysmal assist:turnover ratio and he's already had injury concerns. No interest at all. I don't see how he's better than Kira Lewis in any regard

Whats funny is that you might as well be describing predraft Jayson Tatum.

Not really. One is a lengthy wing who averaged 17PPG on splits of 45/34/85 and played 33MPG over 29 games, whereas the other is an athletic-reliant guard who averaged 19PPG on 38/34/75 splits, playing 35MPG over 22 games.

The shot-selection concern is not remotely comparable between the two. Would be like saying Terry Rozier and Jayson Tatum are similar

[jambr380]

you never know with the nba draft. though you can take educated guesses that the top picks will usually out perform lower picks. but still....

here is a history of the 14th pick in nba draft history.

2019 - romeo langford
2018 -michael porter
2017 - bam adebayo
2016 - denzel valetine
2015 -cameron payne

http://www.mynbadraft.com/nba-draft-picks/14th-overall/140509/

not much in the way of "star power". but a good number of credible nba players....and a whole bunch of nobodies. 

Bam Adebayo is already arguably better and more valuable than Jaylen Brown. And MPJ is playing great with the potential to be an all-star if he can avoid injuries. If Romeo or our pick this year are ever as good as either of these guys (especially Bam), we should consider ourselves incredibly lucky.

[gouki88]

you never know with the nba draft. though you can take educated guesses that the top picks will usually out perform lower picks. but still....

here is a history of the 14th pick in nba draft history.

2019 - romeo langford
2018 -michael porter
2017 - bam adebayo
2016 - denzel valetine
2015 -cameron payne

http://www.mynbadraft.com/nba-draft-picks/14th-overall/140509/

not much in the way of "star power". but a good number of credible nba players....and a whole bunch of nobodies. 

Bam Adebayo is already arguably better and more valuable than Jaylen Brown. And MPJ is playing great with the potential to be an all-star if he can avoid injuries. If Romeo or our pick this year are ever as good as either of these guys (especially Bam), we should consider ourselves incredibly lucky.

If we got a Bam level player I'd be over the moon. The 14 pick does seem to have quite a few decent players. Drexler, Stojakovic, Hardaway, Tree Rollins, Hal Greer Majerle, Maurice Taylor (pre-Achilles), Sealy etc. Lots of solid guys at that spot!

Hopefully we get one of them, and not a Shabazz Muhammad / Earl Clark type

[rondofan1255]

2014 TJ Warren is solid too

[footey]

you never know with the nba draft. though you can take educated guesses that the top picks will usually out perform lower picks. but still....

here is a history of the 14th pick in nba draft history.

2019 - romeo langford
2018 -michael porter
2017 - bam adebayo
2016 - denzel valetine
2015 -cameron payne

http://www.mynbadraft.com/nba-draft-picks/14th-overall/140509/

not much in the way of "star power". but a good number of credible nba players....and a whole bunch of nobodies. 

Bam Adebayo is already arguably better and more valuable than Jaylen Brown. And MPJ is playing great with the potential to be an all-star if he can avoid injuries. If Romeo or our pick this year are ever as good as either of these guys (especially Bam), we should consider ourselves incredibly lucky.

If we got a Bam level player I'd be over the moon. The 14 pick does seem to have quite a few decent players. Drexler, Stojakovic, Hardaway, Tree Rollins, Hal Greer Majerle, Maurice Taylor (pre-Achilles), Sealy etc. Lots of solid guys at that spot!

Hopefully we get one of them, and not a Shabazz Muhammad / Earl Clark type

How did Drexler slip to 14?  Hard to believe!

[gouki88]

you never know with the nba draft. though you can take educated guesses that the top picks will usually out perform lower picks. but still....

here is a history of the 14th pick in nba draft history.

2019 - romeo langford
2018 -michael porter
2017 - bam adebayo
2016 - denzel valetine
2015 -cameron payne

http://www.mynbadraft.com/nba-draft-picks/14th-overall/140509/

not much in the way of "star power". but a good number of credible nba players....and a whole bunch of nobodies. 

Bam Adebayo is already arguably better and more valuable than Jaylen Brown. And MPJ is playing great with the potential to be an all-star if he can avoid injuries. If Romeo or our pick this year are ever as good as either of these guys (especially Bam), we should consider ourselves incredibly lucky.

If we got a Bam level player I'd be over the moon. The 14 pick does seem to have quite a few decent players. Drexler, Stojakovic, Hardaway, Tree Rollins, Hal Greer Majerle, Maurice Taylor (pre-Achilles), Sealy etc. Lots of solid guys at that spot!

Hopefully we get one of them, and not a Shabazz Muhammad / Earl Clark type

How did Drexler slip to 14?  Hard to believe!

1983 is a wild example of a draft. Pick #139 (Sedale Threatt) played more games than picks #1 and #2 combined (Sampson and Stipanovich)

[Tr1boy]

based on potential (like Langford).  Ranked highly before the season started but didn't have the season many expected.  Two players at the top of the list would be RJ Hampton and Cole Anthony.   I wouldn't be surprised if Danny took either at the draft. A few posters in this forum are also fans of these prospects.  Celts could use pg depth next season/protege to succeed Walker eventually

14. RJ Hampton or Cole Anthony
Hampton is longer and is a terror on the open court.  Ability to guard 1 to 3.  Needs to refine half court game.  Anthony is a very good half court/pnr player. Sneaky Athleticism.  Question mark about defensive motor and versatility

26.  Isaiah Stewart or Jalen Smith   
Smith is Theis like. But minus passing skills and not as good motor/physicality.  Smith is a slightly better rebounder and shooter.  Lower body strength and strength overall needs work. But still young.  Isaiah Stewart is one of the strongest players in the draft.  Long wingspan (7'4) and huge hands.  Top end motor with ability to come up with clutch offensive rebounds late in games.   Reminds me of a cross between Tristan Thompson and Derrick Favors.  Makes some silly mistakes/turnovers/overly aggressive offensive fouls.   3 point shot needs work.  But shot 74 percent at the FT last season.   Perimeter defense needs work but unlike Kanter can explode and block jump shots in close proximity.  In terms of pure fit,  Smith would probably be the favorite. 

30. Desmond Bane or Immanuel Quickley or Isaiah Joe or Killian Tillie  (3 and D player.  All are sharpshooters with stats to back it up)
47.  International draft and stash

[DefenseWinsChamps]

based on potential (like Langford).  Ranked highly before the season started but didn't have the season many expected.  Two players at the top of the list would be RJ Hampton and Cole Anthony.   I wouldn't be surprised if Danny took either at the draft. A few posters in this forum are also fans of these prospects.  Celts could use pg depth next season/protege to succeed Walker eventually

14. RJ Hampton or Cole Anthony
Hampton is longer and is a terror on the open court.  Ability to guard 1 to 3.  Needs to refine half court game.  Anthony is a very good half court/pnr player. Sneaky Athleticism.  Question mark about defensive motor and versatility

26.  Isaiah Stewart or Jalen Smith   
Smith is Theis like. But minus passing skills and not as good motor/physicality.  Smith is a slightly better rebounder and shooter.  Lower body strength and strength overall needs work. But still young.  Isaiah Stewart is one of the strongest players in the draft.  Long wingspan (7'4) and huge hands.  Top end motor with ability to come up with clutch offensive rebounds late in games.   Reminds me of a cross between Tristan Thompson and Derrick Favors.  Makes some silly mistakes/turnovers/overly aggressive offensive fouls.   3 point shot needs work.  But shot 74 percent at the FT last season.   Perimeter defense needs work but unlike Kanter can explode and block jump shots in close proximity.  In terms of pure fit,  Smith would probably be the favorite. 

30. Desmond Bane or Immanuel Quickley or Isaiah Joe or Killian Tillie  (3 and D player.  All are sharpshooters with stats to back it up)
47.  International draft and stash

I'm in on Anthony or Hampton. Both guys could be really good and it would be ideal to have a player developing for Wanamaker's minutes.

I'm out on Stewart or Smith. Both guys look like end of the bench bigs to me at best. Stewart looks like a worse Kyle O'Quinn. Smith like a Noah Vonleh at best. Both will take several years to reach their end-of-the-bench potential, which means they won't contribute much in the meantime. That's just my scouting report on them. I'd rather draft and stash Bolmaro, or take a swing on a player like Cassius Stanley or Elijah Hughes or Grant Riler. I know that doesn't get us another big like most fans want, but I think there is a lot more talent there that we can get than those guys.

I'm in on your next pick of 3-D player. Pick one. I like Ramsey if he falls. Bane, Bey, Quickley are all other options. I don't like Tillie as much, but I'd be fine with him.

I don't care too much at 47. Draft and stash sounds fine. If a high-level talent dropped, then I'd take them there and see what they can do.