2020 NBA Draft Thread

[gouki88]

Tillie? Reed?  Who does Danny like?

I could see Reed or Scrubb being the guy.

[Somebody]

Tillie? Reed?  Who does Danny like?

I could see Reed or Scrubb being the guy.

The "Jay" Scrubb? Sign me up, he's our Scrubb!

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Adam Himmelsbach
Adam Himmelsbach @AdamHimmelsbach
1 minute ago
According to a league source, the Celtics will receive two future second-round picks from the Grizzlies in return for the 30th pick this year.

Less excited.

Keith Smith is so full of bleep.

Yay. So glad to get two more second rounders who will do next to nothing.

Life must be fun when there's no silver lining for anything

I'm not sure what you're driving at. Are second-round picks better than I think they are?

They can be. Many recent strong teams have had 2nd round picks playing big roles for them.

It also would have been unwise to make 4 selections with a pretty full roster

I agree that 4 picks would've been too many, but I would've rather seen Danny package some of this year's picks to trade up. And to be fair, maybe he tried and there just wasn't a good deal like that to be made.

[keevsnick]

Well the draft is kind of a disaster value wise. Nesmith is fine, shooters with size seem like a good idea. Doesn't seem to have much upside tho, and supposedly had medical issues. 

Then Bolmaro got picked a few spots in front of them, and because there were no other real stash candidates they had to settle for swapping a first for a few seconds which is fine but upside there is limited.

An finally a small 23 year old guard. I really hope this guy proves me wrong, but those types of guys very rarely amount to much. Plus they now have like 3 on their roster. Really would have preferred just swapping 26+30 and moving up to take Bolmaro.

At least they got guys who can shoot.

[slamtheking]

a flyer on Reed perhaps?

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

I don't follow college basketball too closely, so I can't really say anything about Danny's picks. But I'm hearing a lot of people here say that Nesmith and Pritchard are good/great shooters, and all I'll say in response to that is: People said the same about Edwards last year. So I'm not going to get excited about any of the picks unless and until they actually prove useful on the court in meaningful (read: non-Summer League) games.

Nesmith is a lanky guard who shot far better last year than Edwards ever had. Not the same thing.

I have no reason to doubt you, but I'm still not letting myself get excited unless these guys show something on the court when it counts. If Edwards was a bad example, how about James Young? He was supposed to be a pretty good shooter too, IIRC.

Not even on the same level as Nesmith. This dude shot over 50% from 3 on 8 attempts, albeit in a small sample size. Young shot 35%. I swear, James Young lives rent free in Celtics fans' head. Not every wing is gonna be James Young.

I guess there's hope, then. Still, I'm saving my excitement for if and when these guys earn it.

[slamtheking]

who is Yam Madar?

[gouki88]

Adam Himmelsbach
Adam Himmelsbach @AdamHimmelsbach
1 minute ago
According to a league source, the Celtics will receive two future second-round picks from the Grizzlies in return for the 30th pick this year.

Less excited.

Keith Smith is so full of bleep.

Yay. So glad to get two more second rounders who will do next to nothing.

Life must be fun when there's no silver lining for anything

I'm not sure what you're driving at. Are second-round picks better than I think they are?

They can be. Many recent strong teams have had 2nd round picks playing big roles for them.

It also would have been unwise to make 4 selections with a pretty full roster

I agree that 4 picks would've been too many, but I would've rather seen Danny package some of this year's picks to trade up. And to be fair, maybe he tried and there just wasn't a good deal like that to be made.

There hasn't seemed to be much packaging up in this draft to my eye. Lots of late first swaps here and there

[Jiri Welsch]

canned Yam

[Tr1boy]

Yammmm? Whoooo?

[Jvalin]

So basically #30 + Poirier for 2 future mid seconds ?

Don't like the trade. Chances are those 2 picks will never become contributors. If so, we basically gave away a late 1st in order to dump Poirier's expiring contract.

[lrybrd]

Great.  Another point guard

[gouki88]

who is Yam Madar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x_K-oQzj8s

He's a fun player. Probably a stash

[liam]

YAM!

[Roy H.]

Stash pick.

“Israeli Patrick Beverley”