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2021 Draft
CFAN38:
While I am normally really into the NBA draft this year I have noticed I suffered a draft hang over from the never ending 2020 draft. I am just starting to research this draft and my early feeling is that it will be a really difficult class to project. The top 5 players all look like studs who would have been near locks to go #1 in 2020. My next 3 Barnes, Johnson, and Wagner feel like solid picks given their youth and the positional value of big wings. After those first 8 picks this class becomes wide open. I'm basing a lot of my early rankings off of the pick ranges currently predicted by Chad Ford, over time this will evolve into more of my tiered board.
I highligted some players who I like as possible Celtics
1 Cunningham
2 Mobley
3 Suggs
4 Kuminga
5 Green
6 Barnes
7 J Johnson
8 F Wagner
9 D Mitchell
10 K Johnson
11 Kisper
12 M Moody
13 K Jones
14 I Jackson
15 Cooper
16 Bouknight
17 Garuba
18 Giddey
19 Sengun very young and productive Turkich center, if he can shoot could be a nice starter in NBA
20 J Butler
21 J Springer young combo guard who needs to improve shot but has intriguing physical profile
22 C Thomas
23 G Brown 6'9 super athlete raw but plays a high value position
24 Z Williams kind of flopped based of highschool hype but has high ceiling
25 J Christopher
26 Santos big Brazilian wing who reportedly can shoot
27 Juzang
28 J Ayayi
29 Prkacin
30 Boston didn't produce in college but was a preseason lotto porspect, elite athlete
31 T Mann
32 M Mayer
33 M Bagely only played 12 games this season but showed potential as a big 3pt shooting wing
34 Dosunmu
35 T Clarke
36 Petrusev
37 Duke
38 D Johnson
39 McBride
40 Nix
41 Queta
42 Shannon Jr
43 Sharpe
44 Huff could be a more athletic Kornet
45 Hukporti
46 Begarun
47 Robinson-Earl
48 Jokubaitis
49 Bassey
50 Mathurin
51 A Henry
52 M Hurt
53 S Lewis
54 Pons
Csfan1984:
This feels like a draft that could have some steals. With the way the year has gone there could be a lot of late bloomers. I know DA has a history of ranking HS stars above their college work alone so maybe his strategy gets a star late round finally.
Celtics2021:
--- Quote from: Csfan1984 on April 22, 2021, 01:11:12 PM ---This feels like a draft that could have some steals. With the way the year has gone there could be a lot of late bloomers. I know DA has a history of ranking HS stars above their college work alone so maybe his strategy gets a star late round finally.
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It's going to be a very tough draft for GMs to evaluate. The conditions that different conferences, schools, and players experienced throughout the year were immense, and for many freshmen that disruption goes back to last spring. On top of that, teams have had little, if any, ability to sit in on practices or attend games to see the players in person. The draft is always a bit of a crap shoot, but this year seems more that way than most, and a lot of teams are going to rely on their high school scouting reports.
The Celtics are very much a team that scouts high school prospects, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them draft someone like Williams or Boston, and lean on their view of those players as high schoolers rather than their very broken freshman seasons.
CFAN38:
--- Quote from: Celtics2021 on April 22, 2021, 01:49:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: Csfan1984 on April 22, 2021, 01:11:12 PM ---This feels like a draft that could have some steals. With the way the year has gone there could be a lot of late bloomers. I know DA has a history of ranking HS stars above their college work alone so maybe his strategy gets a star late round finally.
--- End quote ---
It's going to be a very tough draft for GMs to evaluate. The conditions that different conferences, schools, and players experienced throughout the year were immense, and for many freshmen that disruption goes back to last spring. On top of that, teams have had little, if any, ability to sit in on practices or attend games to see the players in person. The draft is always a bit of a crap shoot, but this year seems more that way than most, and a lot of teams are going to rely on their high school scouting reports.
The Celtics are very much a team that scouts high school prospects, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them draft someone like Williams or Boston, and lean on their view of those players as high schoolers rather than their very broken freshman seasons.
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I agree and could easily DA take a shot on Boston, Z Williams, G Brown, or J Christopher. All are rank as 95+ on the ESPN 100.
Celtics4ever:
Assuming we stay healthy, and Parker pans out, we may be able to take the best player available.
I would like to see us improve some more on the reserves though and I am waiting to see our veteran help and how it looks once Fournier is healthy.
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