Yancy Gates with the 51st pick?

[Snakehead]

Stand pat.

Absolutely.  After the lottery it's a toss up this year so you'd be a fool to trade up unless you could get in the lottery, and even then, I like the 2 picks in a draft where quality players with big upside will fall.

[esel1000]

Stand pat.

Absolutely.  After the lottery it's a toss up this year so you'd be a fool to trade up unless you could get in the lottery, and even then, I like the 2 picks in a draft where quality players with big upside will fall.

I think you trade up if theres a guy you workout and see a ton of potential in and really want, sort of like what Belichick did this year in the first round of the NFL draft. Other than that I'd keep the 2 firsts

[LooseCannon]

I actually kind of count his role in the UC-Xavier brawl as a possible plus because I want the Celtics to have a nasty big who might be capable and willing to play a bit of an old-school enforcer role.  I'm mainly concerned about Gates' weight, but if Ainge & company determine that he has the intelligence to play within the Celtics system, then he would be a good gamble for a late second-round pick.  He definitely sounds like a guy who has a chance of making the same level of contribution that Lavoy Allen did as a rookie for Philly this season.