Would you trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic?

[celticsclay]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

[LarBrd33]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

I never thought depth was irrelevant.  Hence the stipulation.  Brooklyn did try to compete this year.  They failed, in-part, because they had injuries.  I was right on both counts.

[LarBrd33]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

[Eddie20]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

Do you enjoy sounding ridiculous? They don't have to be injured, they flat out suck. They'll likely be the worst team in the league, at least in the mix again.

[celticsclay]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

anyways, you realize halfway through the season Pelton had Okafor as the 8th most promising rookie from last year's class? I know you thought that was ridiculous at the time and not really worthy of discussion, but now you want to present Pelton's opinion of Nurkic of worthy for discussion? I mean, at least be consistent. 

[SHAQATTACK]

Roll the dice on Maker and Bender

[LarBrd33]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

Do you enjoy sounding ridiculous? They don't have to be injured, they flat out suck. They'll likely be the worst team in the league, at least in the mix again.

Brooklyn has made the playoffs 3 of the past 4 seasons.  They still make me nervous.   I don't mind sounding ridiculous.  The Brooklyn pick could have been much worse this year... and thanks to them surprisingly losing a bunch, we have great opportunities - like Pelton's suggestion of trading the pick for a prospect like Jusuf Nurkic.  We wouldn't have that opportunity otherwise.

[LarBrd33]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

anyways, you realize halfway through the season Pelton had Okafor as the 8th most promising rookie from last year's class? I know you thought that was ridiculous at the time and not really worthy of discussion, but now you want to present Pelton's opinion of Nurkic of worthy for discussion? I mean, at least be consistent.

So there you go.  Perhaps he just really likes Nurkic.  Nurkic's per minute numbers are great and he looks like he'll be a better defender than Okafor.

[Eddie20]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

anyways, you realize halfway through the season Pelton had Okafor as the 8th most promising rookie from last year's class? I know you thought that was ridiculous at the time and not really worthy of discussion, but now you want to present Pelton's opinion of Nurkic of worthy for discussion? I mean, at least be consistent.

So there you go.  Perhaps he just really likes Nurkic.  Nurkic's per minute numbers are great and he looks like he'll be a better defender than Okafor.

Maybe Philly should trade for him. At least he's a two way player, which they don't have with either Noel or Okafor.

[LarBrd33]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

anyways, you realize halfway through the season Pelton had Okafor as the 8th most promising rookie from last year's class? I know you thought that was ridiculous at the time and not really worthy of discussion, but now you want to present Pelton's opinion of Nurkic of worthy for discussion? I mean, at least be consistent.

So there you go.  Perhaps he just really likes Nurkic.  Nurkic's per minute numbers are great and he looks like he'll be a better defender than Okafor.

Maybe Philly should trade for him. At least he's a two way player, which they don't have with either Noel or Okafor.

Philly doesn't need bigs. 

[max215]

I'd do it for Jokic (the Nuggets wouldn't), but definitely not for Nurkic.

[Celtics4ever]

Roll the dice on Maker and Bender

Think, I would rather play Russian Roulette with six bullets...

[loco_91]

LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

Do you enjoy sounding ridiculous? They don't have to be injured, they flat out suck. They'll likely be the worst team in the league, at least in the mix again.

Brooklyn has made the playoffs 3 of the past 4 seasons.  They still make me nervous.   I don't mind sounding ridiculous.  The Brooklyn pick could have been much worse this year... and thanks to them surprisingly losing a bunch, we have great opportunities - like Pelton's suggestion of trading the pick for a prospect like Jusuf Nurkic.  We wouldn't have that opportunity otherwise.

LarBrd, this is silly. The Nets just suck, plain and simple. It is unlikely that they will be better next year, and the previous three seasons before last are irrelevant. If anything, it's most likely that under new management they will trade away Lopez and/or Young, and they'll be the worst team in the league.

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LB, This proposal is so dumb, and I know you are not dumb, so I can only think you did this to provoke anxiety for all other Celtic fans who have a more reasoned view than you and Pelton on the value of the 3rd pick in this draft.  Nice job.

And absolutely none of that should surprise any of us. It's a time honored Celtics blog tradition by now.

Ive heard some smart people say that Brooklyn will win 50 games this year. Thats all Im saying, and the #3 pick this year is approximately as valuable as pick 45 in a typical draft. Again, this is just what Im hearing from experts. Would be pretty dissapointed if it turns out that way.

LOL that's pretty good

Nailed it

Just to clarify, in case people have trouble reading around here, I had nothing to do with this idea.  Kevin Pelton said Boston should offer #3 for Nurkic, because it's reasonable value.   Direct your diaper-pants letters to ESPN.

And FYI, I never said Brooklyn would win 50 games.  That's nonsense.  I was 100% right in my evaluation of the Nets.  So that point is invalid.  NOt to mention, even if I had been wrong about Brooklyn, which I wasn't, it has jack squat to do with Kevin Pelton saying we should trade #3 for Jusuf Nurkic.  It's like me relaying that Muhammad Ali died and you saying, "I'm not surprised this is coming from LarBrd33... he likes Bismack Biyombo"

Twas a satire champ. Lighten up. You also were only correct in a weird twisted sense that you stipulated that Brooklyn have no injuries over the course of the season which of course is impossible.

If I predicted that the Celtics would win 60 games this year, barring injuries I also would have been correct because we lost Jae Crowder and Marcus Smart for a few games and cut David Lee.

You thought depth was irrelevant in the NBA. You thought Brooklyn would try to compete this year. You were wrong on both counts.

Also, the injury line is nice, but the Nets never had better than the 4th worst record in the year, so its not like they lost Jarret Jack and all of a sudden sucked. They sucked, lost Jarrett Jack and continued to suck, cut Joe Johnson and continued to suck.

Prior to the Nets season there were about a hundred things that could result in the Nets sucking, and you basically said, assuming none of these happen the nets will be a borderline playoff team.

So sure you were technically right, but realistically you made a fool of yourself.

It was pretty good satire and the ridiculous premise of the nets having some bad health last year that cost them 20 wins last year continues to be very laughable. At full health, half health, or post- joe johnson the team had a very consistent winning percentage throughout the year. The notion that they were performing significantly better with Jack or RHJ earlier in the season is not born out by their winning percentage or anything I ever saw. Wonder if we will see this kind of absurdity again next season.

Yes, if Brooklyn remains healthy, I think there's a chance they can make the playoffs next season.  Obviously that depends on how they fill out their roster.

Here's hoping they are riddled with injuries again and we get another top 3 pick.  I hear the 2017 draft is rather good.

Do you enjoy sounding ridiculous? They don't have to be injured, they flat out suck. They'll likely be the worst team in the league, at least in the mix again.

Brooklyn has made the playoffs 3 of the past 4 seasons.  They still make me nervous.   I don't mind sounding ridiculous.  The Brooklyn pick could have been much worse this year... and thanks to them surprisingly losing a bunch, we have great opportunities - like Pelton's suggestion of trading the pick for a prospect like Jusuf Nurkic.  We wouldn't have that opportunity otherwise.

LarBrd, this is silly. The Nets just suck, plain and simple. It is unlikely that they will be better next year, and the previous three seasons before last are irrelevant. If anything, it's most likely that under new management they will trade away Lopez and/or Young, and they'll be the worst team in the league.

If that happens, I'll be pretty pleased.