Just a thought, if the celtics drafted noah

[Tr1boy]

By now i'm sure all noah doubters are realizing how good this kid is becoming. He reminds me of a young tyson chandler but with even more edge. He also has added some muscles since he has been drafted and i'm sure will keep getting stronger.

IF danny didn't get allen and kg and if we drafted noah i think a team consisting of perk, jefferson, noah, pp rondo and another decent sg would have equaled a dangerous team

two players from the bulls right now that impress me are rose and noah .

what do you think of noah, his developments and hypothetically if he was a celtics today playing as our 6th man

[Fafnir]

Noah is a great energy/hustle big man. He sets good screens (moving yes but he doesn't get called for it often) and will roll strong to the hoop. He also boards hard.

He still is an offensive liability. He's not a good passer, can't shoot, is a bad free throw shooter, and lacks any go to post moves.

Basically right now the Bulls have to play like they did with him as they did with Ben Wallace offensively. That's not good.

However he's still a young guy and has plenty of time to develop. He already does a lot of the hard things in NBA ball well. He really needs to fix his [dang] free throws though.

[cdif911]

By now i'm sure all noah doubters are realizing how good this kid is becoming. He reminds me of a young tyson chandler but with even more edge. He also has added some muscles since he has been drafted and i'm sure will keep getting stronger.

IF danny didn't get allen and kg and if we drafted noah i think a team consisting of perk, jefferson, noah, pp rondo and another decent sg would have equaled a dangerous team

two players from the bulls right now that impress me are rose and noah .

what do you think of noah, his developments and hypothetically if he was a celtics today playing as our 6th man

we wouldn't have Pierce, he would have been traded for more youth - besides, I'm pretty happy with banner 17!

[Cman]

I'm pretty happy with banner 17!

'nuff said.

I file this what-if scenario next to the one that would have involved trading PP for the rights to draft Chris Paul.  Interesting, but I am happy with the banner.

[guava_wrench]

There are always mediocre teams with talent. Most of these hypotheticals are ways to make us another team that is always in the playoffs, but never wins it all, like Dallas, Phx, etc. It was tough enough winning with Ray and KG.

[libermaniac]

I'm pretty happy with banner 17!

'nuff said.

I file this what-if scenario next to the one that would have involved trading PP for the rights to draft Chris Paul.  Interesting, but I am happy with the banner.

Also, more happy with #17.  But, the one I like to consider, is if Danny never made the Telfair deal and instead took Roy.  You'd be looking at Perk, Big Al, PP, Roy, Rondo with Delonte, Gomes and other picks for backup depth.  That, my friends, would be a force of a team for years to come.

[Fafnir]

I'm pretty happy with banner 17!

'nuff said.

I file this what-if scenario next to the one that would have involved trading PP for the rights to draft Chris Paul.  Interesting, but I am happy with the banner.

Also, more happy with #17.  But, the one I like to consider, is if Danny never made the Telfair deal and instead took Roy.  You'd be looking at Perk, Big Al, PP, Roy, Rondo with Delonte, Gomes and other picks for backup depth.  That, my friends, would be a force of a team for years to come.

Depends on how Perk would have progressed defensively playing next to Big Al instead of KG.

They'd be in the playoffs but I'm not sure if they'd have any titles at the end of the run.

[Bankshot]

I'm glad we didn't draft Noah THEN.  But now on this present team he would be a great fit off the bench to complement the other bench big, Big Baby.

[2short]

I like Noah's game but he needs to work on outside jumper/passing/ft etc etc.  I really see him as a bench guy.  He is tough on boards and brings energy but not as good a rebounder as perk or davis.  I would however like to get miller on our team, nice passing big, can hit the j and tough.

[StartOrien]

I wanted the Celtics to draft Noah at the 5 spot, figuring that Kendrick Perkins wasn't ever really going to develop further.

I'm happy that we didn't, as things certainly worked out. But I'm also happy to see that I was some what justified in my overall thoughts.

What I like about guys like Noah is that even if they don't end up living up to their potential, he'll always be a very serviceable player; high energy guy with a knack for blocks and rebounds would ALWAYS have a spot on my roster.

[kozlodoev]

Erm, Noah single-handedly tried to give us both Game 1 (by committing an atrocious foul on a hopeless Pierce jumper with 2.2 secs to go when the Bulls had no timeouts), and Game 2 (by earning himself a pointless tech in what winded up being a one-possession game in the end).

While you have to appreciate his passion, there are too many red flags there:

* poor release mechanics, leading to bad free throw shooting and worse jump shot
* despite added weight, still gets pushed around the basket
* gambles on blocks way too much
* no go-to move offensively whatsoever -- he makes Perk from 2 years ago look like Shaq in his prime
* extremely volatile -- doesn't seem to be able to keep his composure if things aren't going his way

His talent is a welcome addition to any team... when drafted in the end of the first round and coming off the bench, but you gotta expect more from lottery picks.

[shiggins]

I'm pretty happy with banner 17!

'nuff said.

I file this what-if scenario next to the one that would have involved trading PP for the rights to draft Chris Paul.  Interesting, but I am happy with the banner.

Also, more happy with #17.  But, the one I like to consider, is if Danny never made the Telfair deal and instead took Roy.  You'd be looking at Perk, Big Al, PP, Roy, Rondo with Delonte, Gomes and other picks for backup depth.  That, my friends, would be a force of a team for years to come.

People need to stop bringing up the whole we took Telfair instead of Roy...What would have happened was the Twolves would have taken Roy and we would have been stuck with Randy Foye...

[DinoRadjaLives]

I would still want to get in the Octagon with him, the kid is a giant Massengail product

[Ed Teach]

He would become the ugliest player to wear the green.
He makes Sam Cassel look like Brad Pitt.

[libermaniac]

I'm pretty happy with banner 17!

'nuff said.

I file this what-if scenario next to the one that would have involved trading PP for the rights to draft Chris Paul.  Interesting, but I am happy with the banner.

Also, more happy with #17.  But, the one I like to consider, is if Danny never made the Telfair deal and instead took Roy.  You'd be looking at Perk, Big Al, PP, Roy, Rondo with Delonte, Gomes and other picks for backup depth.  That, my friends, would be a force of a team for years to come.

People need to stop bringing up the whole we took Telfair instead of Roy...What would have happened was the Twolves would have taken Roy and we would have been stuck with Randy Foye...

Ok, then suppose, as Portland did, we traded Foye for Roy.  It's just dreaming anyway.