Ainge did draft Fab Melo

[BudweiserCeltic]

I also like that Ainge doesn't fall for the hype on some of these guys.  He's patient. He's tried to be aggressive and move up and get certain guys but for the most part he's remained patient.  He didn't bite on Embiid. Embiid was a good prospect when he was rated down the draft.  The minute he got into the top 5 and injured, it was time to stay away from him. He's not going to just draft Parker or Wiggins because they are Parker and Wiggins.  He remains patient. I wish he'd find more guys like Middleton though and our Reggie Lewis or players like that.  Paul Pierce etc.

We are in position to take a really good player and find someone else down the draft this draft and maybe make a trade for a solid player as well. We have the next few drafts though.

For the time being he took Rozier, Rj and Mickey this last draft.  Another Ainge draft.  Rozier gives us options with Smart and Turner. Rj is a shooter and Mickey is another role guy who can potentially give us some rim protection but more just role guys.

He didn't  bite on Embiid because Embiid was off the board.

[walker834]

A lot of fans would have given their left nut to trade up and get Embiid at the time though.  Ainge didn't do that.  I wanted Smart.  We took Smart. Thank God.

[walker834]

Ainge's finds--

Smart
Bradley
KO
Sully
Tony Allen
Big Baby
Perkins
Rondo

Blown picks--

Fab Melo
Marcus Banks
jr giddens
jajuan johnson

Didn't fit here long term--

Al j
Delonte
Gomes
Gerald Green

Jury is still out--

Young
Rozier
Mickey
RJ

Two thirds of the players he's drafted have been good nba players.  The one high pick he had he hit with Smart.  He also hit big with Al Jefferson which landed us KG.  For where he's been drafting that's pretty good.  He hasn't hit huge with any of his late picks. Perkins being a starter on a championship team is real good though.

Edit:Oh and rondo.  How could I forget Rondo.  That basically nullified the Banks pick right there.  He nailed that one.

We needed a pg to jumpstart our team and Ainge found  it. It might not have been on the first try but if it's there Ainge will find it.

He found the right kind of PG to go with KG, Pierce and Ray as well.  He didn't jump at just any pg.