Romeo Langford goes down again...

[RPGenerate]

They just mentioned that in the pregame show.  That first pick is looking like it may have been better spent on a more sturdy player.    It looks like the kid was playing well but man he cant stay healthy.

Wasted pick so far.

It's been 5 months.

Yeah, that's why I said "so far."

That's like saying that the stock you bought 5 minutes ago is "a waste so far" because it hasn't gone anywhere yet. It's way to early to tell anything, especially for a pick that was made with the long term in mind

I think we can all agree he was a reach with the 14th pick.

Tyler Herro - the 13th pick-  is scoring 14ppg for the heat and shooting 40% from 3p and .491 2p%.

Romeo -the 14th pick - can't stay on the floor in the G-League...

The Celtics should have drafted Brandon Clarke at 14 he was a can't-miss NBA forward. He's trapped in a timeshare in Memphis, but his per 36 numbers are excellent at 20-10-2 on .63 FG%, 45% from 3p. 

If Ainge really wanted to develop Langford he would have still been available at 22... nobody else is tripping over themselves to draft glass forwards with broken jump-shots.

Nice try, but no, we don't agree he was a reach. Now Brandon Clarke, he would have been an awful reach. T-rex arms belong in museums, not the NBA. I also have doubts about Tyler Herro's potential.

[W8ting2McHale]

Tyler Herro was supposedly on Ainge’s list, but he was already picked. Brandon Clarke is playing at or near his ceiling. He will be like Kelly Olynyk, a ready to play long term contributor, but never a star because he has the same short arm affliction Kelly has.

I don’t think Romeo was a reach. He has elite NBA skills. He just hasn’t had the opportunity due to injury. Not lack of skill. Injury.

Tell me again how many games Joel Embiid played his first year in the league? Simmons? How about the #1 pick in Romeo’s draft class, how many games has he played this year?

[Somebody]

I don't think that Langford was a poor pick. Sure I wanted others at #14 (Goga!), but I recognise that Langford has a really high ceiling compared to the guys who were available at that point in the draft, and he plays in a position where teams are competing to load up on viable talent because of how valuable such players are.

[Somebody]

Some thoughts on Langford after watching a few of his highlight tapes on the Red Claws:

He's really good at scoring around the rim. He doesn't look to be elite in any one of the fields that you'd associate with really good slashers (eg. finishing, athleticism), but his combination of being pretty good in all of those fields make him hard to stop when he's at the rim. What I do worry about his slashing at the NBA level is that his handle looks a bit shaky at times (the ball doesn't seem to stick to his hands like the elite inside scoring guards of the league, eg. Harden), so he might not be able to blow by defenders that easily (ntm that he might get stripped quite a bit).

His shot looks okay, it still has a hitch but at least it's pretty smooth now. He still has a ton of work to do though, he's a bit behind rookie Jaylen (who transformed his shot during the summer and became a serviceable shooter) when it comes to long range shooting. What he's good at is shooting stepbacks and pullups off the dribble in the midrange, and he seems to have added a stepback three to his arsenal as well.

I was impressed with how smooth he was when he got his defender on his back, which is something that'll come in handy when he starts playing in the NBA (he'll definitely get some PnR looks since he's a guard/wing hybrid in Brad's system). His passing doesn't look great from what I've seen but he's pretty solid when he's willing to pass, he just doesn't pass often unless he's doubled or if there's a really obvious opening.

Overall a pretty promising prospect who can become a professional scorer if he works on the right things. Major hurdle for his ceiling is three point shooting and passing imo, two of the most additive and portable offensive skills out there (although on ball passing isn't as portable).

[IDreamCeltics]

Tyler Herro was supposedly on Ainge’s list, but he was already picked. Brandon Clarke is playing at or near his ceiling. He will be like Kelly Olynyk, a ready to play long term contributor, but never a star because he has the same short arm affliction Kelly has.

I don’t think Romeo was a reach. He has elite NBA skills. He just hasn’t had the opportunity due to injury. Not lack of skill. Injury.

Tell me again how many games Joel Embiid played his first year in the league? Simmons? How about the #1 pick in Romeo’s draft class, how many games has he played this year?

This is just silly.  Kelly Olynyk's limitations are that he's afraid to shoot and is a mediocre athlete.  Clarke has similar athleticism to Robert Williams.  He's closer to a young Blake Griffin than a young Kelly Olynyk.

[SHAQATTACK]

Tyler Herro was supposedly on Ainge’s list, but he was already picked. Brandon Clarke is playing at or near his ceiling. He will be like Kelly Olynyk, a ready to play long term contributor, but never a star because he has the same short arm affliction Kelly has.

I don’t think Romeo was a reach. He has elite NBA skills. He just hasn’t had the opportunity due to injury. Not lack of skill. Injury.

Tell me again how many games Joel Embiid played his first year in the league? Simmons? How about the #1 pick in Romeo’s draft class, how many games has he played this year?

This is just silly.  Kelly Olynyk's limitations are that he's afraid to shoot and is a mediocre athlete.  Clarke has similar athleticism to Robert Williams.  He's closer to a young Blake Griffin than a young Kelly Olynyk.

Kelly helped Celtics overall.  He broke Loves arm

[W8ting2McHale]

Tyler Herro was supposedly on Ainge’s list, but he was already picked. Brandon Clarke is playing at or near his ceiling. He will be like Kelly Olynyk, a ready to play long term contributor, but never a star because he has the same short arm affliction Kelly has.

I don’t think Romeo was a reach. He has elite NBA skills. He just hasn’t had the opportunity due to injury. Not lack of skill. Injury.

Tell me again how many games Joel Embiid played his first year in the league? Simmons? How about the #1 pick in Romeo’s draft class, how many games has he played this year?

This is just silly.  Kelly Olynyk's limitations are that he's afraid to shoot and is a mediocre athlete.  Clarke has similar athleticism to Robert Williams.  He's closer to a young Blake Griffin than a young Kelly Olynyk.

You missed my point. I watched both Kelly and Brandon play at Gonzaga, and both are good role players in the NBA, as Danny Ainge might say. They were both ready to contribute when they arrived, both are at or close to their ceiling when they did. Kelly will play a dozen years in the NBA, and so will Brandon. Neither will be a star.

[ScoobyDoo]

Has anyone heard any updates on Romeo's latest ankle injury? Did he simply twist it again? Is there any time frame for him to be back in action?

Related to the topic, I'm not down on Romeo yet. As someone else pointed out, Curry twisted his ankles every other week for a few years. Perhaps Romeo needs a full year of NBA level strength and conditioning to sure up his weak spots. I'm hoping he gets healthy long enough to put a string of games together.  What I do like to date is that when he has been able to play he looks pretty good and he's doing what you would hope he would do in the G-League, which is impress (27, 5 and 5 blocks against Delaware and 14 points in 17 minutes before going down this last game). He needs to work on his shot and his passing but he looks like he can score and defend at a decent level already. Here's wishing him good health moving forward. It seems like he has the talent.       

[rollie mass]

A slip on a wet court ,a groin issue started after missing summer league and pre season. He was 19, when he had most those injuries a boy playing against men .Pushing his body.
Rookies have been plagued by serious injuries since one and done.
This not James Young

[BitterJim]

They just mentioned that in the pregame show.  That first pick is looking like it may have been better spent on a more sturdy player.    It looks like the kid was playing well but man he cant stay healthy.

Wasted pick so far.

It's been 5 months.

Yeah, that's why I said "so far."

That's like saying that the stock you bought 5 minutes ago is "a waste so far" because it hasn't gone anywhere yet. It's way to early to tell anything, especially for a pick that was made with the long term in mind

I think we can all agree he was a reach with the 14th pick.

Tyler Herro - the 13th pick-  is scoring 14ppg for the heat and shooting 40% from 3p and .491 2p%.

Romeo -the 14th pick - can't stay on the floor in the G-League...

The Celtics should have drafted Brandon Clarke at 14 he was a can't-miss NBA forward. He's trapped in a timeshare in Memphis, but his per 36 numbers are excellent at 20-10-2 on .63 FG%, 45% from 3p. 

If Ainge really wanted to develop Langford he would have still been available at 22... nobody else is tripping over themselves to draft glass forwards with broken jump-shots.

No, we can't all agree that Langford was a reach. He was a high-ceiling pick (as opposed to a contribute now pick, like Edwards or Grant), and we knew that he played through an injury in college. That doesn't make him a reach, and it definitely doesn't mean that he would have been available at 22

I don't really get where the "glass" label is coming from, either. He's clearly a tough guy - he played the entire year in college with a thumb injury that required surgery. Sprained ankles can happen to anyone, as can re-aggravating it if you step on someone else's foot

Calling him "glass" based on stepping on someone's ankle is just a knee-jerk overreaction