ESPN - Langford 1 of 6 underrated prospects that could thrive with a change

[Moranis]

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/31113290/nba-trade-deadline-underrated-prospects-thrive-trade

[Donoghus]

Insider article.  Doesn't help much without a login.

[Celtics2021]

He’s underrated, but I think he could thrive if he just could get healthy enough to see the court.  Brad really seemed to want to give him minutes, unlike Nesmith.

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when does he come back from Covid protocol?  anyone know?

[jambr380]

He’s underrated, but I think he could thrive if he just could get healthy enough to see the court.  Brad really seemed to want to give him minutes, unlike Nesmith.

Yeah, I won't go as far as to call the article 'dumb' since I can't read it, but it's not like we don't want to give Romeo a chance to thrive; he's just been injured. Once he comes back - and especially if there is any truth to a Smart deal - he should get plenty of time to work his way back.

[Celtics2021]

when does he come back from Covid protocol?  anyone know?

When he’s healthy.  He’s been out longer than mere exposure requires, so he presumably contracted it.  Obviously being younger makes him less likely to experience the worst of symptoms, but it’s certainly capable of knocking out an otherwise healthy 22 year-old for a few weeks.

[footey]

I read the article.  It's true. I started a thread here saying the same thing.

[Celtics2021]

Insider article.  Doesn't help much without a login.

The gist of the article is that he won’t get minutes in Boston when healthy because we have the J’s and drafted other wings (Nesmith and a weirdly categorized Pritchard), and that he’s a good prospect once he gets healthy.

[Donoghus]

Insider article.  Doesn't help much without a login.

The gist of the article is that he won’t get minutes in Boston when healthy because we have the J’s and drafted other wings (Nesmith and a weirdly categorized Pritchard), and that he’s a good prospect once he gets healthy.

Has the author actually being watching Nesmith and contrasting what they've seen out of Langford when he has been healthy?

[Celtics2021]

Insider article.  Doesn't help much without a login.

The gist of the article is that he won’t get minutes in Boston when healthy because we have the J’s and drafted other wings (Nesmith and a weirdly categorized Pritchard), and that he’s a good prospect once he gets healthy.

Has the author actually being watching Nesmith and contrasting what they've seen out of Langford when he has been healthy?

I honestly think it was an opportunity for the author write about Langford for some reason, and this was the vehicle.  The other players were all guys stuck on the deep bench due to poor performance when given a chance to show more (Goga, Doumbouya, Simons, Wendell Carter Jr, Culver).  Now if Langford gets traded he can say “see, look what that trade did” and if he doesn’t but is successful “Good thing the Celtics gave him the minutes.”  The rationale for why he’s a good prospect was in depth, but why the Celtics should trade him was pretty generic.

[Goldstar88]

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/31113290/nba-trade-deadline-underrated-prospects-thrive-trade

Can you put the article into the body of the post? I’m not an insider, sadly.

[PhoSita]

Can you be underrated if you're never available to play?

[Moranis]

Insider article.  Doesn't help much without a login.

I just assume everyone has ESPN+ with the Disney, Hulu, ESPN bundle.  I also thought we weren't supposed to copy paid content, so I just linked the article.

[footey]

Here you go re Langford from Zach Lowe ESPN Insider:

6-6 wing | No. 14 pick in 2019 | 21.4 years old

Langford remains a mystery of sorts to NBA evaluators given his myriad injuries and lack of production over the course of his brief career. One of the top players in his 2018 high school class, Langford played through a torn ligament in his right thumb for the majority of his freshman season at Indiana. He has been sidelined for this entire NBA season after undergoing wrist surgery in September.

Given the laundry list of injuries (thumb, wrist, groin, knee, ankle), it's hard to fully gauge what type of NBA player Langford can become. He's also on a team in which its two best players (Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown) are wings, and who drafted two more (Aaron Nesmith and Payton Pritchard) in 2020.

Langford shot just 43% from 2 and 21% from 3 in 416 total NBA minutes last season, but teams were high on him throughout the pre-draft process. They could potentially offer the Celtics a veteran to contribute to Boston's playoff push. Langford doesn't turn 22 until October and still has quite a bit of talent at his disposal.

Langford's shaky shooting stroke has long been his kryptonite, but watching him knock down pull-up 3 after pull-up 3 against Jaren Jackson Jr. in high school makes you wonder how much of his shooting woes have been a product of thumb and wrist issues.

An effortless right-hand driver who was one of the best wing finishers in college basketball at Indiana, Langford glides with the ball in his hands and has the makings of a bench scorer who also has the tools to defend multiple positions when fully engaged. Situational factors aside, I always projected Langford as more of a long-term prospect, and a non-playoff team with development minutes to spare would be wise to see if they can tap into the talent that made him a prep star in Indiana at such a young age.

[Celtics2021]

Here you go re Langford from Zach Lowe ESPN Insider:

6-6 wing | No. 14 pick in 2019 | 21.4 years old

Langford remains a mystery of sorts to NBA evaluators given his myriad injuries and lack of production over the course of his brief career. One of the top players in his 2018 high school class, Langford played through a torn ligament in his right thumb for the majority of his freshman season at Indiana. He has been sidelined for this entire NBA season after undergoing wrist surgery in September.

Given the laundry list of injuries (thumb, wrist, groin, knee, ankle), it's hard to fully gauge what type of NBA player Langford can become. He's also on a team in which its two best players (Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown) are wings, and who drafted two more (Aaron Nesmith and Payton Pritchard) in 2020.

Langford shot just 43% from 2 and 21% from 3 in 416 total NBA minutes last season, but teams were high on him throughout the pre-draft process. They could potentially offer the Celtics a veteran to contribute to Boston's playoff push. Langford doesn't turn 22 until October and still has quite a bit of talent at his disposal.

Langford's shaky shooting stroke has long been his kryptonite, but watching him knock down pull-up 3 after pull-up 3 against Jaren Jackson Jr. in high school makes you wonder how much of his shooting woes have been a product of thumb and wrist issues.

An effortless right-hand driver who was one of the best wing finishers in college basketball at Indiana, Langford glides with the ball in his hands and has the makings of a bench scorer who also has the tools to defend multiple positions when fully engaged. Situational factors aside, I always projected Langford as more of a long-term prospect, and a non-playoff team with development minutes to spare would be wise to see if they can tap into the talent that made him a prep star in Indiana at such a young age.

I want to clarify that the byline on this article is not Lowe, but Mike Schmitz, now of ESPN, formerly of DraftExpress.