Celtics Draft 2025

[keevsnick]

Late first round picks are a crap-shoot, the odds are any guy drafted 25-30 will never amount to much in the NBA. I'm fine taking a shot on 6'6 210 pound good athlete with a 6'11 wingspan who plays hard.

If you're the Celtics, you've now taken three different 6'6 wing plays in the last three drafts. Hugo at #28, Baylor at #30 and Walsh at #37. They are different styles of player, but the hope is that one of them emerges into at least a rotation player long term.

[Who]

Late first round picks are a crap-shoot, the odds are any guy drafted 25-30 will never amount to much in the NBA. I'm fine taking a shot on 6'6 210 pound good athlete with a 6'11 wingspan who plays hard.

If you're the Celtics, you've now taken three different 6'6 wing plays in the last three drafts. Hugo at #28, Baylor at #30 and Walsh at #37. They are different styles of player, but the hope is that one of them emerges into at least a rotation player long term.

Yeah, if I recall correctly, it is something like 20% of picks in the 20s become rotation caliber players. 80% of them never make it that far (3rd string to out of NBA).

[radiohead]

There?s talk that a lot of colleges tried to bring him over but he opted to stay with Real Madrid. And that if he went to college, he?d be a Top 10 prospect.

https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025/news/next-big-thing-hugo-gonzalez-leading-spains-next-generation

[Birdman]

Think this is a wasted pick but who knows..Celtics record with overseas picks isn?t great like Mader, etc

[Neurotic Guy]

Have to think Brad doesn?t really have a big preference among the remaining bigs.  Or maybe he loves Gonzalez so much that he had to take him.  I wonder if Wolf had been there whether he?d have been the pick. But given the need at 5, if Brad had a significant favorite among the bigs on the board, you?d think he would have gone in that direction. Or maybe he doesn?t like any of them and we?ll get another surprise at 32. 

[Who]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heB-jqYUOEM

Some highlights of him. 9min video. Mostly scoring (2/3rds of video), some passing, and some defense.

The scoring looks limited. A lot of cuts and some offensive rebounds. More of what you would expect from a big than a guard. Some 3s but basic ones. Some nice drives & transition plays. Passing looks interesting but not great. Defense was a lot of weakside shot blocking. Impressive blocks.