2025 CelticsBlog Fantasy Draft: '05-'25 Edition

[Roy H.]

Paul George may have been the best two-way wing left.  Another good pick.

[Moranis]

George is the only other guy i considered over Luka.

[Donoghus]

Tatum/George/Jokic.

[Roy H.]

Tatum/George/Jokic.

Really excellent foundation.

[Donoghus]

Love the Yao Ming pick

[Who]

Yao was a guy I thought would go in the 2nd round. Such a matchup problem at 7 foot 6 300lbs.

[Roy H.]

We have our first four-player team!

Yao
Pau

Kobe
Chauncey

Kicking it old school. 

[snively]

Yao was a guy I thought would go in the 2nd round. Such a matchup problem at 7 foot 6 300lbs.

I was looking around at some of the monster front lines and figured I needed some highly skilled beef in the middle.

[Who]

Yao was a guy I thought would go in the 2nd round. Such a matchup problem at 7 foot 6 300lbs.

I was looking around at some of the monster front lines and figured I needed some highly skilled beef in the middle.

I was thinking the same thing with Embiid. I was looking at who might be available at the end of the 4th round and felt there might be a shortage of skilled size by then.

[Celtic Fan Forever]

Chauncey is the perfect point guard to pair with Kobe. I drafted him 2 years ago, the last time we did one of these. Just a consummate pro, and a guy who always gets underrated. No weaknesses to his game.

[Celtic Fan Forever]

I like the Rudy pick a lot with SGA and KD. Exactly what you need with 2 offensive engines, a guy that will control the glass and anchor your defense.

[smokeablount]

I like the Rudy pick a lot with SGA and KD. Exactly what you need with 2 offensive engines, a guy that will control the glass and anchor your defense.

His 18-19 season advanced metrics:

17.8% usage, 66.9% eFG and .682 TS (led league in both), 12.6% offensive / 28.2% defensive rebound rates, 7.4% assist rate, 4% block rate and TO rate under 13%, 100/100 defense

No one else in history has done this. Even if you lower the D to 90 and lower the rebounding rates, the only other season is Rudy?s.

This year he won DPOY, was 11th in MVP voting in a loaded year.

My top 6 centers in order were Jokic, Dwight, Shaq/Embiid, Rudy and Yao Ming. Rudy has limitations but he is an above average starting center and he drove winning in Utah and Minny with a true championship caliber 1A better than all but Jokic/Dwight.

I need the next 2-3 picks to go my way but I think my top 3 guys go great together, complement each other and cover each others weaknesses, fit great together on Oand D, and share the ball

[snively]

Chauncey is the perfect point guard to pair with Kobe. I drafted him 2 years ago, the last time we did one of these. Just a consummate pro, and a guy who always gets underrated. No weaknesses to his game.

I really wanted Pierce, but with him off the board, I couldn't turn down Billups. Lots of great point guards still to choose from, but relatively few are capable of star-level contributions in a usage-constrained environment league like this one.

[Roy H.]

Dear Dons (and Rudy and Tim, etc.)

Don't take my guy, 

[Roy H.]

Green is one of those completely unique players I was talking about earlier.  They can provide enhanced value.

Also, I'm looking forward to seeing Draymond pull a Jordan Poole on Dwight.