2008 CelticsBlog draft board.

[Evantime34]

At this point in the draft every player taken is coming off of my big board :-(

[zerophase]

quick quetsion that may sound stupid... do we even have enough players to make it through the 15 round draft...?

[wdleehi]

quick quetsion that may sound stupid... do we even have enough players to make it through the 15 round draft...?

Yes.  Last year, there were players signed after the draft was over.

[Kwhit10]

quick quetsion that may sound stupid... do we even have enough players to make it through the 15 round draft...?

My board had 424 players on it plus 60 rookies so thats 480

450 players will be selected.  So yea there will be enough.

[indeedproceed]

I believe I'm now on the clock.

With the 6th pick in the 10th round, the Atlanta Hawks select Ike Diogu.

I used to like Ike..now not so much.

[zerophase]

quick quetsion that may sound stupid... do we even have enough players to make it through the 15 round draft...?

My board had 424 players on it plus 60 rookies so thats 480

450 players will be selected.  So yea there will be enough.

thats a relief

[GaBerkowitz]

I am shopping my pick/players for a wing scorer or post defender.  make some offers.

[Evantime34]

I believe I'm now on the clock.

With the 6th pick in the 10th round, the Atlanta Hawks select Ike Diogu.

I used to like Ike..now not so much.

The year before he came out when he played for Arizona State. He was an absolute monster. A monster with great passing skill and good touch around the hoop.

[Chris]

I believe I'm now on the clock.

With the 6th pick in the 10th round, the Atlanta Hawks select Ike Diogu.

I used to like Ike..now not so much.

The year before he came out when he played for Arizona State. He was an absolute monster. A monster with great passing skill and good touch around the hoop.

I think he was very similar to Leon Powe, with possibly a more polished offensive game.  It's a little ironic that Ike is the one who has had all of the injuries now that he is in the pros, since Powe was the one who plummeted in the draft because of his injuries in college.

[wdleehi]

I believe I'm now on the clock.

With the 6th pick in the 10th round, the Atlanta Hawks select Ike Diogu.

I used to like Ike..now not so much.

The year before he came out when he played for Arizona State. He was an absolute monster. A monster with great passing skill and good touch around the hoop.

I think he was very similar to Leon Powe, with possibly a more polished offensive game.  It's a little ironic that Ike is the one who has had all of the injuries now that he is in the pros, since Powe was the one who plummeted in the draft because of his injuries in college.

Plus, bouncing around has not been good for him either.  He was a bad fit in GS.

[Chris]

I believe I'm now on the clock.

With the 6th pick in the 10th round, the Atlanta Hawks select Ike Diogu.

I used to like Ike..now not so much.

The year before he came out when he played for Arizona State. He was an absolute monster. A monster with great passing skill and good touch around the hoop.

I think he was very similar to Leon Powe, with possibly a more polished offensive game.  It's a little ironic that Ike is the one who has had all of the injuries now that he is in the pros, since Powe was the one who plummeted in the draft because of his injuries in college.

Plus, bouncing around has not been good for him either.  He was a bad fit in GS.

Yup, and unfortunately, he has gone to a team that has too many young big men already. 

[Gainesville Celtic]

a client i work with and i talk basketball throughout the year, so i'd been asking his advice on picks as they came up (i can credit him for the Harpring pick).  I finally explained to him yesterday that there is no league, just a draft -- which is the fun of it for me. 

This is what i got back from him  after asking his opinion on big men i was looking at with my #5 pick this round.  He'd picked one of the other 4 guys i was looking at along with Sheldon Williams.  After I sent back to him that i'd taken Williams along with some draft talk and my super sleeper picks, he wrote:

You're probably aware of this, but I think that you and your draft buddies have a problem.

So i might be looking for a new asst. GM/advance scout.

[zerophase]

my guys still have to survive 7 more picks... how will i ever manage...

[indeedproceed]

Tom Petty called. He said "The wayyyyyy-tinngggg is the hardest parrt"

[Roy Hobbs]

Tom Petty called. He said "The wayyyyyy-tinngggg is the hardest parrt"

Haha.  Same here.  I would of course encourage folks to try to conduct / finalize trade discussions before the moment when they're on the clock, but I think that that is a losing battle.