2011 CelticsBlog Draft Board

[BASS_THUMPER]

Hatin'. Just hatin'. No STAT/Bogut? What are you prepping for the playoffs?

They are in the "Combos I am desperately in love with" category...sorry for leaving that out.

Ahhhh...nice.

BTW, I'm on a 1 week cleanse...but I also found out about this show "BBQ Pitmasters". So, as I eat these dry, fibrous green beans. I want to dive headfirst into a slow smoked brisket and its hurting my head.

yeah boy!!
wit some cole slaw and baked beans....

yummy

And some red velvet cake for desert
 and some ale to wash it down

brotha..

now thats the good life....

[nickagneta]

My apologies ahead of time for any combo I didn't put down. They are all great. Those were just my favorites.

Its like all beer and ice cream are great...it's just you prefer some over others for different reasons.


Ah hell.....what's with this nice guy ....stuff

I love LeBron/Chandler and all the rest of the combos suck'

They stink and smell and are bad and they all wish they could be as good as LeBron/Chandler.

There. Take that.

DINOBOXERBOTS RULE!!!!!!

[riah32]

Surprised there's not much being said about my pairing of durant and scola. Durant can play the 3 or 4 and scola 4 or 5. I'm liking the flexibilty.

[indeedproceed]

Sorry, again:

Offering two 5th's for an early 4th and a 6th. The 5th's are 5.4 and 5.15.

[nickagneta]

 

[Rondo2287]

As much as it pains me to disagree with a go-gm i really was not a fan of the Bynum pick.  I will agree for where he was picked he has a great amount of talent, but I think there was much better value out there for the purposes of this game.  Spending a second round pick on an often injured center that proved himself to be a punk and a distraction in the playoffs is not something I would call value. 

Again, not many players with that much talent left at where who picked, but the overall package is something I would not want out of my 2nd rounder.

First off, he's 23 and though injured a lot a couple have been from circumstance(like Kobe barreling into his knee and landing on someone's foot). I think you will find his "oft injured" label will be disappearing.

Second, I could care less about his cheap shot. I actually like the mean streak in my big guy.

Third, after the All-Star break he was as good as any center in the league. ANY.

As the LA defensive strategy starts to revolve around him as the anchor, he will become a major force inside in this league.

Boo hoo hoo Rondo...our first fight!!!!!

While the cheap shot was bad in its own right and I think Bynum is suspended to start the year right?  I also think going to the media and saying that a veteran team doesnt trust eachother in a playoff run is a pretty big red flag.

And I don't know we hear the same song and dance every year about how its not recurring muscular things, but each year he plays 50 games.  At some point, If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

[RebusRankin]

Oh yeah, well Lebron quits in the play-offs and I'd worry he'll hold an ESPN special to announce he's leaving Sacramento to take his talents elsewhere.  

[nickagneta]

Surprised there's not much being said about my pairing of durant and scola. Durant can play the 3 or 4 and scola 4 or 5. I'm liking the flexibilty.

Scola can play center?

That's funny I had him the last 2 CB Drafts and looked it up and he was almost exclusively a PF. If he does play center, you don't want him to.

I wouldn't try to move Durant or Scloa out of their positions. You have a great thing going playing them right where they belong.

[indeedproceed]

Surprised there's not much being said about my pairing of durant and scola. Durant can play the 3 or 4 and scola 4 or 5. I'm liking the flexibilty.

Scola can play center?

That's funny I had him the last 2 CB Drafts and looked it up and he was almost exclusively a PF. If he does play center, you don't want him to.

I wouldn't try to move Durant or Scloa out of their positions. You have a great thing going playing them right where they belong.

Seconded.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

I'm offering the 47th pick (Gerald Wallace) and my 5th rounder for a top 15 3rd rounder and 4th.

Unsolicited advice from a crackpot GM without a 3rd round pick: you aren't asking for enough. Also Wallace can certainly start at the 4 as he's been doing since the trade to Portland, probably not at the 2. And between Wallace and Gay, I'd much rather have Wallace. Ok, Gay is the higher caliber scorer. But Wallace is far better defensively, on the glass and as a passer, while turning the ball over less.

Thank you for the advice. I was looking at the draft board and I thought I can pick someone on 3rd who can be replacement for Crash and get another pick as well. But you have enlightened me.

[nickagneta]

Oh yeah, well Lebron quits in the play-offs and I'd worry he'll hold an ESPN special to announce he's leaving Sacramento to take his talents elsewhere.  

[The Walker Wiggle]

I'm offering the 47th pick (Gerald Wallace) and my 5th rounder for a top 15 3rd rounder and 4th.

Unsolicited advice from a crackpot GM without a 3rd round pick: you aren't asking for enough.

Thank you for the advice. I was looking at the draft board and I thought I can pick someone on 3rd who can be replacement for Crash and get another pick as well. But you have enlightened me.

Hey, that isn't to say you wouldn't prove me wrong. I've never won this.

[The Walker Wiggle]

Best value in the 2nd round: Danny Granger 33rd to the Bullets, Stephon Curry 38th to the L.A. Conspiracy, Andre Iguodala 45th to the 76ers and Gerald Wallace 47th to the Atlanta Hawks.

Worst reaches in the 2nd round: All big men. Marc Gasol 32nd to the Pacers, Tyson Chandler 36th to Sacramento, and Andrea Bargnani 45th to the Mavericks. None of these three work as the second best player on a contender, that's a set back - though hardly insurmountable - in a league as shallow as this one.

[indeedproceed]

Best value in the 2nd round: Danny Granger 33rd to the Bullets, Stephon Curry 38th to the L.A. Conspiracy, Andre Iguodala 45th to the 76ers and Gerald Wallace 47th to the Atlanta Hawks.

Worst reaches in the 2nd round: All big men. Marc Gasol 32nd to the Pacers, Tyson Chandler 36th to Sacramento, and Andrea Bargnani 45th to the Mavericks. None of these three work as the second best player on a contender, that's a set back - though hardly insurmountable - in a league as shallow as this one.

Question on Chandler though:

Would he have lasted the 2nd round?

The way I think Nick/Rondo (Rick? Nondo?) approached this is that in the playoffs this year, Dallas proved that you need bigs to compete, and as well, that Miami had a glaring weakness at the 5 spot that they couldn't overcome.

While I agree with you, Chandler shouldn't be your second best player, I wonder just how much farther he could've or should've dropped. By my count, there are precious few bigs who can do what Chandler can (which is rebound, intimidate, and anchor a defense) and just about all of them are gone now.

Not as dynamic as you want from a 2nd round pick, but you can't deny that he fills an important need about as well or better than anyone else in the league.

[indeedproceed]

BTW, I do think Chandler was a reach where he went, but I don't know how much farther it should've dropped.