2011 CelticsBlog Draft Board

[Fafnir]

Bargs certainly makes for an interesting frontcourt complement to Dwight Howard.

I believe Bryan Colangelo recently admitted that Bargnani is not suited to play center, and should be moved to PF.

He's equally ill-suited to play PF with his slow lateral movement.

One of the few areas of the game he excels at defensively is post defense, he'll have less chance to apply that at PF. Meanwhile his help defense and man to man liabilities could get worse....

[action781]

with the 47th pick in the 2011 CB Draft, the Atlanta Hawks selects...

GERALD WALLACE from Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsxcLYrk_nQ

Very good value pick here, i think he was one of the top 2 BPA

[Kane3387]

 Desperately needs to improve rebounding and defense still an issue, but he is a true scorer.

Rebounding is atrocious and his defense is non existent.

He's a volume scorer too. Shoots a horrible percentage.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2987/andrea-bargnani

[mgent]

It's about time for Gerald Wallace.  I almost resorted to flipping a coin between him and Iggy.  Neither should have slid that far.

[Fafnir]

 Desperately needs to improve rebounding and defense still an issue, but he is a true scorer.

Rebounding is atrocious and his defense is non existent.

still a matchup nightmare for 99% of the centers out there.  That's a pretty fun pairing but will Bargs get D12 into foul trouble by relying on help defense constantly at the 4?

If he's paired with Howard he will no longer draw mismatches as often.

[Lucky17]

I like Crash, but I'm puzzling over the fit with Gay and Rondo.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

with the 47th pick in the 2011 CB Draft, the Atlanta Hawks selects...

GERALD WALLACE from Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsxcLYrk_nQ

Very good value pick here, i think he was one of the top 2 BPA

I was gonna pick Bargnani. He could've been the compliment scorer behind Gay. He got picked (ARGH!) so I went with scoring and defense.

which reminds me.

Scoring... check
Defense... check
Rebounding... check

and that has no bigs yet. (although i wont pick again until the 5th). Good day.

[riah32]

whens my pick due...do i have time to think about it since i'm the last pick?

[KCattheStripe]

I like Crash, but I'm puzzling over the fit with Gay and Rondo.

Good running team.

[StartOrien]

I like Crash, but I'm puzzling over the fit with Gay and Rondo.

There's a guy there who I thought long and hard about at 2.8 who would've been a picture perfect fit for Rondo and Gay.

[Fafnir]

I like Crash, but I'm puzzling over the fit with Gay and Rondo.

Running team, with a lot of line up flexibility as you can slide Wallace/Gay to the 3/4 respectively.

It will be a challenge to add the other pieces you need not picking until the 5th round however.

[Who]

I like Crash, but I'm puzzling over the fit with Gay and Rondo.

Good running team.

Excellent rebounding + defensive perimeter trio.

[jgod213]

I like Crash, but I'm puzzling over the fit with Gay and Rondo.

Good running team.

Does Wallace start at the 3 or 4? Portland seems to think he's better suited as a power forward...

[action781]

Bargs certainly makes for an interesting frontcourt complement to Dwight Howard.

I believe Bryan Colangelo recently admitted that Bargnani is not suited to play center, and should be moved to PF.

He's equally ill-suited to play PF with his slow lateral movement.

One of the few areas of the game he excels at defensively is post defense, he'll have less chance to apply that at PF. Meanwhile his help defense and man to man liabilities could get worse....

I personally think its a fantastic pairing.  Dwight will absolutely make up for his rebounding shortcomings.  Dwight will always draw the defensive assignment on the better offensive 4/5.  Offensively, this duo and Pawnee Pacers will be matchup nightmares for any other frontcourt.

[action781]

I like Crash, but I'm puzzling over the fit with Gay and Rondo.

Good running team.

Does Wallace start at the 3 or 4? Portland seems to think he's better suited as a power forward...

Yup and that team played very well with Wallace in the front court.  I think Crash fits this team excellently at the 4.