The blogs for the teams ahead of us in the draft

[Quetzalcoatl]

Just for some perspective, the blogs for the teams ahead of us are all assuming they will pick guys that are bad fits for the Celtics.  I am becoming more and more hopeful that players like Fab and Kendal Marshall will be picked in the 15-20 range, opening us up for someone useful to the team.  For instance, here are some of the consensuses I'm seeing - please fill in if you know more prominent blogs for any of these teams:

17th Pick / Dallas Mavericks

http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2012/6/18/3092393/2012-nba-mock-draft-17-overall

There is a poll here with 271 votes.  The top three are 1.) Dion Waiters (25%), 2.) Kendall Marshall (20%) and 3.) Fab Melo (19%)

18th Pick / Houston (Fron Minnesota and in turn from NYK)

They will probably trade this so there is no way to know. The Dream Shake blog doesn't even address who they would take if the pick doesn't get traded for whatever reason.

19th Pick / Orlando Magic

http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2012/6/26/3075295/2012-nba-draft-orlando-magic-prospects-review#comments:

Kendal Marshall and Sullinger are the favorites

20th Pick / Denver Nuggets

http://www.denverstiffs.com/2012/6/27/3120076/golden-nuggets-nba-draft-eve-who-ya-got#comments

Kendal Marshall and Sullinger are the favorites here too, although there is some speculation they could lose the pick if a Chandler trade goes through


This is really promising, too bad Otis Smith isn't still the GM for Orlando.  I think we have a good chance of walking away with some combo of Nicholson, White, Miller, PJ3, Moultrie, Harkless or Wroten.  We may as well just draft where we are.  They will have more value in a few months, anyways.