kelly at 23 and all these teenage kids

[rollie mass]

got me thinking of drafting kids my sons age-unless they are physically/mentally mature enough and having lived off height and athletic skills and applause and domination are they ready for challenges of the nba whole package-from height ,speed and genius of their opposing players the batterings,travel,press,criticism and injuries-jabari parker and julius randel seem physically tough enough but wiggins and gordon and some of bigs that are raw are coming out too early-my son a talented point quard grew 6 inches 6ft-4/5 and i forced him at highest level at his age to play to thin and through injuries, it stole his love of game-i think from my experience very few are ready-some of the bigs come with their own set of issues--gordon talked of family nice stuff but the press and expectations could turn nasty real quick on these teenage boys---

[rollie mass]

i guess two examples on celts are sullinger and jeff green-i think sullinger did a great job coming back and it was all about being out of shape and green doing what he does is nothing short of miracle-and if he doesn't produce night after night at all star level he is savaged-i just re read the article on the severity of his surgery this guy deserves a standing O-so this class so deep is also sooo young and gifted, why not allow it to mature instead of blow them out or burn them out  or just snuff them out--so if we do get  a young boy patience ,patience  and lowered expectations may help us produce a star not a casulty