Danny and Giannis

[Ogaju]

Danny missed out on this one.

This kid has special written all over him.

The thing is Danny zeroed in on him, but just could not pull the trigger. He is going to regret this one.

The odd thing is the player he picked instead of Giannis is about the polar opposite of Giannis in athleticism and aggressiveness.

Oh well, you cannot win em all. Giannis would have been fabulous with Smart.

[Rondo9]

Oh good more of the Kelly sucks! Giannis is a future superstar! Thread. It's actually a little sad that Kelly will be remembered as the guy who's pick before Jordan, I'm sorry I meant Giannis.

[oldtype]

Giannis was a lottery ticket. During the draft he was a full two inches smaller and had been playing in the Greek third division. There is no way any GM could have looked at him and know with any sort of confidence that he'd be a success.

Unfortunately for us it turns out that he's a lottery ticket that paid off. Still, just because someone else hit the jackpot doesn't mean you criticize the guy that decided he'd rather have a dozen eggs and some milk to last himself through the week instead.

[Ogaju]

are you kidding? Ainge found this guy. He traveled all the way to Greece to personally scout him. He just could not get himself to pull the trigger. The surprising thing is he traded up to pick KO. That is what makes this a more compelling development.

By the way, I am not criticizing anyone. I am just making conversation or isn't that what this place is for?

Every observation is not necessarily a criticism.

[SHAQATTACK]

That ship has sailed ....new day .....

I'm satisfied with KO ."you are not ...that's fine ......move on.

What would you have Danny do?  Do you want a public shaming ......I don't get the beating a dead horse .  Right or wrong it's done.....already 

Serious grow up.

[hwangjini_1]

is cb still dredging up this tired old topic? let it rest please.

[oldtype]

are you kidding? Ainge found this guy. He traveled all the way to Greece to personally scout him. He just could not get himself to pull the trigger. The surprising thing is he traded up to pick KO. That is what makes this a more compelling development.

By the way, I am not criticizing anyone. I am just making conversation or isn't that what this place is for?

Every observation is not necessarily a criticism.

"he couldn't pull the trigger" is just another way of saying "he decided it wasn't worth the risk."

Which was a perfectly sane decision for any GM to make at the time.

I wish we took him too, but there's no point in crying over spilt milk.

Besides, Kelly's alright. It's not like we took Anthony Bennett or Otto Porter or something.

[BornReady]

Giannis was a lottery ticket. During the draft he was a full two inches smaller and had been playing in the Greek third division. There is no way any GM could have looked at him and know with any sort of confidence that he'd be a success.

Unfortunately for us it turns out that he's a lottery ticket that paid off. Still, just because someone else hit the jackpot doesn't mean you criticize the guy that decided he'd rather have a dozen eggs and some milk to last himself through the week instead.

We should tell this to Portland when they took oden over durant and Bowie over Jordan
At least they had Roy, Aldridge and Lilllard

[BornReady]

Also to be fair on Danny 13 other teams passed on giannis as well

Also Philly had the chance twice and still missed on him

Hey at least we got a productive player from what was considered a weak draft

[oldtype]

Giannis was a lottery ticket. During the draft he was a full two inches smaller and had been playing in the Greek third division. There is no way any GM could have looked at him and know with any sort of confidence that he'd be a success.

Unfortunately for us it turns out that he's a lottery ticket that paid off. Still, just because someone else hit the jackpot doesn't mean you criticize the guy that decided he'd rather have a dozen eggs and some milk to last himself through the week instead.

We should tell this to Portland when they took oden over durant and Bowie over Jordan
At least they had Roy, Aldridge and Lilllard

I don't follow the comparison. Those were two cases of a team in the top three taking one extremely highly rated prospect over another, and choosing the wrong one.

We were in the mid first-round and picked someone we knew would be a solid rotation guy over someone who could be good but also could be out of the league within a year.

It's not a similar choice at all.

[tarheelsxxiii]

KO has the talent and athleticism to have a 10-year career as a 7th man on a borderline playoff team. Not too shabby, hm? I can't see not moving up into the lottery for that quality of a player.

[csfansince60s]

Regret.....it sucks.

There are 13 pages and two months on this Greek Freak crap here:

http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=74349.180

entitled "Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype"

Enjoy.... I certainly didn't.

[RockinRyA]

Giannis was a lottery ticket. During the draft he was a full two inches smaller and had been playing in the Greek third division. There is no way any GM could have looked at him and know with any sort of confidence that he'd be a success.

Unfortunately for us it turns out that he's a lottery ticket that paid off. Still, just because someone else hit the jackpot doesn't mean you criticize the guy that decided he'd rather have a dozen eggs and some milk to last himself through the week instead.

We should tell this to Portland when they took oden over durant and Bowie over Jordan
At least they had Roy, Aldridge and Lilllard

I don't follow the comparison. Those were two cases of a team in the top three taking one extremely highly rated prospect over another, and choosing the wrong one.

We were in the mid first-round and picked someone we knew would be a solid rotation guy over someone who could be good but also could be out of the league within a year.

It's not a similar choice at all.

A lot of people who are criticizing Danny for the KO over Giannis pick are the same ones who criticized him for the Fab Melo pick. Fact is, both the Giannis and Melo pick were gambles. One of them paid of, the other didn't.

[Sixth Man]

are you kidding? Ainge found this guy. He traveled all the way to Greece to personally scout him. He just could not get himself to pull the trigger. The surprising thing is he traded up to pick KO. That is what makes this a more compelling development.

By the way, I am not criticizing anyone. I am just making conversation or isn't that what this place is for?

Every observation is not necessarily a criticism.

Still stirring the pot, I see...

[konkmv]

first of all big guys develop later... we will see where kellys ceiling is in a few years... i think he can be a very good pf eventually....
as for giannis.. i am from greece.. it was very difficult for anyone to be sure... he played in a non competitive league and even the big greek teams where afraid to gamble on him.. he was so raw and young..
ainge did come to greece and saw him but in a game that was for the 3rd greek league
olynyc was playing for an ncaa team much more competitive
and finally... we do not know at that point what his plan was for the team...
it is a gamble... and yes probably giannis will be a star and kelly not,  just a good player
but even jordan was selected at no.3 spot....