What players would you be happy with in the draft

[KG Living Legend]

They have to be realistic in the range that there drafted .
 First try.   16th Hollis Jefferson
                 25th Robert Upshaw traded up future pick
                 28th Jordan Micky
Then we sign Love and have a tremendous defensive team around his no. Defensive read end.

      Shooting team

 Zeller
 Love
 James Young
 Bradley
 Isaiah Thomas

Defensive team.
 Upshaw
 Jordan Mickey
 Hollis Jefferson
 Bradley
 Smart
 Defensively that team could guard anyone

[PhoSita]

Kaminsky, Looney, Portis, Oubre, Dekker, Payne, Grant, Harrell, Wood


I think I could get on board with any of those guys.

[KG Living Legend]

 Wow. I wanted to see two or three guys you gave me like 50. TP. No Frank unless we move Kelly though for me.

[KG Living Legend]

 Really with you on Grant, Looney and Bobby.

[Maurice98]

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (lockdown wing defender defender), Kelly Oubre (two way upside) and Christian Wood (Potential to be a stretch 4 who can protect the rim effectively which is one of the most rare combo to find).

[mr. dee]

Turner, Harrell, Upshaw, Hollis-Jefferson, Cauley-Stein, Stanley Johnson, Oubre, Wood. For short, any non-guards who have high potential, especially on the defensive end.

[Eddie20]

There are a lot of variables to this so I'll address this by our picks

Slight trade up from #16 (thinking 10 range)

Myles Turner...huge upside.

Stanley Johnson...NBA ready.

#16

Bobby Portis...especially if he's able to play some Bosh type 5.

Kelly Oubre...higher ceiling than Johnson, but a lower floor.

Slight trade up from #28 (thinking 22 range)

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson...I question if he'll ever be able to shoot, but he does too many things well to not think he won't at least have a Tony Allen like impact.

Justin Anderson...high potential 3 and D guy with excellent athleticism.

# 28 and # 33 (grouped together)

Robert Upshaw...high risk/high reward type that is worth it.

Cliff Alexander...high upside guy.

Montrezl Harrell...not the upside of an Alexander, but has a great motor, terrific length, and has improved offensively.

# 45 (draft and stash guys...with Brown as the lone exception)

M. Jaiteh
G. Hernangomez
M. Diagne
A. Kaba
T. Luwawu
M. Garcia
C. Osman
G. De Paula

Anthony Brown...seems like he can excel in a 3 and D role and has very good wingspan.


Undrafted Free Agents

Kevin Pangos...excelllent shooter, albeit with defensive limitations, that could push Pressey in camp for the 3rd PG spot.

[GreenShooter]

1A: Devin Booker: you won't find a better shooter in the draft....or on the C's.

1B: Robert Upshaw: no way we take him but big man has big risk and big upside.

2A & 2B: If anyone (McCullough) falls to 2A take him but otherwise pick 2 high upside Euros and stash them for 2 years.

[Celtics4ever]

I just hope we get some athletes and it would be nice to get some big athletes.

I have not decided who I want us to draft.  But I want us to draft an athletic player, we are saddled with non athletes at our big guys particularly Sully and Olynyk.

[Tr1boy]

I want to add explosive athletes that can play

16. Anderson or RHJ (Anderson better fit under cbs)
28 + 45 for 25th pick: Mickey , Christmas
33rd pick: MCcullough, Vezenkov -  draft, stash, develop, potential

Zeller
Sullinger
Turner
AB
Smart

Bench
KO
Mickey
Crowder/Young
Anderson/Young
IT

[Rosco917]

Taking for granted we stay where we are in the draft:

 Bobby Portis
 Robert Upshaw
 Jerian Grant

I heard about Grant on this site, (thank you) did some research, 6-5 point guard, has many positives about his game. great size for a PG, Shoots well, good passer, excellent ball handler, has potential to be a strong defender too, he takes some bad shots. He needs to get under control and mature. His weakness are all correctable. He's worth a shot.

[HomerSapien]

I find that with all the reading about different prospects I'm doing I want like 10 guys at 16. I think I'm just confusing myself rather than narrowing down my choices. 

Ideally I'd like a future rim protector, but at 16 I prefer other options on the wing and at G/PF to say the Upshaw gamble. If Myles Turner fell to 16 I'd roll the dice on him in a heartbeat.

Lately the two names that consistently make me happy with our draft haul are Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and/or RJ Hunter.

RHJ - just seems to check every box in an NBA wing we'd look for except the jumper so I'd expect at worst Tony Allen, and at best a perfect swiss army knife modern NBA wing.

Hunter - I just think this guy can play. Seems like a safe pick. He's got good size for a 2 guard, and in today's NBA I don't know if you can ever have enough shooting. Also, I could see AB being a trade chip we cash in this off season so I'd be fine with adding to the SG position under those circumstances.

RHJ has been discussed a lot already, but what do others think about RJ Hunter?

[Csfan1984]

With no trades
16. Booker, Dekker or Portis
28. RHJ, Vezenkov, Upshaw, Martin
33. Andrew Harrison, Mickey, Jaiteh
45. Richaun Holmes, Christmas, Euro Stash

[Tr1boy]

There are a lot of variables to this so I'll address this by our picks

Slight trade up from #16 (thinking 10 range)

Myles Turner...huge upside.

Stanley Johnson...NBA ready.

#16

Bobby Portis...especially if he's able to play some Bosh type 5.

Kelly Oubre...higher ceiling than Johnson, but a lower floor.

Slight trade up from #28 (thinking 22 range)

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson...I question if he'll ever be able to shoot, but he does too many things well to not think he won't at least have a Tony Allen like impact.

Justin Anderson...high potential 3 and D guy with excellent athleticism.

# 28 and # 33 (grouped together)

Robert Upshaw...high risk/high reward type that is worth it.

Cliff Alexander...high upside guy.

Montrezl Harrell...not the upside of an Alexander, but has a great motor, terrific length, and has improved offensively.

# 45 (draft and stash guys...with Brown as the lone exception)

M. Jaiteh
G. Hernangomez
M. Diagne
A. Kaba
T. Luwawu
M. Garcia
C. Osman
G. De Paula

Anthony Brown...seems like he can excel in a 3 and D role and has very good wingspan.


Undrafted Free Agents

Kevin Pangos...excelllent shooter, albeit with defensive limitations, that could push Pressey in camp for the 3rd PG spot.

How do you think RHJ or Anderson will be available at 28?

Small chance that Upshaw will be there at 33.  Already talks that teams with 31-32 picks are going to snatch him (if not teams with 28-30 picks).   Again small chance that Harrell drops to 33.  So you want to draft Alexander with that pick??

We already have our Alexander type player. Sullinger , but who is much more skilled

I rather take Richaun Holmes at 33.  Who can shoot and also block shots (something this team desperately needs)

[Eddie20]

There are a lot of variables to this so I'll address this by our picks

Slight trade up from #16 (thinking 10 range)

Myles Turner...huge upside.

Stanley Johnson...NBA ready.

#16

Bobby Portis...especially if he's able to play some Bosh type 5.

Kelly Oubre...higher ceiling than Johnson, but a lower floor.

Slight trade up from #28 (thinking 22 range)

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson...I question if he'll ever be able to shoot, but he does too many things well to not think he won't at least have a Tony Allen like impact.

Justin Anderson...high potential 3 and D guy with excellent athleticism.

# 28 and # 33 (grouped together)

Robert Upshaw...high risk/high reward type that is worth it.

Cliff Alexander...high upside guy.

Montrezl Harrell...not the upside of an Alexander, but has a great motor, terrific length, and has improved offensively.

# 45 (draft and stash guys...with Brown as the lone exception)

M. Jaiteh
G. Hernangomez
M. Diagne
A. Kaba
T. Luwawu
M. Garcia
C. Osman
G. De Paula

Anthony Brown...seems like he can excel in a 3 and D role and has very good wingspan.


Undrafted Free Agents

Kevin Pangos...excelllent shooter, albeit with defensive limitations, that could push Pressey in camp for the 3rd PG spot.

How do you think RHJ or Anderson will be available at 28?

Small chance that Upshaw will be there at 33.  Already talks that teams with 31-32 picks are going to snatch him (if not teams with 28-30 picks).   Again small chance that Harrell drops to 33.  So you want to draft Alexander with that pick??

We already have our Alexander type player. Sullinger , but who is much more skilled

I rather take Richaun Holmes at 33.  Who can shoot and also block shots (something this team desperately needs)

As for your RHJ and Anderson, my response is attention to detail.

At 28 or 33 I would like either Upshaw, Alexander, or Harrell. I do think Harrell could fall to #28, but would probably prefer Alexander there. I much rather draft Upshaw at #33 because of the non-guarantees contractually. I think Upshaw could fall signifcantly if Ainge doesn't pull the trigger. I'm not sure if his drug issues are only marijuana and Goodman said he also had alchol issues.