Why Brad Stevens Loves Our Pick

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

The only people on our team that can now correctly initiate his offense are Turner, Thomas and Rozier.

Rozier is super fast with the ball, something Bradley and Smart are not.

Rozier can finish at the rim, something Bradley and Smart can't do.

Rozier can dribble into the paint and has very good handles, something Bradley and Smart can't do and do not have.

All of these skills are needed for Brad's offense.  We rely on Thomas and Turner for this now but it's not enough, getting another player with these skills is very very important.

Brad loves this pick without a doubt, it's perfect for the style of play he wants to bring to the Celtics.

So I'll reiterate what I said in another thread: A major consequence to drafting Rozier is either 1) Boston kinda wasted last year's No. 6 pick on Smart, or 2) Boston unwisely invested long term in Bradley.

[Celts Fan 508]

The only people on our team that can now correctly initiate his offense are Turner, Thomas and Rozier.

Rozier is super fast with the ball, something Bradley and Smart are not.

Rozier can finish at the rim, something Bradley and Smart can't do.

Rozier can dribble into the paint and has very good handles, something Bradley and Smart can't do and do not have.

All of these skills are needed for Brad's offense.  We rely on Thomas and Turner for this now but it's not enough, getting another player with these skills is very very important.

Brad loves this pick without a doubt, it's perfect for the style of play he wants to bring to the Celtics.

Judging from DAs comments, I doubt Stevens loves this pick. Danny said CBS thinks he's crazy sometimes. Stevens towed the company line. No way he was happy with another 6'2 guy that's not a great jump shooter.

Decker or Portis should have been the pick. I would have even been happy with Hollis-Jefferson at 16. This was a reach pick. It's a signal that we will have to trade IT or Marcus Smart in the off season.

Biggest letdown of the Ainge Era was last night when this pick was announced.

Sebastian Telfair trade was the biggest disappointment to me in the Ainge era 

[Big333223]

The only people on our team that can now correctly initiate his offense are Turner, Thomas and Rozier.

Rozier is super fast with the ball, something Bradley and Smart are not.

Rozier can finish at the rim, something Bradley and Smart can't do.

Rozier can dribble into the paint and has very good handles, something Bradley and Smart can't do and do not have.

All of these skills are needed for Brad's offense.  We rely on Thomas and Turner for this now but it's not enough, getting another player with these skills is very very important.

Brad loves this pick without a doubt, it's perfect for the style of play he wants to bring to the Celtics.

So I'll reiterate what I said in another thread: A major consequence to drafting Rozier is either 1) Boston kinda wasted last year's No. 6 pick on Smart, or 2) Boston unwisely invested long term in Bradley.

If we can move either for a nice return, then neither was a mistake. As I wrote above, if Rozier is good, I think Bradley is expendable but that doesn't mean investing in him was unwise if we can move him for a good return.

[Evantime34]

The only people on our team that can now correctly initiate his offense are Turner, Thomas and Rozier.

Rozier is super fast with the ball, something Bradley and Smart are not.

Rozier can finish at the rim, something Bradley and Smart can't do.

Rozier can dribble into the paint and has very good handles, something Bradley and Smart can't do and do not have.

All of these skills are needed for Brad's offense.  We rely on Thomas and Turner for this now but it's not enough, getting another player with these skills is very very important.

Brad loves this pick without a doubt, it's perfect for the style of play he wants to bring to the Celtics.

So I'll reiterate what I said in another thread: A major consequence to drafting Rozier is either 1) Boston kinda wasted last year's No. 6 pick on Smart, or 2) Boston unwisely invested long term in Bradley.

Until we get a superstar we are collecting assets to attempt to acquire a superstar. If Rozier comes on and is better than Bradley, then we have an extra asset in Bradley that we wouldn't have had, had we not "unwisely invested" in him. If none of the max guys are looking at us this summer, having an extra 8-9 MM floating around is not more valuable than Bradley going forward.

[Monkhouse]

The only people on our team that can now correctly initiate his offense are Turner, Thomas and Rozier.

Rozier is super fast with the ball, something Bradley and Smart are not.

Rozier can finish at the rim, something Bradley and Smart can't do.

Rozier can dribble into the paint and has very good handles, something Bradley and Smart can't do and do not have.

All of these skills are needed for Brad's offense.  We rely on Thomas and Turner for this now but it's not enough, getting another player with these skills is very very important.

Brad loves this pick without a doubt, it's perfect for the style of play he wants to bring to the Celtics.

So I'll reiterate what I said in another thread: A major consequence to drafting Rozier is either 1) Boston kinda wasted last year's No. 6 pick on Smart, or 2) Boston unwisely invested long term in Bradley.

If we can move either for a nice return, then neither was a mistake. As I wrote above, if Rozier is good, I think Bradley is expendable but that doesn't mean investing in him was unwise if we can move him for a good return.

Well your response depends on a bunch of what ifs.

And honestly I don't why people are so infatuated with Bradley.

Nothing about him is eye opening. His defense is great, but honestly, I'm getting tired of his long pull up 2's from mid range, because its becoming more and more predictable, and defenders just sag off him, waiting to contest off the screen.

[BlackCeltic]

I think Bradley is expendable no matter what. His ball handling is laughable to be such a short player.

[Ilikesports17]

The only people on our team that can now correctly initiate his offense are Turner, Thomas and Rozier.

Rozier is super fast with the ball, something Bradley and Smart are not.

Rozier can finish at the rim, something Bradley and Smart can't do.

Rozier can dribble into the paint and has very good handles, something Bradley and Smart can't do and do not have.

All of these skills are needed for Brad's offense.  We rely on Thomas and Turner for this now but it's not enough, getting another player with these skills is very very important.

Brad loves this pick without a doubt, it's perfect for the style of play he wants to bring to the Celtics.

Judging from DAs comments, I doubt Stevens loves this pick. Danny said CBS thinks he's crazy sometimes. Stevens towed the company line. No way he was happy with another 6'2 guy that's not a great jump shooter.

Decker or Portis should have been the pick. I would have even been happy with Hollis-Jefferson at 16. This was a reach pick. It's a signal that we will have to trade IT or Marcus Smart in the off season.

Biggest letdown of the Ainge Era was last night when this pick was announced.

That is one of the more ridiculous things ive seen on this blog.

we reached to take a guy at 16 who was projected to go late first early second, and that is the biggest dissapointment in the Ainge era?

watching Charlotte take Frank at 9 was far more dissapointing and learning what the going price was I am now happy we didnt pull the trigger.

[cons]

i am kind of hoping smart can develop into a better finisher at the rim type. not sure why he couldn't last year - he's definitely got the body for it. If he's going to become an all star player like he's expected to be as the #6 pick you'd have to assume he'd develop that area of his game.
 seemed like his main offense as a rookie was hitting some 3's which i thought was supposed to be his weakness coming in.