Danny Ainge Missed Again - Terry Rozier

[ThePaintedArea]

This kid will be good.  No doubt about it.

Good stroke, good handle, very athletic, good defender, and tenacious.

Whether he gets to develop with the Celtics or not...stay tuned.

Just to add one more thing: he's got a great body, the kind that Ainge calls "juicy" - great springy joints. Less likely to get injured (think of Michael Jordan or Olajuwon), quicker to recover from fatigue, etc. 

[greece66]

So what's the point of this exercise?

To conclude that a player is useless three months after the start of the season?

Or to proclaim our GM clueless for a supposedly bad draft choice?

[spikelovetheCelts]

So what's the point of this exercise?

To conclude that a player is useless three months after the start of the season?

Or to proclaim our GM clueless for a supposedly bad draft choice?

 It is sad the threads that get started. Rozier will be fine. I hope to see some of these stupid threads removed.

[ssspence]

So what's the point of this exercise?

Seems to me you should probably make a call on whether you should be blogging at all...

[spikelovetheCelts]

So what's the point of this exercise?

To conclude that a player is useless three months after the start of the season?

Or to proclaim our GM clueless for a supposedly bad draft choice?

Seems to me you should probably make a call on whether you should be blogging at all...

Not to get in a shouting match. Greece is one i look for on here. He has you"TP" by a mile so I think others must like what he has blogged. He has rubbed me wrong a few but made me laugh and think. Look forward to more Greece on the threads.

[walker834]

Rozier hasn't even played.  I think summer league and preseason he looked really good.  The scouting reports on him look good as well.  He's physical. Seems to play hard and I like how eh keeps the pressure on.  In comparison Portis is the one guy who was selected that might have been a better risk, but we got Mickey. I think as far as what this team needed and role wise.  Future wise as well.  Would Portis have even fit here? He is a rookie himself and has had his ups and downs.  He isn't this beast just ready to break out like people make him out to be. I think Mickey is a good guy to take Amir's spot down the road.  Rozier can spell Turner and give us an option there at a possible upgrade.

I think a lot of fans look at a guy like Portis and that Rozier hasn't even played and are like omg Rozier sucks and Danny really blew it.  It's not like that.

Tommy says this all the time.  We are building a team here. Certain players fit in certain situations etc..  There are contracts involved etc.   That's not to say we shoudn't have looked at Portis but you don't just draft with no plan in mind.  That's not how it works.  Teams do this and they fail. They can't pay players. The end up with all young guys etc they can't pay or play.  We are developing a team.

If anything this shows we are committed to developing guys like Sullinger and KO and that's good. They fit into our plan as far as their age and contracts and when they should reach their potential.  We don't just scrap that.  We'll get a big man some other way.  We weren't going to draft that guy at #16.

The Bulls have aging Big men in Gasol and Noah and want to get rid of noah so they took a shot on Portis.  I think we have Sully and KO and want a better big man than that to go with them and signed Amir and Lee as filler for the interm and drafted Mickey as an upside guy to be a role player down the road.  Makes sense to me.

[ssspence]

So what's the point of this exercise?

To conclude that a player is useless three months after the start of the season?

Or to proclaim our GM clueless for a supposedly bad draft choice?

Seems to me you should probably make a call on whether you should be blogging at all...

Not to get in a shouting match. Greece is one i look for on here. He has "TP by a mile so I think must like what he has blogged. He has rubbed me wrong a few but made me laugh and think. Look forward to mere Greece on the threads.

Neat. Then he or she should know that blogging is pointless, so questioning its purpose is nonsensical.

[hwangjini_1]

So what's the point of this exercise?

To conclude that a player is useless three months after the start of the season?

Or to proclaim our GM clueless for a supposedly bad draft choice?

Seems to me you should probably make a call on whether you should be blogging at all...

Not to get in a shouting match. Greece is one i look for on here. He has "TP by a mile so I think must like what he has blogged. He has rubbed me wrong a few but made me laugh and think. Look forward to mere Greece on the threads.

Neat. Then he or she should know that blogging is pointless, so questioning its purpose is nonsensical.

As may be evidenced by this post? 

[Jonny CC]

So what's the point of this exercise?

To conclude that a player is useless three months after the start of the season?

Or to proclaim our GM clueless for a supposedly bad draft choice?

I agree.  Seems silly to question the pick before Rozier has had a chance. 
And there's no GM that hits gold on every draft pick.  Heck, even Red pushed to draft Joe Forte. 

[walker834]

The whole reason the Celtic are successful is because they don't think like most people.  They are intelligent.  I know that might sound like an insult, but it's more just the truth.  Most fans would build our team like the bucks or teams like that.  Tons of star players. None of them play defense or know their roles.  There are so many teams in the nba in general that do this.  Their teams don't play defense. They don't know how to play basketball. They can't pay players, they don't plan accordingly etc.

The celtics actually draft with purpose and develop players that fit what they are trying to do.  They also sign free agents and make trades the same way.  They don't just make moves because  A is better than B.  It has to be better in a much bigger picture sort of way.

The whole fact people base their likes on how much karma people have just shows how much sheeple people are. 

The celtics are a tough hardworking intelligent team.  They win games with seemingly less talent not because they have less talent but because the talent they have is the product of that.

All up and down this roster.  Avery Bradley, Rozier, Sullinger, Crowder, Kelly Olynyk, Amir Johnson, David Lee, Marcus Smart, Isaiah Thomas, Evan Turner are all a product of that.

There isn't a player on this team that wasn't scouted heavily and signed without a lot of consideration.  There are no lazy signings.

[walker834]

We also have a coach who then puts these guys in position to succeed.  Ainge didn't miss on Portis. He apparently didn't feel he was a fit for whatever  reason and liked Rozier better at the time and felt he was a better fit.

I also think people forget how well Rozier played in the preseason. Every time he was in the game even in limited minutes he would produce.  He's doing well in the d-league as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK9_fPy_QAU

He looks good to me.  Love Rozier. I was a big fan of AB when people panned him for years too.  Even before we drafted him I wanted the C's to take him.

Rozier is going to equal Turner with range in a couple years. Just watch.