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Quote from: danglertx on June 23, 2016, 11:40:59 PMI haven't been right about a pick yet, although I guess I said they'd trade back from three and get Brown or Bender, but I'm calling Mamadou Ndiaye. I actually watched him work out in a video and he had a decent little shot. Take a chance, he is 290 so not your typical 7'6" guy.I'm all over that. Anytime you got a 7'6" guy out there, you take him in the 50s. The ultimate in risk/reward.Mike
I haven't been right about a pick yet, although I guess I said they'd trade back from three and get Brown or Bender, but I'm calling Mamadou Ndiaye. I actually watched him work out in a video and he had a decent little shot. Take a chance, he is 290 so not your typical 7'6" guy.
Quote from: BitterJim on June 23, 2016, 11:36:01 PMQuote from: mef730 on June 23, 2016, 11:32:56 PMI'm not thrilled with the way things turned out, but I think people are being way too hard on the Celtics. I have no idea what the draft offers were, other than the fact that the Covington/Noel/24/26 rumor seems pretty solid. So we could have traded #3 for one year of Noel and filler (because nobody knew what would be left at 24 and 26). Then he's a FA. So if we want him that much, we can sign him then.Jaylen Brown could be tremendous. He could also suck. But I'd rather have him than the one year of Noel and other stuff.15 - I have no idea what to think of this guy. Can't grade it.23 - If I had to guess now, I'd say that this will turn out to be the best value, given where we picked him up.31&35 - Yup, very disappointing. I would have liked to have gotten more for those. Memphis won that trade.It looks like they were so intent on the "killer trade" that they missed some opportunities, like the #8 from Sac. There clearly are things that went very wrong with this draft. But calling it an "F" draft is too far in the negative direction.MikeI look at Noel like I do Hayward: yeah, we could give up #3 to get him, but I think we have a good shot of signing him as a FA next year anyway. The #3 shouldn't be traded for a 1 year rental of anyone that isn't a perennial all starYou're forgetting that we'll have to have ample cap-space for him, which isn't necessarily guaranteed, especially if we go after someone like Hayward, too. He'd also help in our pursuit of other players, too, because he is a very good defensive rim protector that has the potential to be elite.
Quote from: mef730 on June 23, 2016, 11:32:56 PMI'm not thrilled with the way things turned out, but I think people are being way too hard on the Celtics. I have no idea what the draft offers were, other than the fact that the Covington/Noel/24/26 rumor seems pretty solid. So we could have traded #3 for one year of Noel and filler (because nobody knew what would be left at 24 and 26). Then he's a FA. So if we want him that much, we can sign him then.Jaylen Brown could be tremendous. He could also suck. But I'd rather have him than the one year of Noel and other stuff.15 - I have no idea what to think of this guy. Can't grade it.23 - If I had to guess now, I'd say that this will turn out to be the best value, given where we picked him up.31&35 - Yup, very disappointing. I would have liked to have gotten more for those. Memphis won that trade.It looks like they were so intent on the "killer trade" that they missed some opportunities, like the #8 from Sac. There clearly are things that went very wrong with this draft. But calling it an "F" draft is too far in the negative direction.MikeI look at Noel like I do Hayward: yeah, we could give up #3 to get him, but I think we have a good shot of signing him as a FA next year anyway. The #3 shouldn't be traded for a 1 year rental of anyone that isn't a perennial all star
I'm not thrilled with the way things turned out, but I think people are being way too hard on the Celtics. I have no idea what the draft offers were, other than the fact that the Covington/Noel/24/26 rumor seems pretty solid. So we could have traded #3 for one year of Noel and filler (because nobody knew what would be left at 24 and 26). Then he's a FA. So if we want him that much, we can sign him then.Jaylen Brown could be tremendous. He could also suck. But I'd rather have him than the one year of Noel and other stuff.15 - I have no idea what to think of this guy. Can't grade it.23 - If I had to guess now, I'd say that this will turn out to be the best value, given where we picked him up.31&35 - Yup, very disappointing. I would have liked to have gotten more for those. Memphis won that trade.It looks like they were so intent on the "killer trade" that they missed some opportunities, like the #8 from Sac. There clearly are things that went very wrong with this draft. But calling it an "F" draft is too far in the negative direction.Mike
Are the kids asleep so that the adults can finally have a normal conversation about the draft?
Sweet. I thought we might take him at 23 but I'm glad we didn't have to. Seems like a similar player to IT so it might be good to be around him.
Rumors are Jackson might be headed to Dallas.
Quote from: jpotter33 on June 23, 2016, 11:43:29 PMQuote from: BitterJim on June 23, 2016, 11:36:01 PMQuote from: mef730 on June 23, 2016, 11:32:56 PMI'm not thrilled with the way things turned out, but I think people are being way too hard on the Celtics. I have no idea what the draft offers were, other than the fact that the Covington/Noel/24/26 rumor seems pretty solid. So we could have traded #3 for one year of Noel and filler (because nobody knew what would be left at 24 and 26). Then he's a FA. So if we want him that much, we can sign him then.Jaylen Brown could be tremendous. He could also suck. But I'd rather have him than the one year of Noel and other stuff.15 - I have no idea what to think of this guy. Can't grade it.23 - If I had to guess now, I'd say that this will turn out to be the best value, given where we picked him up.31&35 - Yup, very disappointing. I would have liked to have gotten more for those. Memphis won that trade.It looks like they were so intent on the "killer trade" that they missed some opportunities, like the #8 from Sac. There clearly are things that went very wrong with this draft. But calling it an "F" draft is too far in the negative direction.MikeI look at Noel like I do Hayward: yeah, we could give up #3 to get him, but I think we have a good shot of signing him as a FA next year anyway. The #3 shouldn't be traded for a 1 year rental of anyone that isn't a perennial all starYou're forgetting that we'll have to have ample cap-space for him, which isn't necessarily guaranteed, especially if we go after someone like Hayward, too. He'd also help in our pursuit of other players, too, because he is a very good defensive rim protector that has the potential to be elite.We would need the space anyway, since it looks like he'll be payed way more than his cap hold
Quote from: BitterJim on June 23, 2016, 11:36:01 PMQuote from: mef730 on June 23, 2016, 11:32:56 PMI'm not thrilled with the way things turned out, but I think people are being way too hard on the Celtics. I have no idea what the draft offers were, other than the fact that the Covington/Noel/24/26 rumor seems pretty solid. So we could have traded #3 for one year of Noel and filler (because nobody knew what would be left at 24 and 26). Then he's a FA. So if we want him that much, we can sign him then.Jaylen Brown could be tremendous. He could also suck. But I'd rather have him than the one year of Noel and other stuff.15 - I have no idea what to think of this guy. Can't grade it.23 - If I had to guess now, I'd say that this will turn out to be the best value, given where we picked him up.31&35 - Yup, very disappointing. I would have liked to have gotten more for those. Memphis won that trade.It looks like they were so intent on the "killer trade" that they missed some opportunities, like the #8 from Sac. There clearly are things that went very wrong with this draft. But calling it an "F" draft is too far in the negative direction.MikeI look at Noel like I do Hayward: yeah, we could give up #3 to get him, but I think we have a good shot of signing him as a FA next year anyway. The #3 shouldn't be traded for a 1 year rental of anyone that isn't a perennial all starThat is actually an excellent way of looking at it. Why give up assets of great value for guys that we are very likely to be able to sign as free agents a year from now? We aren't winning it all this coming season anyway.
Quote from: kozlodoev on June 23, 2016, 11:40:04 PMAre the kids asleep so that the adults can finally have a normal conversation about the draft?Nope, I'm still around