5 Anonymous Scouts weigh in on various prospects (Great read!)

[csfansince60s]

TP (milestone) , Eddie20, nice find, great read.

I like Dunn if we keep the pick.

If DA and BS pick Brown , I'll be OK with it, but have some doubts.

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TP

For those who don't want to read the whole thing, these are the players outside the top 10 the scouts had mostly positive things to say about.

Malik Beasley
DeAndre Bembry
Isaiah Cousins
Demetrius Jackson
Brice Johnson
Dejounte Murray
Denzel Valentine

It's a shame Demetrius Jackson is one of the guys I like most outside of the top 10, but as I've just been talked into Dunn at #3 I see no way I can hope for Demetrius Jackson with a later pick. At some point positional glut just has to matter.

[makaveli]

i'm clueless about what is going to happen come draft night...

I dont think danny knows himself

Doubtful.  You go into these things with contingency plans.   He's probably got Plans A-F, if not more.

He's sure as heck not flying blind.

i think we knows what he's doing, and of course he has a plan, but i just don't want to see him sell the 3rd pick for lesser value. get the best player available and see what happens ala wiggins two years ago.

[crimson_stallion]

TP

For those who don't want to read the whole thing, these are the players outside the top 10 the scouts had mostly positive things to say about.

Malik Beasley
DeAndre Bembry
Isaiah Cousins
Demetrius Jackson
Brice Johnson
Dejounte Murray
Denzel Valentine

Bolded guys above are all players I had high on my list for our later picks.

[Future Celtics Owner]

Pending no trades (and I would deal for any of the Stein 4 players rumored (Hayward, Butler, Middleton, Parker) -- I like them all):  Probably willing to deal Bradley and 3 for those players but not anything more of significance.  No to Noel or Okafor....too flawed, not versatile enough to waste our best asset on.

Dunn or Murray at 3.  Both of those guys are going to be good players.  Draft night is not the last night to make trades.  1-2 of Rozier/Bradley/Smart/Dunn or Murray can be moved later in the summer to ease minutes logjam. 

Sabonis/Poeltl/Zizic at 16 (or higher if we can package and move up into the 9-13 range)

Those are my current hopes.

Have you actually scouted Okafor and do you have any experience predicting/scouting the development of big men. And Okafor is a BIG MAN, usually it takes more than a rookie year(after 1 and done at college) to determine if a player is just is incapable of improvement or is it both realistic improvement AND physical maturity that may be the cause of the incredibly quick development many want to see.

I've seen enough of Okafor to know that he will be a very good defender, even though not a top athlete, he posses length, size, and very high bbiq.....think how tyler zeller was decent at protecting the rim.....Okafor is much longer and bigger than zeller.
Also Okafor will be a much better offensive player. His shot mechanics are fine and he will be knocking down 15', which he showed last year, often enough to make it a good part of his game which will open up things for his offensive game and his teams game.

[colincb]

Pending no trades (and I would deal for any of the Stein 4 players rumored (Hayward, Butler, Middleton, Parker) -- I like them all):  Probably willing to deal Bradley and 3 for those players but not anything more of significance.  No to Noel or Okafor....too flawed, not versatile enough to waste our best asset on.

Dunn or Murray at 3.  Both of those guys are going to be good players.  Draft night is not the last night to make trades.  1-2 of Rozier/Bradley/Smart/Dunn or Murray can be moved later in the summer to ease minutes logjam. 

Sabonis/Poeltl/Zizic at 16 (or higher if we can package and move up into the 9-13 range)

Those are my current hopes.

Have you actually scouted Okafor and do you have any experience predicting/scouting the development of big men. And Okafor is a BIG MAN, usually it takes more than a rookie year(after 1 and done at college) to determine if a player is just is incapable of improvement or is it both realistic improvement AND physical maturity that may be the cause of the incredibly quick development many want to see.

I've seen enough of Okafor to know that he will be a very good defender, even though not a top athlete, he posses length, size, and very high bbiq.....think how tyler zeller was decent at protecting the rim.....Okafor is much longer and bigger than zeller.
Also Okafor will be a much better offensive player. His shot mechanics are fine and he will be knocking down 15', which he showed last year, often enough to make it a good part of his game which will open up things for his offensive game and his teams game.

Not a chance.

[OhioGreen]

I can just see it now---C's(Ainge) grab Dunn with 3rd pick, then announce he needs shoulder surgery and will miss first half of next season!

[ssspence]

Nice one Eddie. You have to wonder if Brice Johnson goes higher than expected. Take him at 16 and ship Sullinger our express mail.