Danny Ainge: “a handful of teams” have already expressed interest in the #1 pick

[kozlodoev]

has not this board, time and time again, lamented how the celtics have so many "nice players" but lack a true talent/all star? a common comment is how the celtics have "quantity but not quality"?

Ainge himself lamented that not a week ago.

[Donoghus]

has not this board, time and time again, lamented how the celtics have so many "nice players" but lack a true talent/all star? a common comment is how the celtics have "quantity but not quality"?

Ainge himself lamented that not a week ago.

Don't you know that having 3 18 year olds with "unlimited potential" is better than 1 18 year old with "unlimited potential?  Sheesh...   

[KGBirdBias]

If Ainge wants to replicate the Warriors backcourt and the game has changed to shooting and positionless players, I trade for Booker.

#1, AB to Suns

Criss and Booker to Celtics

IT and Booker would be a deadly backcourt...deadly. Imagine Booker getting all the looks AB got and off Horford pick and rolls. You eventually want to play Criss and Zizic together in a few years.

The Suns can take Ball or Fultz to go with Bledsoe.

[kozlodoev]

has not this board, time and time again, lamented how the celtics have so many "nice players" but lack a true talent/all star? a common comment is how the celtics have "quantity but not quality"?

Ainge himself lamented that not a week ago.

Don't you know that having 3 18 year olds with "unlimited potential" is better than 1 18 year old with "unlimited potential?  Sheesh...   

Well draft down to the middle of the lottery, and get five eighteen year olds with "unilmited potential" then...

[Chris22]

Fultz is a generational talent at PG.
I would rather trade IT.

[Donoghus]

has not this board, time and time again, lamented how the celtics have so many "nice players" but lack a true talent/all star? a common comment is how the celtics have "quantity but not quality"?

Ainge himself lamented that not a week ago.

Don't you know that having 3 18 year olds with "unlimited potential" is better than 1 18 year old with "unlimited potential?  Sheesh...   

Well draft down to the middle of the lottery, and get five eighteen year olds with "unilmited potential" then... that will likely result in exactly zero NBA star players.

Exactly.  How anybody can't see this is the way to go is beyond me

[Smokeeye123]

has not this board, time and time again, lamented how the celtics have so many "nice players" but lack a true talent/all star? a common comment is how the celtics have "quantity but not quality"?

Ainge himself lamented that not a week ago.

Don't you know that having 3 18 year olds with "unlimited potential" is better than 1 18 year old with "unlimited potential?  Sheesh...   

Well draft down to the middle of the lottery, and get five eighteen year olds with "unilmited potential" then... that will likely result in exactly zero NBA star players.

Ainge should trade the #1 pick for 674 newborn children to train up into a celtics army.

[mef730]

has not this board, time and time again, lamented how the celtics have so many "nice players" but lack a true talent/all star? a common comment is how the celtics have "quantity but not quality"?

Ainge himself lamented that not a week ago.

Don't you know that having 3 18 year olds with "unlimited potential" is better than 1 18 year old with "unlimited potential?  Sheesh...   

The question is, just how limited is that unlimited potential?

Mike

[Phantom255x]

I bet you, an hour before the draft, Woj will tweet out something like, "Celtics and (insert team here) are having 'serious' discussions on (insert star here)", and all of Celticsblog and the Celtics world goes beserk.

Same thing happened last year with Butler before they chose Jaylen 

[D Dub]

I bet you, an hour before the draft, Woj will tweet out something like, "Celtics and (insert team here) are having 'serious' discussions on (insert star here)", and all of Celticsblog and the Celtics world goes beserk.

Same thing happened last year with Butler before they chose Jaylen 

Same thing happened [insert year] with [insert b-grade all star] before they chose [insert combo guard]

[spikelovetheCelts]

I bet you, an hour before the draft, Woj will tweet out something like, "Celtics and (insert team here) are having 'serious' discussions on (insert star here)", and all of Celticsblog and the Celtics world goes beserk.

Same thing happened last year with Butler before they chose Jaylen 

Danny playing poker while the rest of the GMs playng Go Fish. Love it. All depends on what you can get them to give up. I also think Horford knows Danny will look after his best interest too.

[playdream]

If Ainge wants to replicate the Warriors backcourt and the game has changed to shooting and positionless players, I trade for Booker.

#1, AB to Suns

Criss and Booker to Celtics

IT and Booker would be a deadly backcourt...deadly. Imagine Booker getting all the looks AB got and off Horford pick and rolls. You eventually want to play Criss and Zizic together in a few years.

The Suns can take Ball or Fultz to go with Bledsoe.

That's horrendous,they need to throw in 3 unprotect pick for me to even consider that deal and i will probably say no

[Phantom255x]

I bet you, an hour before the draft, Woj will tweet out something like, "Celtics and (insert team here) are having 'serious' discussions on (insert star here)", and all of Celticsblog and the Celtics world goes beserk.

Same thing happened last year with Butler before they chose Jaylen 

Same thing happened [insert year] with [insert b-grade all star] before they chose [insert combo guard]

True 

[mef730]

I bet you, an hour before the draft, Woj will tweet out something like, "Celtics and (insert team here) are having 'serious' discussions on (insert star here)", and all of Celticsblog and the Celtics world goes beserk.

Same thing happened last year with Butler before they chose Jaylen 

Danny playing poker while the rest of the GMs playng Go Fish. Love it. All depends on what you can get them to give up. I also think Horford knows Danny will look after his best interest too.

Exactly. Everything that we hear in the media is there because that's exactly what DA wants us to hear.

Mike

[nickagneta]

Unless its a smokescreen (which could alienate the draft pick) ... Doesnt seem like Danny is very high on this draft (top 5 prospects)

two is we really need to know the value of the whole draft

How do you not know this by now?

If Durant was available in this draft... it would be a different story

Belive it or not, GMs and coaches have a wide range of duties including the draft. Most don't even start thinking about the draft until after their season of playing has finished.