2006 Draft Report Card

[kwelch]

I was looking around to find 2008 Draft Report cards and stumbled across this.

   
Boston Celtics
Picks: Randy Foye (7), traded to the Blazers for Sebastian Telfair and Theo Ratliff; acquired Rajon Rondo (21), along with Brian Grant, from the Suns; also acquired Leon Powe (49) in a trade with the Nuggets. GM Danny Ainge parlayed his lone pick in this draft (along with the team's first-round pick in 2007) for three NBA players, though Rondo's inability to shoot could doom him to journeyman status. Ainge could have held on to the pick -- and nabbed Rudy Gay -- but it's hard to fault Boston for not wanting to get any younger. The Celtics paid a high price for Rondo, since it cost them their first-round pick and required them to take Grant (he will be waived). But the bottom line is they got rid of Raef LaFrentz's contract (in the Blazers deal), picked up two good PG prospects in Telfair and Rondo and gained some financial flexibility and assets for a possible future deal for Allen Iverson or Kevin Garnett.  A-

This guy had some pretty good foresight.  He even called the KG pick-up.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/marty_burns/06/29/draft.grades/index.html

[Redz]

I was looking around to find 2008 Draft Report cards and stumbled across this.

   
Boston Celtics
Picks: Randy Foye (7), traded to the Blazers for Sebastian Telfair and Theo Ratliff; acquired Rajon Rondo (21), along with Brian Grant, from the Suns; also acquired Leon Powe (49) in a trade with the Nuggets. GM Danny Ainge parlayed his lone pick in this draft (along with the team's first-round pick in 2007) for three NBA players, though Rondo's inability to shoot could doom him to journeyman status. Ainge could have held on to the pick -- and nabbed Rudy Gay -- but it's hard to fault Boston for not wanting to get any younger. The Celtics paid a high price for Rondo, since it cost them their first-round pick and required them to take Grant (he will be waived). But the bottom line is they got rid of Raef LaFrentz's contract (in the Blazers deal), picked up two good PG prospects in Telfair and Rondo and gained some financial flexibility and assets for a possible future deal for Allen Iverson or Kevin Garnett.  A-

This guy had some pretty good foresight.  He even called the KG pick-up.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/marty_burns/06/29/draft.grades/index.html

Yeh, that is some great foresight.  TP for  digging that up.

[Chris]

That's surprising to see, because most of these national media guys aren't able to think outside the box, and realize the actual reasons for a trade like that, where the talent of the players involved don't match up.  I'm impressed.