The celtics have one big gapping hole in their lineup,that can only be filled by a defensive center.
I hear people say they want karl towns because he has great potential in the nba. However there is a
defensive center having great success already in the nba that the celtics can get. His name is Gorgui deing. he is 24 years old and costs less then 2 million dollars.When he starts he averages 12 points,12 rebounds and 2 blocks a game. He is the 4th rookie in the past 20 years to have a 20/20 double double. Don't believe me here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbot-rwWnRcfrom espn
http://www.espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2534781/gorgui-diengScouting report
+ Athletic, active 7-footer who excelled on the glass as a rookie
+ Looked overwhelmed by speed of the game early on before thriving as starter late in season
+ Skilled for a big man. Operates well from the high post
Analysis
It's hard to believe the Gorgui Dieng who stumbled through the early season and the one who dominated as a starter in April were the same player. Such is the learning curve for Dieng, who took up the game late in his native Senegal. Timberwolves fans were furious former coach Rick Adelman waited so long to give Dieng regular playing time, but when he did get opportunities in November and December, Dieng looked out of place.
It's unclear whether force-feeding those minutes might have helped Dieng develop more quickly. Either way, Dieng's late-season play was encouraging. He averaged 12.2 points and 12.0 rebounds as a starter, including a 22-point, 21-rebound effort against the Houston Rockets that made him one of 15 players to record a 20-20 game last season. Now the trick is finding enough minutes for him with Pekovic back in the lineup. It's possible that Dieng and Pekovic could play together at times; Dieng is athletic for a 7-footer, and he's effective in the high post because he has good court vision for a center and is a decent midrange shooter (38.1 percent last season from beyond 16 feet, per Basketball-Reference.com). Dieng also flashed some low-post moves late in the season, but is not efficient enough for that to be a regular part of the offense.
Dieng's greater value is at the defensive end. He can step out to defend the pick-and-roll as well as locking down the paint. Dieng's block rate was solid last season, and he really excelled on the glass. His 20.1 percent rebound rate ranked seventh among players with at least 500 minutes of action. Though fouls were a bit of an issue early, Dieng cut his rate from 7.0 per 36 minutes as a reserve to just 3.2 as a starter.
I think we can give up olynyk and a Cleveland 1st round pick for him. We have our future pf in sully, who is quietly having a great year. deing is young and clearly going to have a great career. we still would probably finish with a lottery pick and could draft our future sf and then from there be great.
highlights of rookie season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCo-fg2WLog