Ford's Workout Confidential 2.0

[jay]

I would be very happy with Jones at 16 and Yabusele at 23.  Need bigs with athleticism for sure.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

I'd love for Ainge to work some trades to have two top 10 picks and get Hield and Poeltl or Chriss. We have the assets to pull that off.

I really like the idea of getting a legit shooter and/or a legit 7-foot center.

[gift]

So Ford was allowed to watch all of these guys and had good things to write about all of them. Were there any guys that didn't impress him or is he just doing a favor to the agents?

There were a lot of players there. What I've gathered is that he only writes up on players that impress him. If he doesn't write about a player it's likely they were either what he expected or underwhelming.

Yeah, it just strikes me as weird that even the guys he mentions as being there in passing or in relation to the guy he is currently writing about ends up getting mentioned somewhere else in the article. It just feels strange that way.

[PickNRoll]

So Ford was allowed to watch all of these guys and had good things to write about all of them. Were there any guys that didn't impress him or is he just doing a favor to the agents?

There were a lot of players there. What I've gathered is that he only writes up on players that impress him. If he doesn't write about a player it's likely they were either what he expected or underwhelming.

Yeah, it just strikes me as weird that even the guys he mentions as being there in passing or in relation to the guy he is currently writing about ends up getting mentioned somewhere else in the article. It just feels strange that way.

Ford is a pawn.  He serves whoever he needs to to keep his "Insider" status.  He's a History/Law major who, based on his writing, has never picked up a basketball.  That, and he retroactively changed his historical draft rankings, as documented on the internet.

Not a fan, needless to say.  He does seem to be in Danny's pocket, fwiw.

[colincb]

So Ford was allowed to watch all of these guys and had good things to write about all of them. Were there any guys that didn't impress him or is he just doing a favor to the agents?

There were a lot of players there. What I've gathered is that he only writes up on players that impress him. If he doesn't write about a player it's likely they were either what he expected or underwhelming.

Yeah, it just strikes me as weird that even the guys he mentions as being there in passing or in relation to the guy he is currently writing about ends up getting mentioned somewhere else in the article. It just feels strange that way.

Ford is a pawn.  He serves whoever he needs to to keep his "Insider" status.  He's a History/Law major who, based on his writing, has never picked up a basketball.  That, and he retroactively changed his historical draft rankings, as documented on the internet.

Not a fan, needless to say.  He does seem to be in Danny's pocket, fwiw.

Steve Kyler says it was ESPN, not Ford who did the revisionism. Given how they handled some of the reporting about Deflategate, I can believe that they slant things to either make themselves look good or avoid looking bad. Any decent editor would have pulled some of the stories that they were fed by the NFL when it became apparent that they were clearly wrong.

Kyler also said Ford and Givony are hard working guys that always show up. I look more to Givony, but your read on Ford is too harsh. He was pretty much on target with Embiid and Zinger for instance.

[PickNRoll]

So Ford was allowed to watch all of these guys and had good things to write about all of them. Were there any guys that didn't impress him or is he just doing a favor to the agents?

There were a lot of players there. What I've gathered is that he only writes up on players that impress him. If he doesn't write about a player it's likely they were either what he expected or underwhelming.

Yeah, it just strikes me as weird that even the guys he mentions as being there in passing or in relation to the guy he is currently writing about ends up getting mentioned somewhere else in the article. It just feels strange that way.

Ford is a pawn.  He serves whoever he needs to to keep his "Insider" status.  He's a History/Law major who, based on his writing, has never picked up a basketball.  That, and he retroactively changed his historical draft rankings, as documented on the internet.

Not a fan, needless to say.  He does seem to be in Danny's pocket, fwiw.

Steve Kyler says it was ESPN, not Ford who did the revisionism. Given how they handled some of the reporting about Deflategate, I can believe that they slant things to either make themselves look good or avoid looking bad. Any decent editor would have pulled some of the stories that they were fed by the NFL when it became apparent that they were clearly wrong.

Kyler also said Ford and Givony are hard working guys that always show up. I look more to Givony, but your read on Ford is too harsh. He was pretty much on target with Embiid and Zinger for instance.

Not buying it.  There is nobody except Ford who is incentivised to alter the rankings.  Especially ESPN with so much at stake and literally nothing to gain by changing them.  The only longshot possibility I see is somebody doing it to sabotage Ford, but very unlikely.  Also, it should be very easy to get to the bottom of it with any CMS created in the last 20 years.  Occam's razor.  Ford did it.

[loco_91]

Ford isn't really renowned for his scouting + talent evaluation. He's more a guy who gets the consensus from a lot of different sources. I wouldn't place much value on these observations.

[csfansince60s]

Guerschon Yabusele, PF, France is a guy Celts should consider with 16 or 23 pick

Sullinger plus explosiveness sounds about right. But also is a better shooter

TP, triboy...clairvoyant.

[vjcsmoke]

Guerschon Yabusele, PF, France is a guy Celts should consider with 16 or 23 pick

Sullinger plus explosiveness sounds about right. But also is a better shooter

TP, triboy...clairvoyant.

He also predicted Sabonis as the #3 pick for the Celtics.  LOL
You put out enough predictions, and one of them is bound to come true. 

But yup, I didn't see Yabu coming.
I did see us getting Zizic and Bentil though.

[Sixth Man]

Guerschon Yabusele, PF, France is a guy Celts should consider with 16 or 23 pick

Sullinger plus explosiveness sounds about right. But also is a better shooter

TP, triboy...clairvoyant.

He also predicted Sabonis as the #3 pick for the Celtics.  LOL
You put out enough predictions, and one of them is bound to come true. 

But yup, I didn't see Yabu coming.
I did see us getting Zizic and Bentil though.

Still a feather for Triboy's cap. 

[RockinRyA]

Guerschon Yabusele, PF, France is a guy Celts should consider with 16 or 23 pick

Sullinger plus explosiveness sounds about right. But also is a better shooter

TP

Sometimes I dont agree with you but you nailed it this time

[colincb]

had Ford ‏@chadfordinsider 5h5 hours ago

The Celtics take French PF Guerschon Yabusle at No. 16.  I love this kid. He's a beast in the paint, can shoot... http://es.pn/28R77nv 

With the record number of international players in the first and with the run starting early. I'm now less surprised about the pick at 16. I thought internationals were going to go heavier than expected, but I was really surprised how heavy the trend was, Teams lock up rights without using cap. Preserve Cs' ability to do 2 max contracts according to cap expert Scal. Highly unlikely that you can sign Horford and KD, but at least you have the opportunity.