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Who should be more embarassed regarding the James Young draft pick, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?

Danny... He drafted James Young.
21 (42.9%)
Bill Simmons - He nearly lost his job on TV fist-pumping this smoking turd of a pick..
15 (30.6%)
Both are still right, James Young is a future league MVP.
7 (14.3%)
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6 (12.2%)

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Offline IDreamCeltics

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My vote goes to Bill Simmons.

Offline hpantazo

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Neither. Show me a GM or fan who has never been wrong about a draft pick.

Also, James Young is still young, and he looked much better at least shooting wise in summer league. There is still hope for him.

Offline hodgy03038

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Neither. Show me a GM or fan who has never been wrong about a draft pick.

Also, James Young is still young, and he looked much better at least shooting wise in summer league. There is still hope for him.

That is kind of funny that he still has his supporters. He looked better than what? And the "he's still young" thing is really getting "old". He's a bust. Time to move on.

Offline tarheelsxxiii

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If anyone should be embarrassed it's obviously Ainge, since this is his area of "expertise."

Not sure it matters much, though. Missing on Hood sucks, but such is life.  If Rozier and one of Yabu (esp) or Zizic don't pan out, though, some blame is to be had.
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Offline hpantazo

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The poll should also be re-worded. Option 3 is highly biased. Nobody ever said he was a future league MVP. Why not just say he is still a future starter, which is about what anyone hopes for from a pick in that range?

Offline hpantazo

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Neither. Show me a GM or fan who has never been wrong about a draft pick.

Also, James Young is still young, and he looked much better at least shooting wise in summer league. There is still hope for him.

That is kind of funny that he still has his supporters. He looked better than what? And the "he's still young" thing is really getting "old". He's a bust. Time to move on.

I take it you didn't follow the summer league. He was a much, much better shooter this summer than he has shown in the past.

Offline NHHillbilly

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Yes, biased poll, but Simmons fist pump did say Young would be better than a good 16 pick.  Simmons should know better:  everyone says Celtics don't pick athletic and Simmons saw Young was athletic and fist pumped.  He fell because of lack of skill.  Gerald Green looked better than Young and he couldn't really stick.  Green still always looked like a better pure shooter than Young to me, so Simmons should be embarrassed.  We have seen this story before with the Celtics trying to get more athletic.

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It's not even a close call if you had added the word "pole" immediately before smoking using such as an adjective to the choice pertaining to Simmons.   Simmons has been and always be an idiot.

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Neither. Show me a GM or fan who has never been wrong about a draft pick.

Also, James Young is still young, and he looked much better at least shooting wise in summer league. There is still hope for him.

Amen! Even if he is a bust, he isn't the first or the last. People act like a person has to be right on every pick.

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Offline Rosco917

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Neither...attempting to evaluate the work ethic, and future of a 19 year old basketball player is like putting a puzzle together without the picture.

All GM's have wins and losses when drafting from the college ranks.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2016, 10:14:02 PM »

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Nobody should be embarrassed.  He was an upside pick who, it appears, will not pan out.

It happens.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2016, 10:18:53 PM »

Offline Greyman

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Maybe James Young, he is collecting healthy pay checks and producing very little.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2016, 10:38:11 PM »

Offline Smartacus

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It's possible that Young is a bust and was still the right pick. His skill set and measurements typically translate well and he mostly performed well on one of the highest profile team's in the league.

Passing on Hood was unfortunate but he was vomitting at several of his workouts and had issues holding his lunch at Duke too, What GM wants to pick the guy that could end up as one of the most viral clips of all time if he threw up on the court in the middle of an important game? The healindes alone would be murder. "Hood doesn't have the stomach for the big moment"

I choose option 4. The only one who should be embarrassed is the agenda pusher who wrote this biased poll.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2016, 10:43:49 PM »

Offline footey

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Simmons like a lot of fans, me included, were intrigued by Young's potential.


Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2016, 11:51:45 PM »

Offline alldaboston

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Yeah. The "neither" option is the best answer. It was an upside pick. It didn't work. Oh well. Happens all the time, other teams do it too. It's not just Danny. Bill Simmons was hyped. Many of us were hyped. The media said it was a solid pick. It just didn't work. If anything, I'd say James Young himself has to be embarrassed at the lack of progress he's made in his game.
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