Rozier over Portis, A Magnificent decision Lol.

[Ilikesports17]

One good game doesn't make a player. Portis has been pretty terrible.

 Correction. Rozier has been worse. 4.3 ppg and 2.5 RPG.

 7 ppg and 5 rpg is still better. And the fact that Rozier can't get minutes with us just further exemplifies the point.

eh.

Portis gets minutes for the 41 win Bulls with Mirotic and Lopez in front of him.

Rozier cant get minutes for a 53 win Celtics with Isaiah Thomas Avery Bradley and MArcus Smart in front of him.

Terry has a much more difficult path to minutes.

[action781]

Let's fire Danny and replace him with one of the GMs who have never made a bad draft pick.

[moiso]

The old Celticsblog wait for guy X to do well then bash Ainge for taking X in front of him like you and everyone else just knew all along.

I wish we could compile a list of all these comments and see how they end up saying they wanted to take like 5 different guys ahead of "Celtic X" depending on who did well that given week.

Keep flailing. That's the only amusement I find in being right about the vastly overrated general manager of the Boston Celtics.

Again.

This one is s a venal sin, however, given Ainge's long mediocre draft history.

The real sin is the steaming dump he took on this team by not acquiring a rebounder at the deadline.

I bet you are really Tree Rollins.

[mr. dee]

Let's fire Danny and replace him with one of the GMs who have never made a bad draft pick.

That's like expecting an elephant fly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v2exWrsGOc

[KG Living Legend]

One good game doesn't make a player. Portis has been pretty terrible.

ah, but let no opportunity for over reaction pass us by once the celtics have experienced a loss.

true, but Portis HAS been better than Rozier, addresses a need, and was the obvious choice at the time.

Its fair to criticize Ainge for this pick.

 TP Sports, that's exactly what I'm saying. It's not a heinsieght pick. The whole board was shocked we took 6'1" Rozier.

.I was surprised Portis lasted until the 22nd pick.

[KG Living Legend]

One good game doesn't make a player. Portis has been pretty terrible.

 Correction. Rozier has been worse. 4.3 ppg and 2.5 RPG.

 7 ppg and 5 rpg is still better. And the fact that Rozier can't get minutes with us just further exemplifies the point.

eh.

Portis gets minutes for the 41 win Bulls with Mirotic and Lopez in front of him.

Rozier cant get minutes for a 53 win Celtics with Isaiah Thomas Avery Bradley and MArcus Smart in front of him.

Terry has a much more difficult path to minutes.

 My point is how was Rozier ever supposed to get minutes without a trade. Now we might be drafting, Fultz, Ball, Smith JR, Fox,

. Headscratching pick.

[trickybilly]

One good game doesn't make a player. Portis has been pretty terrible.

ah, but let no opportunity for over reaction pass us by once the celtics have experienced a loss.

true, but Portis HAS been better than Rozier, addresses a need, and was the obvious choice at the time.

Its fair to criticize Ainge for this pick.

 TP Sports, that's exactly what I'm saying. It's not a heinsieght pick. The whole board was shocked we took 6'1" Rozier.

.I was surprised Portis lasted until the 22nd pick.

I don't want to wade in on this general discussion, but I love it how players' height depends a little bit on the context of a poster's argument. I think Isaiah has been listed at both 5"7.5 and 5"10.5 in various posts.

[SparzWizard]

How about Smart over Randle...was that a good decision or a trash decision?

C's could've definitely grew on their rebounding if Randle was selected over Smart in that draft that year.

[Androslav]

Starting this thread is a trash decision.
"Die easy" fan mindset.
Tommy said it best, he won't be a factor the rest of the series.
Celtics in 6.

[mr. dee]

How about Smart over Randle...was that a good decision or a trash decision?

C's could've definitely grew on their rebounding if Randle was selected over Smart in that draft that year.

Good. He's more one-dimensional than Smart. He have no outside shot and much worse defender than Sully.

[Celtics4ever]

. He have no outside shot and much worse defender than Sully.

I simply do not think the worse defender thing is true.  Sully had one good year on D, the rest he was utter trash.  Don't confuse being pushed around because Sully was fat with good defense.

Drafting is a GM 's job so criticism is fair game.   I think Ainge is a top exec in the NBA but even I do think all his draft picks have been solid.   I am concerned about his ability to draft bigs, too and please don't present Yabu and Zizic as evidence until they have played an NBA season.  But he is top not on trades and see values were others do not often.

Portis was hot.   He won't be the whole series.

[Csfan1984]

Portis was the better choice at the time and still is right now. Bad move by DA.

[Darío SpanishFan]

I knew it. I knew such threads were coming after watching the game.

[spikelovetheCelts]

We had Sullinger when we drifted Rozier too. We also had doubts about Smart. Rozier could have hit 3 3's last night if he would have played. Rozier should'have been traded at the deadline for a big that is why you tale the BPA in a draft.  Portis may have a better career but not by much. KO over the Greek freak is the mistake.

[greece66]

ehm I dont think revisiting the 2015 draft is the right thing to do after a loss in the 2017 playoffs

these are two unconnected events