This will go down as the pivotal moment in Ainges career. The day he passed on a top-five player in the NBA and a player who could end up being the best player in the NBA in three years. The Greek Freak.
This is why you draft boom or bust every pick you get, until your team is almost complete. Then you can draft role players like Olynyk.
Even though you know Kelly will be a rotation player guaranteed, you still take the guy with a 50% bust chance, and a small chance that the guy becomes all world like Gianni's has.
Way back then in 2012 people were calling him a Scottie pippen type. Brady went pick #199 in the NFL draft.
Going fifteenth in the NBA draft and if he becomes the best player in the NBA that's a similar type steal in NBA terms.
The kid is everything the Celtics need right now.
Top NBA forwards younger than 28 years are:
Kawhi Leonard - 15th pick
Giannis Antetokuonmpo - 15th pick
Jimmy Butler - 30th pick
Paul George - 10th pick
They were drafted at the average spot of 17,5 pick. All are studs, and you can make a case that the 17th non-lottery pick is fairly obtainable each year. That said, you can argument that all 30 GMs made at least 3 huge blunders within this decade, that they would happily correct.
Draft and talent evaluation is not an easy task.