Revisiting the trade: C's trade Deyonte Davis for a future 1st from Memphis

[CelticsElite]

Grizzlies acquired the draft rights to Michigan State forward Deyonta Davis (Dee-on-TAY Davis) and Mega Leks (Serbia) forward Rade Zagorac (RAH-day ZAH-go-rahtz) from the Boston Celtics in exchange for a future first round draft pick originally acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers on Feb. 19, 2016.

Davis played ended up signing the richest 2nd round contract ever (3 yr 4 mill)

Played in 36 games (Average  6.6.minutes per)
1.6 pts
1.7 rb
0.1 assist


Zagorac averaged 5 pt and 4 rb in Summer with poor efficiency


Celtics received:
The Clippers pick is lottery protected in 2019 and 2020, and the Celtics will receive a 2022 second round pick if the Clippers fail to make the playoffs both seasons.

[IDreamCeltics]

It was a bad trade at the time but looks worse now.

Davis' Per 36 numbers last year

8.8 pts, 9.1 Rebs, 2.6 Blks

The Celtics could SORELY use a young, athletic rebounder/shotblocker in many of their lineups. 
 

[Csfan1984]

I too am in the camp that says it was a bad trade. There were two centers with 1st round grades available. They could have used either one. Considering how long it takes to develop them and getting them cheap  would have been best imo. Instead they kept drafting guards.

[saltlover]

It was a bad trade at the time but looks worse now.

Davis' Per 36 numbers last year

8.8 pts, 9.1 Rebs, 2.6 Blks

The Celtics could SORELY use a young, athletic rebounder/shotblocker in many of their lineups. 
 

Aside from the blocks, those arent very impressive Per-36 numbers.  Jordan Mickey put up 10.7, 8.5, 3.1 for his career in a similar amount of minutes.  And again, judging players based on garbage time is generally not the best method.

I was yelling at the television for Davis to be picked 16th, so after the trade I'd been tracking him a bit too.  He's not a player I'm going to go "if only" about, and I look forward to an additional 1st in 2019.

[saltlover]

I too am in the camp that says it was a bad trade. There were two centers with 1st round grades available. They could have used either one. Considering how long it takes to develop them and getting them cheap  would have been best imo. Instead they kept drafting guards.

You know they'd just selected two bigs in the first round, right?

[CelticsElite]

I too am in the camp that says it was a bad trade. There were two centers with 1st round grades available. They could have used either one. Considering how long it takes to develop them and getting them cheap  would have been best imo. Instead they kept drafting guards.

You know they'd just selected two bigs in the first round, right?

lol

[trickybilly]

I too am in the camp that says it was a bad trade. There were two centers with 1st round grades available. They could have used either one. Considering how long it takes to develop them and getting them cheap  would have been best imo. Instead they kept drafting guards.

You know they'd just selected two bigs in the first round, right?

I actually wanted Davis at 16!!

[celticsclay]

It was a bad trade at the time but looks worse now.

Davis' Per 36 numbers last year

8.8 pts, 9.1 Rebs, 2.6 Blks

The Celtics could SORELY use a young, athletic rebounder/shotblocker in many of their lineups. 
 

I am not sure if this is serious or a joke to be honest. KO averaged 16 points and 8.5 rebounds per 36 and nobody really shed a tear when he left. Brandon Bass averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per 36 last year and can't even get a min contract offer yet. 9 points and 9 rebounds is not good per 36....

[Csfan1984]

I too am in the camp that says it was a bad trade. There were two centers with 1st round grades available. They could have used either one. Considering how long it takes to develop them and getting them cheap  would have been best imo. Instead they kept drafting guards.

You know they'd just selected two bigs in the first round, right?

I know they selected two stash players and one was a tweener. Davis and Zubac were arguably better Center prospects but were determined to not be stashed. The Celtics screwed themselves when having picks they couldn't properly flip.

[celticsclay]

I too am in the camp that says it was a bad trade. There were two centers with 1st round grades available. They could have used either one. Considering how long it takes to develop them and getting them cheap  would have been best imo. Instead they kept drafting guards.

You know they'd just selected two bigs in the first round, right?

I know they selected two stash players and one was a tweener. Davis and Zubac were arguably better Center prospects but were determined to not be stashed. The Celtics screwed themselves when having picks they couldn't properly flip.

l see

[Granath]

The Celtics could SORELY use a young, athletic rebounder/shotblocker in many of their lineups. 

They could. But that's not Davis so it's good we're not putting him in that position.

And thanks for the most idiotic projection of PER 36 so far this year.  And it would be hard to average 9/9 per 36 (giggle!) if he fouled out every single game (6.1 PF per 36). 

[Future Celtics Owner]

Skal was only taken 3 spots ahead of him. I thought DA did a pretty horrible job selecting Yabu at #16 and adding that to the trade was really bad. The only thing he did well was draft Jaylen, but he could have tried to trade down or something for the teams that were trying to get Dunn.

[More Banners]

DA taking the buckshot approach to the draft: take enough shots and you're bound to hit something.

Still sitting on plenty of ammo.

[PAOBoston]

They had a roster crunch and needed to make a move. Davis is a nothing player and the probability he amounts to anything is pretty low.

Cs also drafted 2 bigs earlier in the draft.

Ultimately,  time will tell how that trade will look. If they get a pick in the late teens from the clippers it's a good move.

[Moranis]

Brogdon went 36 but either way Boston had Jackson, Bentil, and Nader later in that draft so easily could have kept that player on the roster.