Danny holding onto the picks

[celticpride1]

Danny is the mastermind at all this. Thank god he didn’t trade  Leonard for a year rental.He is going to wait on those to see if Davis becomes available if he does great if not than he moves on. I think Danny has a good idea if Kyrie will stay or not. If he thinks he will bolt we all know he is willing to trade anybody. This season will be a very very interesting one as we are in a wait see situation oh and have the best team in the east. So let’s all sit back enjoy the rest of summer.

[ETNCeltics]

One thing we can make bank on, we're going to see a big trade some time in the next year or two. We have too many high paid players and potential high picks.

We could end up with 4 1st rounders next year, and we all know he isn't making those picks.

[JHTruth]

One thing we can make bank on, we're going to see a big trade some time in the next year or two. We have too many high paid players and potential high picks.

We could end up with 4 1st rounders next year, and we all know he isn't making those picks.

Or a series of smaller trades. Danny's blockbuster trade possibilities are drying up. AD dream fading. Best thing to do is make the Sac pick and trade the rest for solid rotation players

[ederson]

Or a series of smaller trades. Danny's blockbuster trade possibilities are drying up. AD dream fading. Best thing to do is make the Sac pick and trade the rest for solid rotation players

The obvious possibilities are drying up.

Things change very fast (did you expect the Leonard drama last July?) and possibilities appear out of nowhere (Kyrie)

[GreenEnvy]

I may be in the minority but I don’t see our draft pick situation nearly as impressive as the Nets situation.

I do believe the Kings pick will be a good one. I can’t expect them to win the lottery, but I don’t think they will be good enough to stay out of the too 7 or so.

The Clippers pick? That’s not conveying as a first, they are missing the playoffs.

The Grizzlies pick? Meh. I think their is a good chance they will either hold onto it or it will become the 12-14 pick, which is hardly anything to write home about. Hopefully they blow it up and keep trading off their guys and it keeps rolling, but doubt it.

Our own picks project 25+ for awhile, which are arguably worse than an early second, all things considered.


I wouldn’t mind sending off any or all of those picks. They have to potential to hit (Kings @ 2, Grizz @ 9, Clippers @ 15)... or we could miss on them.

I wouldn’t just give them away. But I wouldn’t be opposed to moving them.

[mctyson]

One thing we can make bank on, we're going to see a big trade some time in the next year or two. We have too many high paid players and potential high picks.

We could end up with 4 1st rounders next year, and we all know he isn't making those picks.

He has made 4 picks in the draft before.

[ETNCeltics]

I may be in the minority but I don’t see our draft pick situation nearly as impressive as the Nets situation.

I do believe the Kings pick will be a good one. I can’t expect them to win the lottery, but I don’t think they will be good enough to stay out of the too 7 or so.

The Clippers pick? That’s not conveying as a first, they are missing the playoffs.

The Grizzlies pick? Meh. I think their is a good chance they will either hold onto it or it will become the 12-14 pick, which is hardly anything to write home about. Hopefully they blow it up and keep trading off their guys and it keeps rolling, but doubt it.

Our own picks project 25+ for awhile, which are arguably worse than an early second, all things considered.


I wouldn’t mind sending off any or all of those picks. They have to potential to hit (Kings @ 2, Grizz @ 9, Clippers @ 15)... or we could miss on them.

I wouldn’t just give them away. But I wouldn’t be opposed to moving them.

Having, say the 4th and 12th picks is a stout situation to be in. Good ammo in case someone above you wants to do a Doncic/Young style deal, or trading for a future #1 like Philly did for the Miami pick.

[ETNCeltics]

One thing we can make bank on, we're going to see a big trade some time in the next year or two. We have too many high paid players and potential high picks.

We could end up with 4 1st rounders next year, and we all know he isn't making those picks.

He has made 4 picks in the draft before.

Our roster wasn't nearly this deep, and when we had 3 2 years ago, he used 2 of them on draft and stash.

[Green-18]

I love the fact that Danny has been able to retain so many picks while assembling a legitimate contender.  It gives him excellent flexibility to improve the roster or deal with a loss (Irving or Rozier).  Diversification is key!

[droopdog7]

I may be in the minority but I don’t see our draft pick situation nearly as impressive as the Nets situation.

I do believe the Kings pick will be a good one. I can’t expect them to win the lottery, but I don’t think they will be good enough to stay out of the too 7 or so.

The Clippers pick? That’s not conveying as a first, they are missing the playoffs.

The Grizzlies pick? Meh. I think their is a good chance they will either hold onto it or it will become the 12-14 pick, which is hardly anything to write home about. Hopefully they blow it up and keep trading off their guys and it keeps rolling, but doubt it.

Our own picks project 25+ for awhile, which are arguably worse than an early second, all things considered.


I wouldn’t mind sending off any or all of those picks. They have to potential to hit (Kings @ 2, Grizz @ 9, Clippers @ 15)... or we could miss on them.

I wouldn’t just give them away. But I wouldn’t be opposed to moving them.

Yeah, I don’t think you’re in the minority.  I think most understand that most of those picks are not great assets in and if themselves.  These question is, what does Danny do if they all convey?  I mean, he just may have to given some of them away.

[Evantime34]

I may be in the minority but I don’t see our draft pick situation nearly as impressive as the Nets situation.

I do believe the Kings pick will be a good one. I can’t expect them to win the lottery, but I don’t think they will be good enough to stay out of the too 7 or so.

The Clippers pick? That’s not conveying as a first, they are missing the playoffs.

The Grizzlies pick? Meh. I think their is a good chance they will either hold onto it or it will become the 12-14 pick, which is hardly anything to write home about. Hopefully they blow it up and keep trading off their guys and it keeps rolling, but doubt it.

Our own picks project 25+ for awhile, which are arguably worse than an early second, all things considered.


I wouldn’t mind sending off any or all of those picks. They have to potential to hit (Kings @ 2, Grizz @ 9, Clippers @ 15)... or we could miss on them.

I wouldn’t just give them away. But I wouldn’t be opposed to moving them.

Yeah, I don’t think you’re in the minority.  I think most understand that most of those picks are not great assets in and if themselves.  These question is, what does Danny do if they all convey?  I mean, he just may have to given some of them away.

If they all convey I assume Danny's preference would be to trade at least one of them for a future pick, but since this draft is supposedly weak I'm not sure he can get that done. If they can't get value for any of the four I assume they would select at least one draft and stash. Although the C's are going to have a lot of free agents next year so they could conceivably just bring in four rookies.

[JHTruth]

I may be in the minority but I don’t see our draft pick situation nearly as impressive as the Nets situation.

I do believe the Kings pick will be a good one. I can’t expect them to win the lottery, but I don’t think they will be good enough to stay out of the too 7 or so.

The Clippers pick? That’s not conveying as a first, they are missing the playoffs.

The Grizzlies pick? Meh. I think their is a good chance they will either hold onto it or it will become the 12-14 pick, which is hardly anything to write home about. Hopefully they blow it up and keep trading off their guys and it keeps rolling, but doubt it.

Our own picks project 25+ for awhile, which are arguably worse than an early second, all things considered.


I wouldn’t mind sending off any or all of those picks. They have to potential to hit (Kings @ 2, Grizz @ 9, Clippers @ 15)... or we could miss on them.

I wouldn’t just give them away. But I wouldn’t be opposed to moving them.

Yeah, I don’t think you’re in the minority.  I think most understand that most of those picks are not great assets in and if themselves.  These question is, what does Danny do if they all convey?  I mean, he just may have to given some of them away.

If they all convey I assume Danny's preference would be to trade at least one of them for a future pick, but since this draft is supposedly weak I'm not sure he can get that done. If they can't get value for any of the four I assume they would select at least one draft and stash. Although the C's are going to have a lot of free agents next year so they could conceivably just bring in four rookies.

This draft is not "weak". Its just as strong as 2018. It's just a wing draft, not  big or PG draft

[Birdman]

Yeah i wish he traded one of those picks last year for Tyreke Evans or another veteran to help with hayward,theiss and irving out

[smokeablount]

I may be in the minority but I don’t see our draft pick situation nearly as impressive as the Nets situation.

I do believe the Kings pick will be a good one. I can’t expect them to win the lottery, but I don’t think they will be good enough to stay out of the too 7 or so.

The Clippers pick? That’s not conveying as a first, they are missing the playoffs.

The Grizzlies pick? Meh. I think their is a good chance they will either hold onto it or it will become the 12-14 pick, which is hardly anything to write home about. Hopefully they blow it up and keep trading off their guys and it keeps rolling, but doubt it.

Our own picks project 25+ for awhile, which are arguably worse than an early second, all things considered.


I wouldn’t mind sending off any or all of those picks. They have to potential to hit (Kings @ 2, Grizz @ 9, Clippers @ 15)... or we could miss on them.

I wouldn’t just give them away. But I wouldn’t be opposed to moving them.

Yeah, I don’t think you’re in the minority.  I think most understand that most of those picks are not great assets in and if themselves.  These question is, what does Danny do if they all convey?  I mean, he just may have to given some of them away.

If they all convey I assume Danny's preference would be to trade at least one of them for a future pick, but since this draft is supposedly weak I'm not sure he can get that done. If they can't get value for any of the four I assume they would select at least one draft and stash. Although the C's are going to have a lot of free agents next year so they could conceivably just bring in four rookies.

This draft is not "weak". Its just as strong as 2018. It's just a wing draft, not  big or PG draft

I mean, the consensus right now is that it's weaker than the past 2 drafts.  Given the media's propensity to hype up every draft as 'the best/deepest in awhile' it stands out to me that this one is getting underhyped.  But that doesn't mean the 'experts' are right.  Many are idiots.

[saltlover]

I may be in the minority but I don’t see our draft pick situation nearly as impressive as the Nets situation.

I do believe the Kings pick will be a good one. I can’t expect them to win the lottery, but I don’t think they will be good enough to stay out of the too 7 or so.

The Clippers pick? That’s not conveying as a first, they are missing the playoffs.

The Grizzlies pick? Meh. I think their is a good chance they will either hold onto it or it will become the 12-14 pick, which is hardly anything to write home about. Hopefully they blow it up and keep trading off their guys and it keeps rolling, but doubt it.

Our own picks project 25+ for awhile, which are arguably worse than an early second, all things considered.


I wouldn’t mind sending off any or all of those picks. They have to potential to hit (Kings @ 2, Grizz @ 9, Clippers @ 15)... or we could miss on them.

I wouldn’t just give them away. But I wouldn’t be opposed to moving them.

Yeah, I don’t think you’re in the minority.  I think most understand that most of those picks are not great assets in and if themselves.  These question is, what does Danny do if they all convey?  I mean, he just may have to given some of them away.

If they all convey I assume Danny's preference would be to trade at least one of them for a future pick, but since this draft is supposedly weak I'm not sure he can get that done. If they can't get value for any of the four I assume they would select at least one draft and stash. Although the C's are going to have a lot of free agents next year so they could conceivably just bring in four rookies.

This draft is not "weak". Its just as strong as 2018. It's just a wing draft, not  big or PG draft

This is not the prevailing notion I’ve heard.

From Sporting News:

As of now, the 2019 class looks a bit disappointing with most of the top prospects facing some combination of concerns about their long-term upside, approach to the game or actual skill set

From Sports Illustrated:

there’s a lack of surefire star talent at this stage.

From SB Nation:

A lot of analysts aren’t high on this class of incoming college freshmen

Now the draft is, as you point out, a wing draft, which means that in a league which is trending towards 3-4 winglike players in most lineups, there will probably be some useful talent available, and may make picks tradable.  And with the Celtics having just drafted a big and likely having their top two PG spots locked up for years beginning next season, the Celtics can pick wings and not worry about it too much.  But based on early reports, it seems pretty weak, and I would worry of a repeat of the 2014 and 2015 drafts.