Celtics may or may not have given promise to Royce White
Royce White canceled the remainder of his workouts, teams believed he received an NBA Draft promise, reporters investigated which team did that, Chad Ford found a source who claimed it was the Boston Celtics, Sam Amick found a source who denied it was the Boston Celtics, and Dan Duggan quoted a source saying the Celtics as a rule don’t give promises.
Where that leaves us, I’m not entirely sure. But I find it difficult to believe Danny Ainge would make a promise with the 21st pick when he loves to leave room for creativity, when he’s considering whether to move up, or stay put, and so much around these Boston Celtics remains uncertain. Making a promise with the 21st pick doesn’t make much sense when a team never knows which player might drop, which lottery-bound talent might take an unforeseen tumble into the early 20s, or what a team might offer in exchange for the 21st and 22nd picks. And Ainge, well, we know he’s about as predictable as a Tony Allen drive to the hoop. Ainge giving a promise at No. 21 just doesn’t seem to fit.
But stranger things have happened.
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Celtics Blog | Jay King | June 22, 2012
I don’t care about draft picks. Doc isn’t gonna play them anyway. We need to focus on free agent signings. We need to sign a guy like Spencer Hawes or Marcus Camby (is he available?) and the only thing that’s gonna keep me from campaigning for Josh Smith to be here is if JuJuan Johnson makes an Avery Bradley-esque leap. If he does that then he’d basically be a younger Josh Smith. He can shoot, he’s explosive, he can get to the basket and can use his lengthy arms to clog the paint. I really really am excited to see his maturity after bein unde KG for a year. Resign Wilcox and Green and Pietrus. Cut Hollins, Pav, and Dooling. Sound more sensible James??
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Sounds good, but you should be excited about our draft picks too because they’ll likely be packaged and we’ll move up in what’s been called a very deep draft (despite DA’s counter comment). And Doc’s going to change because he has to.
Here are the free agents for 2012…
http://www.hoopsworld.com/2012-nba-free-agents
I don’t see how any team can make such a promise when there are 20 picks ahead of their own. Yes, this kid looks like a good player and maybe we get him, but I want to see DA package our picks, get creative, and maybe even get a skilled player already in the NBA that can come in and help us by giving up the picks if necessary. Excited to find out next Thursday. Go Cs…
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I counter 4 times in that video where his head was directly in line with the rim.
I’m excited about this pick if it happens, if he can get his head issues straight, this could be an absolute steal at 21. Dude has got some serious talent.
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