Draft

More on Royce White. Now hearing more definitely promise is from Celtics at 21. — Chad Ford (@chadfordinsider) June 22, 2012 Is the NBA draft picture coming into a bit of focus for the Boston Celtics? If you believe ESPN’s Chad Ford, the Celtics have a promise in place for Royce White, should he fall [...]

During an appearance yesterday on WEEI, Danny Ainge said he does not expect the Celtics to select a transcendent player: “[The draft is] not that deep, no,” Ainge said Wednesday afternoon. “It won’t have as many transcendent players as [the 2003] draft had. But I think when people say it’s deep, I think that you [...]

With the NBA draft fast approaching (and the Celtics offseason starting earlier than most of us had expected/hoped for) it is time to take a look ahead at the offseason. This offseason figures to be one of the more interesting in recent memory, given the plethora of options available to the Celtics; the biggest of [...]

Every year, the NBA gathers all of its prospects at the NBA draft combine and measures them all.   Here’s the complete list, courtesy of the NBA, of all of the measurements from the combine. At the end of the list, there’s a click-able PDF file that you can save if you’d like. Player Height [...]

The speculation is running rampant ahead the June 28 draft.  You know by now the Celtics hold picks 21 and 22, and we can add ESPN’s Andy Katz to the growing list of voices that don’t expect the Celtics to make those picks. I’ll be surprised if Boston keeps both 21 and 22, but the [...]

During an appearance last night on CSNNE, Bob Ryan stated the Celtics are high on North Carolina swingman Harrison Barnes. It’s going to take more than the Celtics 21st and 22nd picks to land Barnes. There’s a report that Charlotte is considering Barnes with the 2nd pick. Ryan had some scathing criticism for Brandon Bass: I’m [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Three big men stand out as players that could be available when the Celtics pick: Syracuse’s Fab Melo, Iowa State’s Royce White, and St. Bonaventure’s Andrew Nicholson. [...]

This is why the people who run basketball teams are infinitely smarter than idiot bloggers like me.  Because I would be going to to things like the NBA draft combine and focusing primarily on figuring out who the Celtics could draft at picks 21 and 22.  But the Celtics and the Spurs, two of the most [...]

Twitter / @WojYahooNBA: St. Bonaventure's Andrew N … via kwout I'm not going to pretend to know much about Andrew Nicholson, so let's turn to the scouting report from NBADraft.net A versatile power forward with a high basketball IQ … While he only has decent size for his position, his tremendous length allows him to [...]