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By: Greg Payne
I found this piece from yesterday's Herald interesting:
“We’re interviewing anywhere from 22 to 25 people,” said Ainge, who downplayed the Celtics trading up for a higher pick. “And because we only have a second round pick, we’re not exactly going to be tops on anyone’s list. There’s 30 teams doing these interviews, so we all have to wait our turn.”
There is also a good chance that the Celts don’t even use the pick.
“We might have to use that slot on a free agent this summer,” said Ainge.
The Celtics don’t need to get younger. With a number of intriguing players about to hit free agency, they need veteran help.
I know we've picked up some pretty solid second round picks these past few years (Ryan Gomes, Leon Powe, Glen Davis), but Mark Murphy's right. As we're still in this window, it is extremely unlikely that someone we draft with the 58th pick this summer will miraculously turn into a legitimate option off the bench for Doc Rivers next season.
It does make more sense for the Celtics to try and shop the pick (possibly including it in a trade with someone like Tony Allen, Gabe Pruitt or Brian Scalabrine), for the simple sake of clearing the roster spot. The future isn't now. Let's make that clear. Right not it's about winning. You win with proven veterans, plain and simple. If you want to be exciting, you go young. If you want to win, you go old.
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4 comments:
They're gettin old, dude! Ray Allen's 33, KG's 33, and Pierce is 31! They're not exactly as fast as they used to be. The NBA is a young guys league.
Yeah, but when's the last time a legitimately young team won the title?
I think you misread what Danny was saying. He wasn't saying he was going to try to dump the draft pick--only that there was probably more value in picking someone and stashing them overseas for a year since we'll need to use up roster spots this year for as many contributing-type players as possible. We don't have room for the 58th pick in this year's draft on our roster.
Well I was just saying I wouldn't be shocked to see the pick included in a deal if it came to that. Like if we were to trade Tony Allen, Gabe Pruitt, Scal, or whoever and the team we were trading to said, "We want that 58th pick or this trade isn't happening", I think we could kiss that draft pick goodbye.
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