RE: Could It Be An All High School First Round For The Celtics?

["John Lyell" <jlyell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The high rankings of all these Euros averaging about 5-8 points agame in
leagues with talent nowhere near the NBA kind of scare me.


John

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Could It Be An All High School First Round For The Celtics?

Would Dynamic Dan do such a thing?

Perhaps, though a trade up for someone like a Devin Harris remains a strong
possibility.

Ainge's goal is to draft players who can have an impact in time,
regardless of position, and taking high-schoolers and Europeans best assures
that condition is met.

With the 15th or 16th Pick, the Celtics could  select Ivan Chiriaev, the 7-1
St.
Petersburg native with phenomenal passing skills currently toiling
for St. Thomas Aquinas of Oakville, Ontario. Ainge wants a
passing/ball-handling
Big Man in the Kukoc/Divac mode and Chiriaev satisfies that need,
though he's somewhere near Tskitishvilli in terms of NBA readiness,
but so what, as Ainge is on a five-year plan

With their next pick, the Celtics could take Kent (CT) Prep's Dorell Wright,
one of the eleven - fourteen  high school players likely to be in the draft.
Wright
compared to Tracey McGrady by some is obviously three to four years
away in terms of making an impact, but that's the Ainge plan.

And with their last choice,  Ainge could grab 7-0 Randolph Morris,
a personal favorite, though he's not as advanced as the high school
prospects.
Think possible Kevin Willis like player.

Or if Chiriaev should slide in the draft, Marvin Williams at 15, Ivan
Chiraev
at 23 and Dorell Wright at 24.

Another HS draft scenario for Ainge is the Bosh like LaMarcus Aldridge with
the 15th pick, HS Center Robert Swift and Dorell Wright with the other
choices.
You can never have enough young big men.  They are eminently tradeble.

Ray

Ray