Boston Celtics Worst Draft Picks

Top 15 worst draft mistakes of the boston celtics.
Boston celtics worst draft picks. The celtics managed to land a franchise cornerstone in dennis johnson for rick robey who played only three more seasons after the trade before retiring. Michael smith was a 6 10 forward from byu taken with the 13th pick of the 1989 draft. The boston celtics will be the proud new owners of the no. Let s take a look at this year s board from boston s perspective.
The usf product never played for the celtics cut before he even got to try his hand in live game action for the team despite being the eighth overall pick of the 1965 nba draft. 1 1950 nba draft the very first pick ever drafted in all nba drafts the baa predated the nba of which boston was a founding franchise share was a decent if unexciting player in the nba. The celtics at worst have a 97 6 percent chance of getting memphis draft pick this year. Smith appeared in 112 games over two seasons before being waived by the celtics.
14 pick of the 2020 nba draft later this afternoon or they will own whatever pick the memphis grizzlies earn with their record in the 2020 21 nba season which has some celtics fans a little confused. The nba draft process is arguably the most interesting in all of professional sports. The decision certainly makes sense on his end but makes the all ivy league center the second worst draft pick in celtics history. In all likelihood then boston will have three first round selections in the 2020 nba draft grizzlies pick top 6 protected celtics own pick milwaukee bucks pick top 7 protected.
To this day no one knows why. Johnson helped the c s to championships in 1984 and 1986. Boston sends rick robey and two second round draft picks for dennis johnson a first round draft pick and a third round draft pick. Ranking the 5 worst draft picks in boston celtics history 0 of 6 with the 2013 nba draft on june 27 quickly approaching the boston celtics desperately need to figure out the best possible.
Since 1984 the ping pong ball draft lottery determines the first 14 picks of the first round.