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    Ainge: Celtics' top pick Bradley needs ankle scope


    Posted Jun 25 2010 4:22PM

    BOSTON (AP) -- Celtics general manager Danny Ainge says top draft pick Avery Bradley will have a "scope" on his left ankle and be sidelined 6-to-8 weeks.

    Bradley was selected in the first round, 19th overall, in the NBA draft on Thursday night and was introduced by the Celtics on Friday, along with second-round pick Luke Harangody.

    The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Bradley entered the draft after his freshman year in Texas. He sprained his left ankle on June 13 during workouts.

    Ainge says Bradley will miss summer league play, but is expected to be ready in time for training camp in the fall.
    Source: nba.com

  • #2
    kicking off your nba career with an injury isn't the best situation.
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    • #3
      Even without the injury, Bradley was simply not the BPA, or rather, the BVA (best value available) with Ed Davis still on the board. Heck, if you ignore fit, Patrick Patterson may have been a better BVA than Bradley as well.

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      • #4
        We didn't need an undersize 2 guard anyways. And who cares if he can play defense, so can marcus banks. We might as well play him to get some of our moneys worth! Ed Davis is a Stud, who won a national championship, plays better defense than bosh and bargnani. Hopefully bosh stays and bargnani goes. Any GM that starts a franchise around bargnani deserves to be fired!

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        • #5
          Quixotic wrote: View Post
          Even without the injury, Bradley was simply not the BPA, or rather, the BVA (best value available) with Ed Davis still on the board. Heck, if you ignore fit, Patrick Patterson may have been a better BVA than Bradley as well.
          Raptors did not pass on Avery with the 13th but rather with a later 1st round pick. Ed David was the clear target at 13.

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          • #6
            Jive wrote: View Post
            Raptors did not pass on Avery with the 13th but rather with a later 1st round pick. Ed David was the clear target at 13.
            Then you're assuming we could have worked out a deal for a pick between 14 and 19.

            14 - Patrick Patterson was a great pickup by Houston; can't see them wanting to trade that pick.
            15 - Milwaukee was very high on Larry Sanders.
            16 - Yes, Minnesota got a pretty bad deal here. Trading this pick for Webster is fine, but they also gave away Gomes' attractive, not yet guaranteed contract. Could we have acquired this one? Maybe -- who knows when it comes to Kahn -- but I don't know what for. They obviously really wanted wings that day, and Webster > all our wings.
            17 - Chicago convinced Washington to pick up Hinrich's contract with this pick; it would be weird for them to then decide to sell it.
            18 - This pick was obviously for sale, but when offered a Clippers future first round pick, you absolutely do not pass on that (except maybe for a Minnesota first round pick, but going with the curse is safer).
            19 - Boston was really high on Bradley. They may have sold the pick had Bradley been off the board, but with Bradley available here, highly unlikely.

            Anything after 19 is moot, and all news leading up to the draft suggested we were going after another pick in the 20s, not in the mid-teens. I'm sure had Bradley fallen more, we may have picked him up regardless of the ankle injury, but he didn't.

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            • #7
              Quixotic wrote: View Post
              Then you're assuming we could have worked out a deal for a pick between 14 and 19.

              14 - Patrick Patterson was a great pickup by Houston; can't see them wanting to trade that pick.
              15 - Milwaukee was very high on Larry Sanders.
              16 - Yes, Minnesota got a pretty bad deal here. Trading this pick for Webster is fine, but they also gave away Gomes' attractive, not yet guaranteed contract. Could we have acquired this one? Maybe -- who knows when it comes to Kahn -- but I don't know what for. They obviously really wanted wings that day, and Webster > all our wings.
              17 - Chicago convinced Washington to pick up Hinrich's contract with this pick; it would be weird for them to then decide to sell it.
              18 - This pick was obviously for sale, but when offered a Clippers future first round pick, you absolutely do not pass on that (except maybe for a Minnesota first round pick, but going with the curse is safer).
              19 - Boston was really high on Bradley. They may have sold the pick had Bradley been off the board, but with Bradley available here, highly unlikely.

              Anything after 19 is moot, and all news leading up to the draft suggested we were going after another pick in the 20s, not in the mid-teens. I'm sure had Bradley fallen more, we may have picked him up regardless of the ankle injury, but he didn't.
              Yes

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              • #8
                We didn't pass on him. We took the BPA at the time, and it wasn't him. I'm sure if BC had another pick or two in that range he would've taken him regardless of the injury.

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                • #9
                  Take the BPA everytime. Ed Davis was that player.

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                  • #10
                    clearly we didnt pass on anything...... bradley was on our radar simply because he could play defence and has got some quicks.....that is a need on our team but not as crucial with jose and jj still on the team so acquiring a big with all the uncertainty surrounding free agency was always in my mind our first priority........great pick for the raps in my eyes

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                    • #11
                      Front office have made several dumb decisions over the years. Drafting Bargnani was simply put not a good choice. Since players like Brandon Roy, Rondo, Lamarcus Aldridge were still available. Thankfully it seems this organization is changing its ways by selecting BPA now.
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                      • #12
                        Ambidextrious wrote: View Post
                        Front office have made several dumb decisions over the years. Drafting Bargnani was simply put not a good choice. Since players like Brandon Roy, Rondo, Lamarcus Aldridge were still available. Thankfully it seems this organization is changing its ways by selecting BPA now.
                        Hindsight BPA drafting is definitely the best way to draft.

                        The scouting report on Roy back then, to put it simply: Good solid player, good at everything but not great at anything, probably the most NBA ready in the draft, not as much upside as the others. We would have drafted Tyrus Thomas before considering Roy.

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                        • #13
                          The drafting of Bargnani was simply a love fest Colangelo had for him. Too bad we didn't get the 6th pick in that draft but we had to win in one of the weakest drafts in recent memory without a consensus number 1 guy.

                          Also the age rule came into effect the same year we won thus Greg Oden and Kevin Durant (a Raptors fan!) would also been in the mix if the rule did not apply that year and with Durant and Bosh running the show we would have been a good team.

                          Damn you Stern screwed us again!

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                          • #14
                            If Bosh is gone. Wouldn't Davis be the greater necessity player and the BPA? Either way, you can't knock Colangelo's pick.

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                            • #15
                              quixotic wrote: View Post
                              then you're assuming we could have worked out a deal for a pick between 14 and 19.

                              14 - patrick patterson was a great pickup by houston; can't see them wanting to trade that pick.
                              15 - milwaukee was very high on larry sanders.
                              16 - yes, minnesota got a pretty bad deal here. Trading this pick for webster is fine, but they also gave away gomes' attractive, not yet guaranteed contract. Could we have acquired this one? Maybe -- who knows when it comes to kahn -- but i don't know what for. They obviously really wanted wings that day, and webster > all our wings.
                              17 - chicago convinced washington to pick up hinrich's contract with this pick; it would be weird for them to then decide to sell it.
                              18 - this pick was obviously for sale, but when offered a clippers future first round pick, you absolutely do not pass on that (except maybe for a minnesota first round pick, but going with the curse is safer).
                              19 - boston was really high on bradley. They may have sold the pick had bradley been off the board, but with bradley available here, highly unlikely.

                              Anything after 19 is moot, and all news leading up to the draft suggested we were going after another pick in the 20s, not in the mid-teens. I'm sure had bradley fallen more, we may have picked him up regardless of the ankle injury, but he didn't.
                              you're trying to trick us with facts and logic. Stop trying to make sense!
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