Boston Celtics’ Draft Leaves More Questions Than Answers Entering Free Agency

June 30th, 2015 by Matthew Schmidt Leave a reply »

The Boston Celtics are known for generally being a clever front office. They trade well, they draft well, and they have expedited their rebuilding process.

It's that reputation that leaves many puzzled with their decisions during the 2015 NBA draft.

The Celtics entered the draft with four selections. They used all four of them, taking Terry Rozier at No. 16, R.J. Hunter at No. 28, Jordan Mickey at No. 33 and Marcus Thornton (no, not that Marcus Thornton) at No. 45.

The chatter right now, however, concerns the selection of Rozier.

According to ESPN's Chris Forsberg, Boston intended to move up heading into draft night, and while general manager Danny Ainge did attempt to do so, he failed.

It absolutely wasn't for lack of trying, though. According to Forsberg, the Celtics offered six picks to the Charlotte Hornets to try to move up to No. 9. Forsberg broke it down:

The Boston Celtics made a strong final push to trade up into the top 10 in the draft, culminating in an offer to the Charlotte Hornets that included as many as six draft picks, including four potential first- ...

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