PLAYERS:
Royce White,
Ray Allen,
Draymond Green,
Brandon Bass,
Doc Rivers,
Jeff Green,
Meyers Leonard,
Perry Jones III
TEAMS: Boston Celtics, Iowa State Cyclones, Texas Longhorns, Michigan State Spartans, Illinois Fighting Illini, Baylor Bears
TEAMS: Boston Celtics, Iowa State Cyclones, Texas Longhorns, Michigan State Spartans, Illinois Fighting Illini, Baylor Bears
With the NBA draft fast approaching (and the Celtics offseason starting earlier than most of us had expected/hoped for) it is time to take a look ahead at the offseason. This offseason figures to be one of the more interesting in recent memory, given the plethora of options available to the Celtics; the biggest of which being the decision to rebuild or to make one more push with the current core. Many of us assume that the Celtics will look to make a youth movement and rebuild on the fly around a core of Rondo, Bradley, and the other young guns.
If that is indeed the approach, this years draft figures to be one of the most important for the Celtics. Holding the 21st and 22nd picks in the draft, the Celtics have plenty of options as to what they can do with those picks, so lets take a look at the options available to Boston and who we may see in green for 2012/13.
Keep the picks:
If the Celtics choose to keep both picks they have plenty of options at 21 and 22. This years draft is wi...
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