Sullinger & Melo to Celtics

[iDunk]

Celtics get bigger. I think Sullinger is a great piece for them & their future. Melo is exactly what they need in the middle as well.


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[Kevin_Gamble]

Celtics get bigger. I think Sullinger is a great piece for them & their future. Melo is exactly what they need in the middle as well.


Discuss

I thought you were talking about Carmelo for a sec.

[AlonzoGOAT]

Melo pick just ugh :facepalm

[CelticBaller]

fvck that

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2011/writers/luke_winn/02/08/trending.freshmen/perry-jones.jpg
go big or go home

[albatrosek]

:roll: can you realize melo in boston jersey?

and his def hahaha

he really doesnt deserve it...

[kurt_rambis]

sullinger is gonna be a huge steal. goddamn celtics. luckily melo will suck balls

[Wally450]

Bilas said Sullinger is gonna be better than Big Baby :eek:

[Kews1]

Happy with Sullinger, littile bit annoyed we have a guy called 'fab' on our team. :lol

[CelticBaller]

Bilas said Sullinger is gonna be better than Big Baby :eek:
better post scorer, younger. the only worry is his back

[Donnybrook]

I'm actually feeling well about both picks. Potentially good value for a #21 and #22 pick, respectively.

[Nash]

Really good by Boston. Sullinger could be a mega steal and Fab Melo is a serviceable center.

[LOGoods7]

Sullinger pick I like for Celtics, they will probably now let Brandon Bass walk. Although I don't watch college ball, would most people here say Sullinger can be better than Bass?

I thought they should've taken PJIII. Is Jeff Green a RFA or UFA? They should just let him walk regardless and I thought they should've taken PJIII. Resigning Bass + Green will probably cost at least 14 million per season, and instead they could've gotten 2 players with potential on rookie contracts and had cap space flexibility.

[JohnnySic]

Sullinger :D

Melo :facepalm

[kurt_rambis]

Bilas said Sullinger is gonna be better than Big Baby :eek:
he seriously has the best post game in the entire draft. he's already a way better athlete than big baby....get him some nba conditioning, some experience....barring injuries dude could be an all-star

[jalbert009]

I'm happy with our picks. Sullinger is Low Risk High reward. I can live with Fab Melo. There aren't many Centers available and you never know, he might turn into Deandre Jordan or something.

[Kews1]

quite a good draft for us all in all, Dannys going to get a steal for the 51st! i can feel it. :D

[AMISTILLILL]

Melo is a great defender/rebounder and the Celtics have been playing Ryan Hollins and a foul prone Stiemsma at the 5. Not sure why some Boston fans are irritated about the pick.

[ducktape]

fab melo. what a retarded name we're going to be hearing from espn reporters.

sullinger is a good pick.

[Kews1]

Melo is a great defender/rebounder and the Celtics have been playing Ryan Hollins and a foul prone Stiemsma at the 5. Not sure why some Boston fans are irritated about the pick.

just would have rather had Perry Jones III

[AK47DR91]

These are excellent late 1st Round picks. Boston needs size.

[Mach_3]

Melo is a great defender/rebounder and the Celtics have been playing Ryan Hollins and a foul prone Stiemsma at the 5. Not sure why some Boston fans are irritated about the pick.

I know for damn sure i ain't, a 7 foot center with a 7'2 wingspan plus he's a beast on the offensive glass? Hell yea ill take that! I love the sullinger pick as well, hopefully his back problems aren't serious cuz that dude could work realllll well with Rondo, especially considering how much of a bully game he likes to play

[AK47DR91]

fab melo. what a retarded name we're going to be hearing from espn reporters.

sullinger is a good pick.
Short for Fabricio Melo. He's Mexican. A little joke at Miguel Peitrius

[niko]

Sullinger is a great pick until his back goes out. Backs don't get better. They stay the same. is the risk worth it? YES. But everyone talks like he'll stay healthy, why?

[ProfessorMurder]

Sullinger pick I like for Celtics, they will probably now let Brandon Bass walk. Although I don't watch college ball, would most people here say Sullinger can be better than Bass?

I thought they should've taken PJIII. Is Jeff Green a RFA or UFA? They should just let him walk regardless and I thought they should've taken PJIII. Resigning Bass + Green will probably cost at least 14 million per season, and instead they could've gotten 2 players with potential on rookie contracts and had cap space flexibility.

I don't think many teams will shell out big bucks for a dude coming off of heart surgery. C's could get Green relatively cheap.

[niko]

I don't think many teams will shell out big bucks for a dude coming off of heart surgery. C's could get Green relatively cheap.
Yep. I doubt his market is tha tbig.

[jalbert009]

So our roster looks like this now.

Melo
Sullinger/Johnson
Pierce
Bradley/Moore
Rondo

So do we play our rookies and Bradley 32 Mins a night and develop them while tanking or do we over pay some players and try for another 2nd round or ECF exit?

[AMISTILLILL]

So our roster looks like this now.

Melo
Sullinger/Johnson
Pierce
Bradley/Moore
Rondo

So do we play our rookies and Bradley 32 Mins a night and develop them while tanking or do we over pay some players and try for another 2nd round or ECF exit?

Why would you waste what's left of Pierce's career tanking? :facepalm

[El Kabong]

Sullinger is a great pick until his back goes out. Backs don't get better. They stay the same. is the risk worth it? YES. But everyone talks like he'll stay healthy, why?
Celtics said they think he'll be fine. You may find that teams with lower picks really push the "his back is f'd" talk behind the scenes in the hope it scares others off and he'll fall from a potential lottery pick to being available in the 20's.

[niko]

Celtics said they think he'll be fine. You may find that teams with lower picks really push the "his back is f'd" talk behind the scenes in the hope it scares others off and he'll fall from a potential lottery pick to being available in the 20's.
20 picks went before him. I'd be surprised if his back is just fine. I think at best it's ****ed up but they think he'll be ok for a few years. He's too talented if he was a maybe that teams would not have chosen him.

[kurt_rambis]

Sullinger is a great pick until his back goes out. Backs don't get better. They stay the same. is the risk worth it? YES. But everyone talks like he'll stay healthy, why?
has he ever actually had back problems though? like missed games because of his back? he got flagged, but that might not mean anything. could just be he has a higher risk for future problems

[Wally450]

I think KG will give it one more year, and then Ray might come back and come off the bench for 1 also. Then, they all retire together

[jalbert009]

Why would you waste what's left of Pierce's career tanking? :facepalm

Look what the Spurs did with D-Rob. Tank 1 year and get a lottery guy in Duncan then come back strong. :no:

[El Kabong]

Look what the Spurs did with D-Rob. Tank 1 year and get a lottery guy in Duncan then come back strong. :no:
They didn't tank, Robinson missed the year being injured. Outside of him it was the likes of Sean Elliot, Avery Johnson and Vinny Del Negro and an old as dirt Dominique Wilkins.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

Am I the only one who thought this thread was about Carmelo Anthony for a sec?

[MisterAmazing]

i like these picks. celtics need all the size they can get.
melo cant be worse than stiemsma
sullingers gonna be a beast imo.

[jalbert009]

They didn't tank, Robinson missed the year being injured. Outside of him it was the likes of Sean Elliot, Avery Johnson and Vinny Del Negro and an old as dirt Dominique Wilkins.

Pierce should stay injured day to day kind of thing and tank this season. Who can we realistically get in free agency to take us over the top into contention? The best possible scenario Boston gets is:

Kaman/Melo/Stiemsma
Garnett/Sullinger/Johnson
Pierce/Green
Mayo/Bradley
Rondo/Bradley

Will this be enough to get past Miami and whoever comes out on top in the West?

[pegasus]

Pierce should stay injured day to day kind of thing and tank this season. Who can we realistically get in free agency to take us over the top into contention? The best possible scenario Boston gets is:

Kaman/Melo/Stiemsma
Garnett/Sullinger/Johnson
Pierce/Green
Mayo/Bradley
Rondo/Bradley

Will this be enough to get past Miami and whoever comes out on top in the West?

It would have been enough this year.

[AMISTILLILL]

Look what the Spurs did with D-Rob. Tank 1 year and get a lottery guy in Duncan then come back strong. :no:

That doesn't even make any sense. Robinson was injured. It wasn't a strategy, doof.

[Andi]

Yes, pretty sick Sullinger fallen so low..I hope he stays healthy and stuff.
On the other hand, im really skeptical about Fab Melo, he hasn't convince me really. I hope KG stays and teach him some lessons and offensive moves. They really need height bad...

[Miserio]

Short for Fabricio Melo. He's Mexican. A little joke at Miguel Peitrius
:lol He's from Brazil.

[AK47DR91]

:lol He's from Brazil.
See white text :D

[LockoutOver11]

these ****ers got kris too wtffff

making me like this team more...

[DuMa]

fab melo. superstar name, scrub talent. i love it

[JtotheIzzo]

Sullinger :D

Melo :facepalm

Especially with Wroten and Jones III still on the board.

Sullinger was top 5 last year, great steal, Melo, lulz!

[lilojmayo]

Pierce should stay injured day to day kind of thing and tank this season. Who can we realistically get in free agency to take us over the top into contention? The best possible scenario Boston gets is:

Kaman/Melo/Stiemsma
Garnett/Sullinger/Johnson
Pierce/Green
Mayo/Bradley
Rondo/Bradley

Will this be enough to get past Miami and whoever comes out on top in the West?

OJ Mayo and Rajon Rondo that's a phuking squad right there.


great pick on Sullinger, he will be good a better Glen Davis.

But what's up with the Fab Melo pick, he is a sterotypical example of a guy who only made it to the NBA solely on size, and very little on skill.
He will be every bit as bad as Hasheem Thabeet.


Perry Jones should have been the pick, but if yall can steal OJ Mayo then everything will be forgiven.

[AMISTILLILL]

OJ Mayo and Rajon Rondo that's a phuking squad right there.


great pick on Sullinger, he will be good a better Glen Davis.

But what's up with the Fab Melo pick, he is a sterotypical example of a guy who only made it to the NBA solely on size, and very little on skill.
He will be every bit as bad as Hasheem Thabeet.


Perry Jones should have been the pick, but if yall can steal OJ Mayo then everything will be forgiven.

Boston needed to stop ****ing around and draft much needed length. It was smart to take a project player with that sort of rebounding prowess and emphasis on defense, particularly when they already took a perceived "risk" drafting Sullinger. Drafting Jones would have given Celtics fans a heart attack. "Two players with medical red flags! :eek:" Odds are it would have panned out fine, but you never know.

In the wake of Green going down with his ailment, losing guys like Wilcox, Allen's bone spurs, Garnett's history with the knee(s)... Boston has had it's share of injury issues. Drafting two guys with injury histories, even though I still think they're overblown, probably wasn't on the front offices mind.

[boozehound]

Bilas said Sullinger is gonna be better than Big Baby :eek:
why is that shocking? Dude was seriously the best offensive player (post or otherwise) the last 2 college seasons. If his back holds up, hes gonna be a great pickup next to a good defensive center

[Bernie Nips]

I love how people think Big Baby was this machine for us. He played well, but he was a jumpshooter who got blocked 9 times out of 10 around the rim.

Sullinger's all about the post moves. Completely different players except for their size.

[Miserio]

why is that shocking? Dude was seriously the best offensive player (post or otherwise) the last 2 college seasons. If his back holds up, hes gonna be a great pickup next to a good defensive center
But he bullied the competition, he would not be able to do that in the NBA, i don't think his game translates well, hope i'm wrong!

[AMISTILLILL]

Big Baby Davis' entire career in Boston could be summed up with a storybook run in KG's place for the 2009 Playoffs, drawing lots of charges, this:

http://smitshappens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1274779903_glen-big-baby-davis-tongue.gif

This:
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.182620!/img/httpImage/image.jpg

And this:
http://clnsradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/big-baby-crying.jpg

[Rekindled]

I love how people think Big Baby was this machine for us. He played well, but he was a jumpshooter who got blocked 9 times out of 10 around the rim.

Sullinger's all about the post moves. Completely different players except for their size.

how is sullinger be all about post moves when he will get rejected everytime.
dude got shut down by anyone with a bit of length in college(ex. Josh Harrelson in tourny last year). that wont get better in the pros.

he better be working on that three point shot

[CelticBaller]

Now we need to get Mcgee, Gordon or Mayo to the Celts, either Green or Bass can comeback and we'll be back at the ECF :pimp:


^Baby's career in boston :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: