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Boston Celtics: 3 draft prospects C’s should not consider with their 2020 first-round picks

By Andrew Hughes

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 19: Mac McClung #2 of the Georgetown Hoyas takes a foul shot during a college basketball game against the Georgetown Hoyas at the Capital One Arena on February 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 19: Mac McClung #2 of the Georgetown Hoyas takes a foul shot during a college basketball game against the Georgetown Hoyas at the Capital One Arena on February 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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The Boston Celtics have three first-round draft picks in the upcoming 2020 NBA Draft. Here are three prospects the Houdini hopes they don’t select with them.

As we continue to trudge through this seemingly never-ending quarantine, thoughts of Boston Celtics basketball are still fresh on our minds here at Hardwood Houdini. You see, the NBA is a sport that never stops–becoming famously known for being a 24/7, 365 day a year cycle including an off-season jam-packed with free agency, the draft and the summer league.

The calendar this year is anyone’s guess, as the season remains suspended in the balance. That said, whether or not the season does or doesn’t resume, we will still (likely) be holding the annual NBA draft.

This upcoming draft will be an interesting one for the Boston Celtics, being that they have three first round picks. While the team also had three picks in the 2019 draft, Danny Ainge‘s wheeling and dealing on draft night led to the team adding two first round picks in Romeo Langford and Grant Williams, followed by Carsen Edwards and Tremont Waters being added in the second round.

Who knows what Ainge’s strategy will be this year. The 2019-20 Boston Celtics arguably over-performed and were projected to be a top-three seed in the Eastern Conference. Do they need more youth via another handful of draft picks?

With the salary cap situation fluid, the league could face massive losses of revenue from games not being made up. Perhaps it may be of his interest to add three rookie-level contracts to a roster that could see Gordon Hayward making $34 million.

Regardless of what happens, we think that adding the following three players isn’t in the best interest of the franchise come NBA Draft 2020: