Boston Celtics: 3 ways C’s can be NBA’s ultimate winners this offseason

Draft for fit

The Boston Celtics are coming into the 2020 NBA Draft with the rights to three separate first round selections: their own (projected at 26), the Memphis Grizzlies’ (projected at 17) and the Milwaukee Bucks’ (projected at 30).

While we’ve suggested the C’s should highly consider trading away some of this capital for an already established players — and will continue to do so as you read on — whatever remaining selections they have, Danny Ainge should draft based on the prospects potential fit within the rotation.

We’ve covered numerous players who the team should have on their radar, with one of our most recent publications being a mock-up of how the night could wind up going for the organization.

As stated previously, Boston consists of many holes within their roster. With this in mind, an easy and cost efficient solution of how to potentially plug up some of these said holes would be through the draft.

I am a huge advocate for the Boston Celtics selecting Maryland big man Jalen Smith at some point in the draft (the guy’s a monster), but there are a decent amount of other prospects as well that fit the team’s needs and who they could nab with one of their three picks.

Whether it be Florida State’s sharpshooting guard Devin Vassell, who could help aid in fixing the team’s 27th ranked 3-point percentage off the pine, or the intriguing Serbian stretch-four Aleksej Pokusevski, there are many talented players we could see Boston selecting.

The main question to ask themselves when their on the clock is, however, is if the player they desire is a good fit. If they do that, then the draft should be a huge success for the shamrocks.