Boston Celtics: Should Cs trade up in 2020 NBA Draft?

Bleacher Report’s Preston Ellis sees the Boston Celtics as a team that should consider trading up in the NBA Draft.

Bleacher Report writer Preston Ellis once gave us four superstar Boston Celtics acquisition ideas in a piece published back in May. This time, he set his sights on a much more attainable goal: a higher draft pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

Being that the C’s have multiple picks of their own and a slew of youth already on the roster, it seems likely Danny Ainge would be active in consolidating picks for a higher selection. Ellis notes:

"A team such as Washington, which has the ninth pick, has plenty of holes and may be comfortable sliding back five slots to acquire additional selections. The Celtics could even throw in established players to seal the deal if they value a rookie highly enough.What kind of prospect would have to find his way to No. 9 to pique Boston’s interest? Onyeka Okongwu seems an obvious candidate given big man Daniel Theis’ impending free agency and the team’s lack of viable depth behind him. James Wiseman could be a bona fide steal if tumbles that far, which is possible, as CBSSports.com had him ranked eighth in a mock draft published May 4."

For the right fit, it seems very likely that the Celtics front office would move up. They themselves were the beneficiary of such a move, though from the other end of the spectrum in 2017 when the Philadelphia 76ers traded up and gave up picks for the right to draft Markelle Fultz.

Of course, Jayson Tatum was the C’s selection, and the rest is history.

So what do you guys think? Should Boston move up in the draft for the right player? And who would you say qualifies as the “right” player?

Drop a comment below!