A night after the NBA draft, where we saw the Orlando Magic with no picks snagging Vince Carter from New Jersey I have to view it as similar to the Shaq trade with Cleveland. Who cares?
The East isn’t tougher despite the headline. The cream of the crop in the East that was already good just added more pieces to the puzzle. I still view the Celtics as top dog in the East followed by Orlando and Cleveland in a 2a, 2b scenario. Other than those three, there’s really no great team in the East and once again the talented teams will come from out west.
If I’m forced to predict it now, I’m going with my same prediction of last year. Boston over San Antonio in the NBA Finals. I think San Antonio was smart in trading for Richard Jefferson from the Bucks and giving up a role players like Kurt Thomas, Bruce Bowen and Fabricio Oberto to do it doesn’t hurt their core.
The Celtics had the 58th pick in the draft and they drafted one of the oldest players, 24 year old Lester Hudson out of Tennessee-Martin. Yeah, I know he’s a guy you had all over your draft books, but here’s what I was able to dig up on him:
Hudson is the oldest player drafted (he’s about to turn 25 in August), and the second-highest scorer (27.6ppg) behind Stephen Curry. He used a higher percentage of his team’s possessions than any player in the draft, as he had to do pretty much everything offensively to keep Tennessee-Martin afloat. His shooting percentages are commendable when you consider the offensive burden he had to carry. (He shot 51 percent from two-point range and 35 percent on 284 three-point attempts–the fourth-highest number of attempts among 21 NCAA shooting guards
Thanks to CelticsHub.com for the scoop.
Back Monday with hopefully more exciting news. Sox at Braves this weekend. (Yawn)
I’d comment but you’re done till Monday. At least you give your refferances and don’t play like you have some inside info… In Danny I trust! and Theo, and Bill, and Chiarelli… Hard to argue with the outcomes of their teams…