Is It Bad To Be Drafted Early By The Boston Celtics Nowadays?

By King of Failures | Published: September 10, 2009
I was just looking at a trend of the recent Celtics early first round draft picks, and all of them except Dee Brown, Chauncey Billups, and Joe Johnson had something bad happen to them or have never had success. 1986- #2 Overall- Len Bias- Dies of drug overdose night after the draft 1987- #22 Overall- Reggie Lewis- Dies of heart failure in 1993. 1988- #25 Overall- Brian Cook- Role Player, got 3 Rings with LA 1989- #13 Overall- Michael Smith- Waived in 1991, never came back. 1990- #19 Overall- Dee Brown- Successful NBA player! 1991- #24 Overall- Rick Fox- Ultimate Disappointment wherever he was 1992- #21 Overall- Jon Barry- Works at ESPN, nothing special in NBA 1993- #19 Overall- Acie Earl- Out of the league in four years 1994- #9 Overall- Eric Montross- Epic Fail 1995- #14 Overall- Eric Williams- Tore 3 ligaments in his knee in 1997 1996- #6 Overall- Antoine Walker- Robbed and gunpoint twice during his career, now facing DUI charge. 1997- #3 Overall- Chauncey Billups- Successful, but not with Celtics 1997- #6 Overall- Ron Mercer- Injury problems shortened his career 1998- #10 Overall- Paul Pierce- Stabbed 11 Times in 2000, nearly died 1999- N/A 2000- #11 Overall- Jerome Moiso- Out of league after a few years 2001- #10 Overall- Joe Johnson- Great career, just not in Boston 2001- #11 and #21- Kedrick Brown and Joe Forte- Both out of league. 2002- N/A 2003- #16 and #20- Troy Bell and Dahntay Jones- Both traded during the draft, both no longer in the NBA. 2004- #16 Overall- Al Jefferson- Now with T-Wolves, tore his ACL, has never been on a winning team. 2004- #24 and #25- Delonte West and Tony Allen- Both constantly hurt role players. 2005- #18 Overall- Gerald Green- Rides the bench in Dallas 2006- #7 Overall- Randy Foye- Traded to Minnesota…enough said 2007- #5 Overall- Jeff Green- Traded for Ray Allen, solid player. 2008- #30 Overall- JR Giddens- Has barely played this season <10mins So, want to get drafted by the Celtics? This list of epic failures should change your mind.

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5 Comments

  1. Nick C (IT'S SHOWTIME!)
    Posted September 10, 2009 at 11:39 pm | Permalink
    1988- #25 Overall- Brian Cook- Role Player, got 3 Rings with LA You mean Brian Shaw… Brian Cook was the Lakers disappointing draft pick. 1991- #24 Overall- Rick Fox- Ultimate Disappointment wherever he was No way is Fox a disappiontment. Especially as a 24th pick. 1994- #9 Overall- Eric Montross- Epic Fail… thats an understatement! LOL! Dahntay Jones- Is the starting two guard for Denver. Al Jefferson – Still has a bright future and gave the Celtics KG 2006- #7 Overall- Randy Foye- is having a career year. I think you should look up the Clippers for worse draft picks. Plus Slick Rick Pitino was trying the make the Kentucky Celtics when he coaching. Mercer should of never been drafted that high and Chauncey should of gone to the University of Kentucky cause he wouldn’t of been traded.
  2. 229Time
    Posted September 11, 2009 at 2:58 am | Permalink
    1997 – 2004 not bad at all -Billups -Pierce with 10th pick -Joe Johnson 10th pick -Al Jefferson – 16th pick PG – Billups SG – Joe Johnson SF – Paul Pierce PF – Al Jefferson C – ? That’s enough to win multiple championships…
  3. Let's see, that makes 15, ri
    Posted September 11, 2009 at 4:53 am | Permalink
    Can’t believe that you said Rick Fox was a disappointment, he was a great defender and 3-point shooter for the Lakers and he won 3 championships. Other than that, you were right by most accounts.
  4. John Houston Stockton
    Posted September 11, 2009 at 8:43 am | Permalink
    Pierce is their best drafted player in recent years. Jefferson and Green help the Celtics win the title. Montross, Walker, and Mercer were very good college players with tons of hype.
  5. Boston #1
    Posted September 11, 2009 at 1:20 pm | Permalink
    haha, Giddens is going to start playing now, man Len Bias not playing in the NBA hurt me for days post his death, i was so disapointed he could have been one of the greatest, rest easy lenny. its not like these players havent turned out to be good players, most have. - West got hurt but hes playing good. along with Al Joey J. Billups and more. - Also you could probaly find this problem with many of the teams in the NBA

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