As Hoops Hype’s Frank Urbina and Raul Barrigon keep busy reassessing the draft orders of the last several decades over the last few years, there are always a number of Boston Celtics alumni on the move in their re-drafts as a result.
In the H/H duo’s reassessment of the NBA’s 2010 draft class, a total of five Boston alumni ended up seeing their draft stock shift considerably with the benefit of hindsight lifting their fortunes. And while they won’t see any pay raises or anything else of that sort given the fictitious nature of such an exercise, it’s also nice to see this duo get their flowers, too.
Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.
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No. 28 pick: Jordan Crawford
Actual position: No. 27
Career earnings: $7,468,316
Career stats: 12.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.1 apg, 41.1 FG%, 31.7 3P%
“Scoring wasn’t much of a problem for Jordan Crawford as he once dropped 41 points in an NBA game,” recalls H/H.
No. 12 pick: Evan Turner
Actual position: No. 2
Career earnings: $98,227,016
Career stats: 9.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.5 apg, 43.4 FG%, 29.4 3P%
“Turner was underwhelming considering the expectations placed upon a No. 2 pick, but he was a decent role player off the bench for some time in the NBA, a big guard that could rebound and create some,” remembers H/H.
No. 11 pick: Greg Monroe
Actual position: No. 7
Career earnings: $76,550,511
Career stats: 13.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.1 apg, 51.4 FG%, 70.3 FT%
“Monroe was a solid big man for many years, one who fell out of the NBA as the league went on to favor quicker, more athletic big men who could space the floor,” writes H/H.
No. 8 pick: Avery Bradley
Actual position: No. 19
Career earnings: $64,128,563
Career stats: 11.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 43.4 FG%, 36.5 3P%
“Avery Bradley never developed much in the way of scoring or playmaking, but he was a top-level guard defender in the NBA for many years,” suggests H/H.
No. 4 pick: Gordon Hayward
Actual position: No. 9
Career earnings: $209,347,778
Career stats: 15.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 45.4 FG%, 36.9 3P%
“Hayward was one of the league’s best swingmen, a three-level scorer with playmaking and rebounding ability on the wing,” writes H/H.
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