Once again, Frank Urbina and Raul Barrigon of our sister site Hoops Hype have another re-draft, this time around of the 2010 NBA draft. And as has been the case in each of their prior endeavors to, as they put it, reorder the draft the “way it should have been,” there have been a number of Boston Celtics on the move in their revaluation of the draft class from that year.
In fact, a total of six Celtics alums saw their draft position shift up or down the order they were actually taken in all those years ago in a relatively thin cohort when it came to star power.
Let’s dive into which former Celtics were re-drafted where.
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No. 28 - 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,” writes H/H.
“He was certainly not lacking in confidence, though he wasn’t very efficient with his bucket-getting and didn’t offer much outside of high-difficulty buckets off the bench.”
No. 13 - Al-Farouq Aminu
Actual position: No. 8
Career earnings: $72,262,285
Career stats: 7.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 42.0 FG%, 33.2 3P%
“A 3-and-D role player, Al-Farouq Aminu knew his role and didn’t try to do too much, which helped him stick it out in the NBA for 11 seasons despite his lack of reliable shooting touch, dribbling ability or playmaking,” offered H/H.
“Aminu was a solid slasher and rebounder off the wing,” they add of the Celtics short-timer.
No. 12 - 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%
“In many other re-drafts, a player with Evan Turner’s NBA career would have fallen out of the Top 20 but this class struggles so mightly with regard to high-level talent that Turner still goes in the lottery,” suggests H/H.
“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.”
No. 11 - 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%
“A star in college at Georgetown, Greg Monroe was a solid scorer and rebounder in the NBA with some playmaking ability out of the short roll, but he was never the star he was in college,” opines H/H.
“Still, 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, none of which were strengths of Monroe’s.”
No. 8 - 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%
“Another relative five-star bust from the 2009 class (ESPN had him as the No. 1 player in the country and Favors as No. 2), Avery Bradley never developed much in the way of scoring or playmaking,” writes H/H.
Still, “he was a top-level guard defender in the NBA for many years, one who could hit open shots and suited up for various contenders.”
No. 4 - 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%
“Gordon Hayward got hit with a brutal injury right at he was hitting his apex, though at least Hayward’s happened after he signed a big contract in free agency,” notes H/H.
“Prior to the injury, Hayward was one of the league’s best swingmen, a three-level scorer with playmaking and rebounding ability on the wing.”
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