James Young

[FishersCatfan1]

Got a chance to see James Young play tonight against my Pacers. He looked a little lost out there. The Celtics, at least tonight, didn't utilize him at all, he played barely 5 minutes and every single offensive possession he was directed to the baseline corner of the court and just stood there and watched. He LITERALLY never touched the ball one time. Kind of hard to watch. I hope they give the kid a chance.

 

[loublue22]

unsurprising

 

[BLEEDBLUE444]

Him standing in the corner is proper floor spacing, especially in league that thrives on ISO plays, but he should still have been able to find ways to get involved in the offense, that sucks to hear this report, James had a great game against my Hornets the other night, I think he will be fine in the long run personally, I just don't know where Boston is headed.

He should have ample opportunity there though and there is a lot of season left, hopefully Boston will play Young and Smart literally and figuratively for the rest of the season (pun intended)

 

[UKWildcats#8]

If Young cannot get playing time on an awful Celtics team that is tanking to get a better draft pick then clearly he has a lot of work to do and a long way to go to be a decent NBA player.

 

[BLEEDBLUE444]

His opportunity for PT just got even more intriguing because Boston moved Jeff Green to Memphis and he is the teams primary 3

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Originally posted by BLEEDBLUE444:
His opportunity for PT just got even more intriguing because Boston moved Jeff Green to Memphis and he is the teams primary 3

Yep. Hopefully Young can beat out Crowder, Turner and Thornton for some of those wing minutes. I'd love to see dump Turner somehow.

 

[fatguy87]

It's not really that surprising. His performance last season suggested that he has work to do to be an average NBA player.

Good luck to him. I hope he improves his game and becomes a NBA regular.

 

[nighthawks8]

I loved young and randle but neither could play defense and was very turnover prone.

 

[BoulderCat]

Young wanted to be in the NBA so he's going was no surprise, but I think he was a bit early. It will be interesting to see what the Celtic's do with him in their current mode of basically tearing down and rebuilding the team. Will he be a part of it, or will they trade him? If it's the latter that won't be a good sign for what the Celtic's think and his future career.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

Originally posted by BoulderCat:

Young wanted to be in the NBA so he's going was no surprise, but I think he was a bit early. It will be interesting to see what the Celtic's do with him in their current mode of basically tearing down and rebuilding the team. Will he be a part of it, or will they trade him? If it's the latter that won't be a good sign for what the Celtic's think and his future career.

At least he got one decent contract worst case scenario. I think he will stick around for a decade plus though, even if it is as a bench guy primarily.

 

[ORCAT]

Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:
If Young cannot get playing time on an awful Celtics team that is tanking to get a better draft pick then clearly he has a lot of work to do and a long way to go to be a decent NBA player.

Have to agree with you. If he can't get playing time on this Celtics team he won't find any on another team either. I don't understand why they brought him up from the D League, after having success there, and then just have him sit on the bench like he did before he went to the D League. Sounds like he still needed to stay there and play all the time. Not sure what the thinking is in Boston these days other than they really are tanking for the draft right now. That would suggest to me they have zero plans for Young in the future at Boston.

 

[5iveStarRecruit]

Originally posted by ORCAT:

Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:
If Young cannot get playing time on an awful Celtics team that is tanking to get a better draft pick then clearly he has a lot of work to do and a long way to go to be a decent NBA player.

Have to agree with you. If he can't get playing time on this Celtics team he won't find any on another team either. I don't understand why they brought him up from the D League, after having success there, and then just have him sit on the bench like he did before he went to the D League. Sounds like he still needed to stay there and play all the time. Not sure what the thinking is in Boston these days other than they really are tanking for the draft right now. That would suggest to me they have zero plans for Young in the future at Boston.

They just started the fire sale. They still have some long time vets on the roster getting minutes, like Turner and Marcus Thorton. I expect to see his minutes increase as the season goes along.

Bill Simmons tweeted out yesterday that the Celtics front office loves James Young. Part of the reason they shipped Green out ( also was great to get something in return for him, rather than seeing him walk in the offseason)

His flaws have been well documented around here. On the bright side, he's been lighting up the D-League. Not tough competition, but a good sign nonetheless.

 

[ORCAT]

Originally posted by 5iveStarRecruit:

Originally posted by ORCAT:

Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:
If Young cannot get playing time on an awful Celtics team that is tanking to get a better draft pick then clearly he has a lot of work to do and a long way to go to be a decent NBA player.

Have to agree with you. If he can't get playing time on this Celtics team he won't find any on another team either. I don't understand why they brought him up from the D League, after having success there, and then just have him sit on the bench like he did before he went to the D League. Sounds like he still needed to stay there and play all the time. Not sure what the thinking is in Boston these days other than they really are tanking for the draft right now. That would suggest to me they have zero plans for Young in the future at Boston.

They just started the fire sale. They still have some long time vets on the roster getting minutes, like Turner and Marcus Thorton. I expect to see his minutes increase as the season goes along.

Bill Simmons tweeted out yesterday that the Celtics front office loves James Young. Part of the reason they shipped Green out ( also was great to get something in return for him, rather than seeing him walk in the offseason)

His flaws have been well documented around here. On the bright side, he's been lighting up the D-League. Not tough competition, but a good sign nonetheless.

Hope you're right about the Celtics loving him and that he will start seeing more minutes. But, it's just hard for me to figure out the plan the Celtics are trying to implement. I know they are in full rebuild mode but some of the things they do just make you shake your head. Also, with the deals like the one with Prince's expiring contract, I'm thinking they are lining up to make some big off season free agent signings, any rumors about that in Boston? I've been a Celtics fan for many years but this current stage has me wondering.

 

[5iveStarRecruit]

Originally posted by ORCAT:

Originally posted by 5iveStarRecruit:

Originally posted by ORCAT:

Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:
If Young cannot get playing time on an awful Celtics team that is tanking to get a better draft pick then clearly he has a lot of work to do and a long way to go to be a decent NBA player.

Have to agree with you. If he can't get playing time on this Celtics team he won't find any on another team either. I don't understand why they brought him up from the D League, after having success there, and then just have him sit on the bench like he did before he went to the D League. Sounds like he still needed to stay there and play all the time. Not sure what the thinking is in Boston these days other than they really are tanking for the draft right now. That would suggest to me they have zero plans for Young in the future at Boston.

They just started the fire sale. They still have some long time vets on the roster getting minutes, like Turner and Marcus Thorton. I expect to see his minutes increase as the season goes along.

Bill Simmons tweeted out yesterday that the Celtics front office loves James Young. Part of the reason they shipped Green out ( also was great to get something in return for him, rather than seeing him walk in the offseason)

His flaws have been well documented around here. On the bright side, he's been lighting up the D-League. Not tough competition, but a good sign nonetheless.

Hope you're right about the Celtics loving him and that he will start seeing more minutes. But, it's just hard for me to figure out the plan the Celtics are trying to implement. I know they are in full rebuild mode but some of the things they do just make you shake your head. Also, with the deals like the one with Prince's expiring contract, I'm thinking they are lining up to make some big off season free agent signings, any rumors about that in Boston? I've been a Celtics fan for many years but this current stage has me wondering.

Boston is just collecting assets. I believe they have multiple first round picks in every draft til 2020.

I wouldn't be surprised if they packaged some to move up in the draft. They'll search the trade market, but not many stars available.

 

[dckala2]

Couldn't care less, kid doesn't work on the parts of his game he needs to. Seems flakey.

I compare him to wcs, in the sense he has interest besides basketball. However, willie took it upon himself to come back and work on his weaknesses. That alone shows maturity and determination. young has been a me first guy all along.

 

[DickintheHam]

Originally posted by FishersCatfan1:
Got a chance to see James Young play tonight against my Pacers. He looked a little lost out there. The Celtics, at least tonight, didn't utilize him at all, he played barely 5 minutes and every single offensive possession he was directed to the baseline corner of the court and just stood there and watched. He LITERALLY never touched the ball one time. Kind of hard to watch. I hope they give the kid a chance.

It's probably because the refs hate him.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Originally posted by ORCAT:


Hope you're right about the Celtics loving him and that he will start seeing more minutes. But, it's just hard for me to figure out the plan the Celtics are trying to implement. I know they are in full rebuild mode but some of the things they do just make you shake your head. Also, with the deals like the one with Prince's expiring contract, I'm thinking they are lining up to make some big off season free agent signings, any rumors about that in Boston? I've been a Celtics fan for many years but this current stage has me wondering.

I think Boston began the season with a genuine hope of making the playoffs in a blisteringly terrible eastern conference. A core of Rondo, Green, Turner, Smart, Sullinger and Bradley wasn't exceptional, but it was at least decent enough to consider getting a 7th or 8th seed in the east.

When it became apparent they weren't going anywhere, they began to make the appropriate moves, and stash draft picks.

They will likely have the following picks:

2015 their own lottery pick, presumably a top 10 pick.
2015 Clippers first round pick.
2016 Boston's own lottery pick.
2016 Dallas' first round pick - which will probably be in the 20s.
2016 New Jersey's first round pick (unprotected, and probably lottery at this point).
2016 Cleveland's first round pick (top 10 protected).
2017 Boston's own lottery pick.
2017 New Jersey's first round pick if it's higher than Boston's.
2018 Boston's own lottery pick.
2018 New Jersey's first round pick, unprotected, and probably lottery.


*Also receive 2nd round picks for 2015 and 2016 from Philadelphia 76ers.
*Also receive 2nd round picks for 2016 and 2017 from T'Wolves, unless Minnesota has a pick higher than 12 in the next two drafts, in which case it would go to Boston.
* Also have a $13 million dollar exception from the Rondo deal.


In short, Boston is probably going to have one lottery pick this year, and a pick in the 20s. They will likely have two lottery picks next year, and two other first round picks. They will have one pick in 2017 and in 2018, they could have two top 15 picks yet again.

They're likely looking at eight first round picks between 2015 and 2018, with four or five of those being lottery picks. Given that they already have a pretty young team, Boston's future with young players is most intriguing.

 

[ThroughBlue]

At least they might get the olympics in a little while

 

[messecat]

Originally posted by BLEEDBLUE444:
His opportunity for PT just got even more intriguing because Boston moved Jeff Green to Memphis and he is the teams primary 3

I thought they also got Prince in that deal!