It won't make disgruntled Boston Celtics fans any happier, but the disappointing night that materialized Thursday was always a possibility.
Boston, in theory, controlled the 2016 NBA draft. It had eight picks, the most any team has owned since the event became a two-round affair in 1989, according to ESPN Stats & Info. All of those assets (and especially the No. 3 selection) were supposed to net a franchise-altering return.
Instead, the Celtics surprised many by reaching for Cal's Jaylen Brown with the third choice, grabbing a likely draft-and-stash commodity in Guerschon Yabusele and project in Ante Zizic with their next two picks, adding yet another point guard to an already bloated backcourt and...well, let's just throw up a chart to chronicle the whole thing:
The draft is nothing if not a crapshoot, so it's entirely too early to write off any of these players. But that's not really the point.
This is about what the Celtics didn't do. They didn't swing a deal, and all indications are that they never even got close to one that would have appreciably altered their fortunes in the coming season ...
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