In the Celtics Wire’s second composite mock draft of 2019-20, we review who three of the NCAA’s top analysts believe the Boston Celtics should be considering in the 2019-20 NBA Draft.
The franchise may well have to rely on prior scouting and interviews from a distance as the entire draft process may be impacted by the same coronavirus pandemic suspending NBA activities in general.
But with plenty of eyes on the film of these prospects at the NCAA level or wherever they played before the draft, it’s very plausible teams can still make solid choices in the absence of a combine and individual workouts.
But who are the Celtics going to look at — and who should they be looking at?
To that end, we’ve again assembled another composite draft with some brief information and video about prospects falling in range of the Celtics’ three first-round picks, assuming the draft order reflects the standings on Mar. 11.
Drawing on the expertise of CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish, NBC Sports’ Rob Dauster and The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie, we’ll briefly review their projected picks for the Celtics.
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While Dauster doesn’t mock prospects to specific teams, we’ll assume his order reflects the state of the NBA standings at the moment.
As of now, Boston would end up with the 17th overall pick via the first round selection owed them by the Memphis Grizzlies, the 26th overall pick (their own) and the last pick of the first round (No. 30 overall), owed them by the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks.
So, let’s get started with the 17th pick.