Throughout the years, Danny Ainge has put himself in position to build full draft classes from the bevy of picks he acquired from notable deals with the Brooklyn Nets and later the Philadelphia 76ers. While he has put the Boston Celtics in a position to land cheap, cornerstone talent via the draft, it hasn’t always worked out perfectly.
Now, don’t get us wrong, he nailed the two most important picks of his tenure in selecting Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum with the #3 pick in consecutive years (via the Nets). It’s just that other than those two, Terry Rozier and Marcus Smart, his draft record has been admittedly spotty.