Vitor Faverani Leaving Maccabi - Tel Aviv

Vitor's (now former) teammate might be the next Celtics star. 18 year old 7'1" Dragan Bender.

He seems like a more athletic Porzingis without as long arms

He might even still be 17 but he's eligible and looking like a top 5 pick, maybe even rising to #1

he is ranked top 5 or 6

But why not wish for a real star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnjzoTBNwGo

Simmons is an LSU freshman and top contender for the #1 pick. He's got it all, so much so that he's getting a lot of LeBron comparisons.

I just don't want to get my hopes up too high, or close my mind to the concept of one of these other 18-19 year olds passing him in the next year.

I love that Simmons is so strong too. Already 240 at what, 18 years old?

Only downsides basketball-wise are his wingspan isn't great and his outside shot is a work in progress.

Attitude-wise it's hard to tell.

These are the two other contenders for the #1 pick


http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Skal-Labissiere-71664/


http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Brandon-Ingram-7260/
and one last one, Danny and Brad's kind of player but not a favorite to be #1


http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jaylen-Brown-72912/

Not another big shooting 3's.....no thanks!

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Bob,

Got to play Young ...got to play Hunter and see what we got.

I wonder what young 3 is available on a trade with Bradly and a daft pick?

At some point Philly just cannot keep losing and retaining their young. They need to let go of something and perhaps a 3 way trade can be arranged.

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I don't think Saric is going to come over next year. In doing so, he'd have to sign a 4 year rookie scale contract. Waiting one more year, even if he really really doesn't want to, will earn him tens of millions of dollars just over the next 3-4 years. He'll earn more in his rookie year by delaying another year than he would in his entire 4 year rookie scale contract by coming over next year.

Dragan doesn't turn 18 for a couple weeks!
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Dragan-Bender-62877/

Already has a 9'3" standing reach. Average NBA center standing reach is 9'1.5". Not bad for a 7'1" combo forward.

Rambone seeing a lot more very athletic players coming out of Australia and Europe.

The way I see it, if there is no center available go for a stud 4 or 3.

This guy is one to keep an eye on, especially since we might have multiple lotto picks.

Draftexpress has him ranked 13th, while the other draft sites have him ranked late first.

Chinese are hoping he's the next Yao, though he's super skinny and more agile than Yao.
Same standing reach as Rudy Gobert, or 1/2" shorter, at 9'6.5". Average NBA center standing reach is 9'1.5".
Just 209 lbs though, that's a red flag though he's still only 19 so maybe it's all good, especially if he can play PF.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Zhou-Qi-61857/

Zhou Qi's got me fired up. 1 billion new Celtics fans in an instant if we ended up with that dude.

He might be Porzingis without the 3 point shot, and that's still pretty great.

Only problem is Chinese government might run him into the ground like they did with Yao, making him play for Team China every single summer even if he's injured and in desperate need of rest/recovery.

AS SUGAR STAR MVP'S DANCED IN EVERYONE'S HEAD!

RELAX.........LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE I GET EXCITED IN EITHER HIS BASKETBALL ABILITIES OR GETTING HIM IN THE DRAFT!

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He's got even more skill than I thought.