Right here’s who the newest mock drafts challenge the Celtics will take with decide No. 35

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The Celtics may go in a lot of completely different instructions with their second-round decide.

The Celtics solely have one decide on this 12 months’s NBA Draft. Boston despatched its first-round decide to Indiana as a part of the Malcolm Brogdon commerce final summer season.

So barring a commerce, the Celtics must wait till the No. 35 decide to make their choice in Thursday night time’s NBA Draft.

There are a lot of completely different ideas on what the Celtics ought to do with the decide.

With the draft lower than every week away, listed here are some choices which were floated in latest mock drafts.

Amari Bailey

Place: Guard

Faculty: UCLA

Mock draft: Krysten Peek, Yahoo Sports activities!

Quotes and notes: “Bailey helped himself through the NBA Draft Mix after exhibiting NBA scouts and executives how productive he will be as a facilitator and never simply as an offensive weapon off the ball. His exterior leap shot nonetheless wants enchancment, however he’s labored out nicely for groups and has a aggressive edge with how arduous he performs each time he hits the courtroom and his burst in transition.” -Peek

The previous five-star recruit averaged 11.2 factors per sport, taking pictures an environment friendly 49.5 % from the sphere and 38.9 % from 3-pt vary. The Pac-12 All-Freshman staff choice is a 6-foot-5, 185-pound taking pictures guard whose athleticism helped him earn a five-star rating in highschool.

Noah Clowney

Place: Ahead

Faculty: Alabama

Mock draft: Kyle Boone, CBS Sports activities

Quotes and notes: “It’d be a stunner to see Clowney fall out of the primary — a lot much less to No. 35 — notably in a category brief on bigs. However on this mock he does certainly slip to No. 35, the place Boston scoops him up as a developmental piece with room to develop behind Robert Williams.” -Boone

Clowney averaged 9.8 factors and seven.9 rebounds en path to an SEC All-Freshman staff choice. The 6-foot-10, 210-pound ahead’s shot-blocking potential and rebounding helped the Crimson Tide attain the Candy 16.

Andre Jackson Jr.

Place: Guard

Faculty: Connecticut

Mock draft: Kevin O’Connor, The Ringer. Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report.

Quotes and notes: “Whereas groups acknowledge Jackson’s taking pictures woes, scouts have nonetheless discovered a approach to love his athleticism, passing and intangibles for a novel two-way playmaker position.”

Jackson was a key a part of UConn’s nationwide championship run, averaging 6.7 factors, 6.2 rebounds, and 4.7 assists throughout his junior season. He’s an even bigger guard at 6-foot-6, 210-pounds. He went 28 % from 3-point vary final season however has proven that he can impression the sport in a wide range of methods.

Gregory Jackson II

Place: Ahead

Faculty: South Carolina

Mock draft: Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo, ESPN.

Quotes and notes: Jackson was the highest total participant within the 2023 highschool basketball class in keeping with 247Sports, however opted to attend school a 12 months early. He averaged 15.4 factors and made the SEC All-Freshman staff this season. As a 6-foot-9, 215-pound energy ahead, he’s an athletic, prolonged large who can stretch the ground along with his taking pictures.

Trayce Jackson-Davis

Place: Ahead

Faculty: Indiana

Mock draft: Sean Deveney, Heavy.com

Quotes and notes: The 6-foot-9, 245-pound energy ahead is Indiana’s all-time chief in profession rebounds and blocks. He’s additionally third on Indiana’s all-time record in factors. Indiana’s first consensus All-American since 2013 averaged 20.9 factors and 10.8 rebounds this season.

“Polished, pure energy ahead who may give the Celtics minutes off the bench within the brief time period.”- Deveney

Julian Phillips

Place: Guard

Faculty: Tennessee

Mock draft: Sam Vecenie, The Athletic

Quotes and notes: A former McDonald’s all-American, Phillips averaged 8.3 factors and 4.7 rebounds as a freshman at Tennessee this season, serving to the Vols attain the Candy 16.

Julian Strawther

Place: Guard

Faculty: Gonzaga

Mock draft: Kyle Irving, Sporting Information

Scouting notes: The First-Staff All-WCC choice shot 40.8 % from the sphere, and 77.6 % from the free-throw line, averaging 15.2 factors. He’s bought loads of dimension for a wing, at 6-foot-7, 205 kilos.