So when all is said and done...
- Kyrie gone
- Horford gone
- Baynes gone
- $25.8 million in cap space available
- likely to re-sign Rozier
- possibly going after Vucevic (whose numbers are way better than I thought: 20.8 pts, 12.0 reb, 51.8% fg, 36.4% from three, 3.8 assists)
- added two future picks from Phoenix and Milwaukee
- drafted Langford, Williams, Edwards, and Waters
Thoughts on the draft picks:
- Langford: Meh. Good athlete, slasher, don't really know how well he can shoot because he played with a hand injury last year. But not loving the pick.
- Williams: Very tough inside, and can do a lot of things pretty well. I think he will end up being a solid pro, though not ever reaching "star" status.
- Edwards: The guy can score. Put up 42 on Villanova in the NCAA tourney. Shot like 40% from three for his college career. Small, scoring point guard.
- Waters: Small (5'11"), defensive-minded player. Probably will never see the light of day in the NBA.
On the whole, a big pile of meh on the draft. It's impossible to tell right now if any of these guys will be impactful players. I can see why Ainge took each of them, but I can also see why other teams did NOT take each of them. Now they have five guys between 6'6" and 6'8": Tatum, Hayward, Brown, Langford, and Williams. Each is a little different player, but that's a lot of wing-types, though Williams can play more inside than the rest.
The guard situation...Smart, possibly Rozier back, Edwards, just not super inspiring.
Center...adding Vucevic would be interesting. Good offensive player, just 28. Would fill a need but is he the right guy for what would probably be a max deal? I don't know. This has been as bad an offseason, following as disappointing a season, as we all could have imagined. Hoping that we are all very pleasantly surprised. And that's entirely possible.