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Originally posted by <b>rlucas4257</b>!
Ainge has scouted Europe heavily. a minimum 2 of those 4 picks will be internationals I believe. one college kid, and one hs kid. that sounds about right to me with one guy being hid internationally for a year. also look for ainge to make a run at international FAs Arvydas Macijauskas or Andres Nocioni. Rumor has it that Ainge is very high on these guys. He seems to be trying to create Sacramento east in Dallas. Might not be a bad place to go. Seems like you guys have done very well with Welsh, so Id learn more about the international guys if I were you.
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Really?!
So why Ainge gave up Songaila's rights, if he likes Europe so much. Or he just now realised that he made a mistake with this one.
I just hope Macijauskas will not sign with Celtics, unless any (or both) of Pierce and Davis are gone. Macijauskas needs ball (and playing time of course) and he will score 15 ppg in his first season, but he wont get ball with those guys in lineup.
Welsch was nowhere near in Europe as Macijauskas was/is. Macijauskas just played in quite small team and not best league, so he wasnt noticed or considered by European scouts. Seeing him playing every week I knew what material he is. Now when he went to better team into best league in Europe, his stats even rised up!!!
I havent seen much of Welsch play in NBA, but I doubt he made huge improvement from what he was in Europe and some of you consider him a decent player... The only Welsch advantage over Macijauskas is height and, as conected to it, defence. Macas simply is a shooting-killer, maybe one little-little step back than Peja.
About other players you mentioned in this thread. Kosta Perovic is very hyped these days, I havent seen him play, so I cant bash him, but the impression Im geting is like hes 3-4 years from NBA level player. I mean normal player and not Bagaric, Przybila or that type of Euro's.
Andris Biedrins could really be considered as top pick... but hes in Darko's situation. Too young to contribute right now in such league as NBA.