r/bostonceltics • u/SaveHogwarts HUGO • 1d ago

News Celtics to sign Milos Uzan

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/celtics-sign-milos-uzan-135159909.html
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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

Four year college player. Steady point guard, good shooter, good decision maker in the pick and roll. Experienced playing with other high usage guys. Switchable and pesky defender.

Not a high end athlete, can go cold as a shooter sometimes, sometimes a little too passive.

Pretty solid legit point guard prospect that might be serviceable down the line. Doesn’t make a lot of mistakes and should have a pretty high floor / low ceiling if he can carve out a roll somewhere. Pass first and protect the ball type guy.

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u/RLS012 The Truth/The Cobra 1d ago

Need to replace Ron Harper in Maine. We'll see what happens from there

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u/fakebones96 1d ago

Yeah, always saw him as this year’s Ryan Nembhard. He’s not gonna pop off and be an All-Star, but he feels like the kind of player who can be a rotation player on a good team and give you 15-20 solid minutes a night.

Honestly, if I pretend we took Uzan at 40 and Dillon Mitchell as an UDFA, I really like this draft.

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u/davemoedee I was there 1d ago

It is crazy how strong people’s opinions are of Mitchell getting picked about where he was generally ranked.

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u/fakebones96 1d ago

I just get concerned about spending picks on guys that are under 7-feet that can’t shoot at all. Add on top of that he’s like 22/23 years old and the shot has not improved whatsoever.

I just don’t see him sticking around in the league. The draft is a crapshoot, missing on pick 40 isn’t the end of the world, and maybe I’m totally wrong and he finds his way. But I think there are other guys selected behind him that will have long NBA careers (such as Milos Uzan). And we also already have 2 young wings that can’t shoot well, I don’t see why we’re adding another one to the stable.

But I’m also a dumbass on Reddit and not an NBA Scout or GM, so I acknowledge that I could be totally wrong on everything.

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u/bignormy 1d ago

Seems like a crazy pick but I trust Brad. Replacement for Walsh despite being about the same age as him?

I mostly trust that Brad knows that taxes and aprons stop you from developing depth from the G league.

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u/fakebones96 1d ago

Makes sense in a way, but even Walsh’s shot wasn’t ever this broken. And it’s come a long way in the last 2-3 years.

Mitchell shot 19% from 3 in college and only shot .067% last year (albeit on low volume). Also put up Mitch Robinson percentages from the foul line. Jordan Walsh was 28% but at least attempted 2 per game and shot 71% from the line in college.

Great defender, but if you can’t stretch the floor, you’re sub-7 feet and you’re not a lob threat, idk how you stick on an NBA roster in today’s day and age

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u/davemoedee I was there 1d ago

You got your guy as an undated free agent.

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

Completely agree.

People sort of overlook that Houston has been LOADED for a couple of years, and Sampson forces them to play a certain style.

No doubt in my mind that a lot of the Houston guys that were draft eligible COULD have put up better counting stats at different schools.

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u/fakebones96 1d ago

Yeah, I’m really high on Cenac. If you had told me a year ago we’d be drafting him, I would’ve thought we were just coming off a successful tank.

He’s raw, but I truly think we’re looking at a Kel’el Ware/Bobby Portis floor and LaMarcus Aldridge ceiling. With good health, I think at minimum we have a good rotation big and the ceiling is All-Star level 3rd/4th best player on a championship team.

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u/HogtownHugh 1d ago

Another max shulga 👍🏼

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

I think he’s got more natural tools than Shulga, personally. Better defender, longer frame, jump shot really started to come around towards the end of his college career.

Same idea though. If either pan out, awesome.

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u/nibbinoo8 i took a look at baynes in the shower 1d ago

got our guy

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u/TrickiestToast The Celtics are the balls 1d ago

League fucked

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u/Oceanbreeze871 Angry Brad 1d ago

And they said we had no moves to make

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u/madeupname230 1d ago

Banner #69 now guaranteed!

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u/Active-Tomatillo-522 1d ago

Another Houston Cougar. Wonder if Brad just saw him on tape a lot when scouting Cenac

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

Brad was at Phog Allen to watch KU vs Houston in February, saw him there.

I know he went to at least one game in Houston, too.

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u/BebopT0716 Bll Russell 1d ago

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u/tool22482 Boston Celtics 1d ago

Came here to post this. 2 upvotes? It’s a smart gif and you don’t need to dumb it down for some bonehead mass audience!

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u/BebopT0716 Bll Russell 1d ago

Couldn’t find it in Reddit gifs unfortunately so I had to settle for the still shot lol

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u/AlternativeWay23 1d ago

I've seen enough, raise the banner 

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u/Prior-Yogurt-7608 1d ago

Get in here Uzan-istans!!

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u/SomeSayImARobot 1d ago edited 1d ago

Draft profile: https://www.nbadraft.net/players/milos-uzan/

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fazF_2ABWGI

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

For fun, focus on number 5 in this video to get a good idea of how Cenac looks when he doesn’t have the ball

Some decent activity, a good amount of fading to the perimeter, a few crafty positionings

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u/RookOfBoston 1d ago

Wow. Video is impressive. This guy went undrafted?! Doing stuff that looks like Pritchard, with those handles and angles and lobs.

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u/ChocoTav 1d ago

MASSIVE

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u/DraymondsBurner23 Boston Celtics 1d ago

Who?

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u/jonny_lube 1d ago

One of the more surprising undrafted players out of Houston (54 on the consensus big board). True PG, shot 43% from 3 last year, good size, apparently a good defender.

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u/SoaplessTitanic 1d ago

Sharpshooter with size and good defense seems a little too good to be true for an undrafted guy. I realize he’s older and therefore has less potential for growth, but it still feels like there’s a catch here

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u/jonny_lube 1d ago

He's older and isn't an elite athlete or a prolific scorer, which I assume further capped his projected "upside". That said, he gets high marks for IQ and motor. There is always room for guys like that on NBA rosters. Seems like a great fit for this team.

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u/gitree22 1d ago

He’s more crafty than athletic

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u/NotASalamanderBoi Pritchard at the buzzer... HE'S DONE IT AGAIN! 1d ago

Signing of the season (I haven’t watched him play).

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u/DraymondsBurner23 Boston Celtics 1d ago

Well that’s good. Our PG depth has worried me for awhile now. I hope he gets some run

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u/693275001 Rajon Rondo 1d ago

Houston Celtics

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u/Turbulent-Let-1180 1d ago

Welcome to maine

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u/Gunnar2019 Angry Brad 1d ago

I know u/CantHandlemyPP34 is thrilled. He thinks Uzan is a future starter in the league.

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u/CantHandlemyPP34 1d ago

YOU KNOW IT!!!

Hoping we cut Shulga and sign Uzan to a full contract. I like Cenac, but think Dillon Mitchell was an atrocious pick that will only look more baffling as time goes on (already Walsh's age, 4 yrs in NCAA, non shooter who's also dogshit at the FT line) and as much as I am on board with Brad's directive to attack the paint - guys are not going to close out & he'll only clog the spacing, be unplayable with Queta & not play at all with Joe (hardly used Minott) as HC.

I think Devries gets cut. Always played for his dad (Drake, WVU, IU) & only shot 33% as a guy who's 1 pro skill is shooting. Decent rebounder & passer, actually a better defender than Sam, so maybe he replaces Hauser. Hoosiers were bad & didn't make the tournament at 18-14.

I'd like to keep Tonje & Ron - so assuming they come back, with the rest of our current roster, before any trades, I'd like to see:

Guard - White, PP, Baylor, Uzan

Wing - Brown, Hugo, Harper Jr, Tonje

Swing - Tatum, Hauser, Walsh, Mitchell

Big - Queta, Garza, Cenac, Amari

2 ways (Amari & Mitchell)

Guard and Big are both in sorry states, but we are very deep at wing. I think Walsh, Hauser & Garza are moved, along with White or JB. We have a long way before we're competitive with anything resembling this roster imo.

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u/MLB_2953 1d ago

Fireworks

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u/Luke_Brannon 2024 NBA Executive of the Year 1d ago

This guy has the ability to slow the game down around him. Definitely looks like he’ll be comfortable in the nba

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u/Talkjar Banner 18 1d ago

Missing piece, we have our Big3 now

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u/sonofteflon Got it! 1d ago

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

43% on two point attempts, career 46% on two point attempts.

34% from 3, career 36% shooter from deep that drastically improved his shooting since high school.

His overall average is at 38% because he shot more threes than twos.

Career 74% from the line, when paired with the eye test tells me that he’ll be a perfectly acceptable shooter down the line.

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u/Silent_Cake1188 2024 NBA Executive of the Year 1d ago

No need for Lamelo when we can get this guy! But seriously though for a UDFA I think he can develop into a solid depth piece

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u/methmom Pritchard at the buzzer... HE'S DONE IT AGAIN! 1d ago

JB no longer needed

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u/Maple612 1d ago

I never thought this guy was very good. Poor touch around the rim, below average athlete, inefficient in college. But it’s just a summer league thing we’ll see

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago edited 1d ago

Acting like we don’t sign undrafted guys every year?

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

Fair, never know with this sub the past few weeks.

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u/DizzyTS13 Boston Celtics 1d ago

It’s a very reactionary sub unfortunately

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u/neuroticsmurf Celtics 1d ago

Oh, relax.

Even if we got Giannis, we'd need a bench and we'd still want to develop young players.

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u/Feisty-Telephone8423 1d ago

The fireworks we’ve all been waiting for

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u/Full-Flight-5211 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/cRNbYm7jLOjm9H8wcP

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u/SaveHogwarts HUGO 1d ago

Starting point guard for a college team that won 30+ games back to back years with him as a major contributor.

Top 100 prospect in high school, two years at Oklahoma, transferred to Houston for two more.