Since 2014, the Boston Celtics have drafted 32 players. In that time, Boston’s advanced to six Conference Finals, two NBA Finals, and are on their third head coach.

The team and organization has changed a lot over the last 10 years. We’ve seen the rebuild and redirection of the team along with many players coming and going in the process.

Let’s take a look at the players drafted over the last 10 years and where they are now.

2014: No. 6, No. 17

• Marcus Smart: Selected sixth overall out of Oklahoma State and spent nine-years with Boston. He made the All-Rookie team, three All-Defensive teams, and won Defensive Player of the Year. Smart was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2023.
• James Young: Selected 17th overall out of Kentucky and spent three-years with Boston before ultimately becoming a free agent at the end of his contract. He spent most of his time in the D-League with the Maine Red Claws. Head coach at the time, Brad Stevens, gave Young plenty of opportunities, but he just didn’t turn into the NBA caliber player they were hoping for. In 2019, Young took his talents overseas to Israel, Greece, and Italy where he’s turned his career around, becoming a legitimate player.

2015: No. 16, No. 28, No. 33, No. 45

• Terry Rozier: Selected 16th overall out of Louisville and spent the first four years of his career with Boston. He improved each year he was in Boston, but he was never given the starting nod until the 2018 playoffs where he helped lead the Celtics to the Conference Finals. Rozier was part of the sign-and-trade deal with Charlotte for Kemba Walker. He signed a three-year contract in 2019 worth $56.7 million, and then another deal in 2022 for $97 million over four years. Rozier was traded to the Miami Heat in 2024.
• RJ Hunter: Selected 28th overall out of Georgia State and spent one year with the Celtics. He spent most of his time with the Maine Red Claws and was eventually waived after the season. He then spent the next four years on various different team’s G League affiliates with the Bulls, Nets, and the Rockets. In 2019, he signed a two-way contract with Boston, but he also signed with the Basketball Super League in Turkey. In 2022, he signed with the NBL but was ruled out for the season with a ruptured patellar tendon. Hunter was last with the Greensboro Swarm in 2023.
• Jordan Mickey: Selected 33rd overall out of LSU and spent two seasons with Boston before being waived at the end of the 2017 season. He spent most of his time in Maine with the Red Claws. He signed with Miami, only spending one year after they declined his team-option. Mickey took his talents overseas, playing in Russia, Real Madrid, and currently with Italy. He’s become a multi-time champion and defensive standout.
• Marcus Thornton: Selected 45th overall out of William & Mary, becoming the first player drafted in the school’s history. He was on the Celtics Summer League roster but didn’t make the team. Thornton then signed with Australia’s Sidney Kings for the year. He was back with Boston’s D-League affiliate in Maine the following year. After the season, Thornton signed with Consultinvest Pesaro in Italy, and Boston renounced their rights to Thornton. He then played for teams in China, France, Germany, and currently in Mexico.

2016: No. 3, No. 16, No. 23, No. 31, No. 35, No. 45, No. 51, No. 58

• Jaylen Brown: Selected third overall out of California, Brown is now the longest tenured player on the team. He’s elevated his game every year and was named MVP of the Conference Finals and NBA Finals. He’s everything Boston could’ve hoped for when they drafted him.
• Guerschon Yabusele: Selected 16th overall out of France and spent his entire two-year NBA career with Boston. He had a delayed start to his career as he signed with the Shanghai Sharks in the CBA for the 2016 season- he played 43 games and averaged 20.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. After the season, he signed with the Maine Red Claws in March of 2017 and then eventually with the Celtics while making multiple appearances back with Maine. The Celtics waived him two years later and he returned back to the CBA, then to France in 2020, and then to the Euro League with Real Madrid where he currently plays. Yabusele has won a championship with every team he’s been on: three-time Spanish Cup winner, French Cup winner (2021), LNB Pro A Champion (2021), two-time Liga ACB Champion (2022, 2024), EuroLeague Champion (2023).
• Ante Žižić: Selected 23rd overall out of Croatia, Žižić was already an accomplished professional before making it to the NBA. The Celtics drafted him, but he became part of the Kyrie Irving trade and never played for Boston. In 2020, he returned overseas to play for Israel, then Turkey, and in Italy where he currently plays.
• Deyonta Davis: Selected 31st overall out of Michigan State but was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on draft night. Boston also traded the 35th pick to Memphis for the Clippers’ first round pick in 2019. Davis currently plays in the T1 League for the Taoyuan Leopards.
• Rade Zagorac: Selected 35th overall out of Serbia, the Celtics traded Zagorac (35th pick) to Memphis in part of a trade for a future first round pick explained above. Zagorac didn’t make the team in 2017 with Memphis, he then signed with the Spanish Club, Serbia, and Russia where he currently plays.
• Demetrius Jackson: Selected 45th overall out of Notre Dame, Jackson only spent one season in Boston before the team waived him in 2017. He signed a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets and became the first player in franchise history to do so. He signed a two-way contract with the 76ers and Lakers before he signed with the Lithuanian Basketball League. It’s worth noting that the Celtics stretched out Jackson’s $650,000 salary over seven years, which meant paying him $92,857 per year.
• Ben Bentil: Selected 51st overall out of Providence, Bentil didn’t make it past the preseason in Boston. He was waived before the start of the season and picked up by the Indiana Pacers D-League team, Fort Wayne Mad Ants. He appeared in only one game before he signed with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the CBA. He’s since played for Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Slovenia, Japan, and Israel. He’s also a multi-time champion.
• Abdel Nader: Selected 58th overall out of Iowa and spent two years in Boston with the first being in Maine with the Red Claws. He was named D-League Rookie of the Year in 2016-17, becoming the third player in franchise history to do so and the first internationally born player to win the award. Nader played in 11 games during Boston’s playoff run to the Eastern Conference Finals. Nader was traded to Oklahoma City Thunder in 2018 and then again to Phoenix in 2020. In 2023, he signed with the NBL.

2017: No. 3, No. 37, No. 53, No. 56

• Jayson Tatum: Selected third overall out of Duke and is the second longest tenured player on the team behind Jaylen Brown. He is everything Boston could’ve hoped for when drafting him. Tatum is an All-NBA player that is always an All-Star and in the MVP conversation.
• Semi Ojeleye: Selected 37th overall out of SMU and spent the first four years of his career with Boston. He became a free agent in 2021 and signed with Milwaukee and then was traded to the Clippers in 2022. Ojeleye then signed with Virtus Bologna in 2022, winning a Super Cup and was named MVP. He currently plays for Valencia.
• Kadeem Allen: Selected 53rd overall out of Arizona, he signed Boston’s first two-way contract. Allen averaged 18 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game and made the All-Defensive Team in the G League, but he was waived at the end of the season. He then signed a two-way contract with the Knicks, but was also waived. In 2021, Allen signed a two-year contract with the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He last signed with the Calgary Surge of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, but was eventually waived.
• Jabari Bird: Selected 56th overall out of California and signed the second two-way contract in franchise history. In 2019, he was traded to Atlanta for a conditional second round pick in 2020. It’s worth mentioning that in 2018, Allen was arrested on domestic abuse and kidnapping charges. He was released from prison a year later and accepted two years of probation after pleading guilty. Allen currently plays for a contestant team in Indonesia, Rajawali Medan.

2018: No. 27

• Robert Williams: Drafting for a position of need, the Celtics selected Williams 27th overall out of Texas A&M. He came out of college as a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and reached ultimate highs as a defensive standout with Boston. Although he was often injured, Williams worked his way into a starting role and helped the Celtics reach the Finals in 2022. He spent the first five years of his career in Boston before being traded to Portland as part of the package deal to acquire Jrue Holiday.

2019: No. 14, No. 20, No. 22, No. 51

• Romeo Langford: Selected 14th overall out of Indiana and spent the first two and a half years of his career with Boston. He had a very high ceiling coming into the NBA, however it was never reached in his time with the Celtics. Although he battled injuries, Langford was eventually traded to San Antonio for Derrick White, which proved to be a championship move for the Celtics. Langford last played for the Utah Jazz G League team, Salt Lake City Stars.
• Matisse Thybulle: Selected 20th overall out of Washington and was traded to the 76ers the next day. Thybulle proved to be a defensive standout and made the All-Defensive Second Team in his second season. He was eventually traded to the Trailblazers in a four-team trade.
• Grant Williams: Selected 22nd overall out of Tennessee and spent the first four years of his career in Boston. He turned into a defensive standout and a 3-point specialist with Boston. He was ultimately traded due to wanting a larger payday for himself, which he eventually got, but it was through a three-team deal that sent Williams to the Dallas Mavericks for two second round picks. Williams was traded from Dallas in the middle of the season to Charlotte, where he will be part of a rebuilding culture with former Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee now the head coach of the Hornets.
• Tremont Waters: Selected 51st overall out of LSU and spent the first two years of his career with Boston and the Maine Red Claws. He earned G League Rookie of the Year and showcased himself well in the few moments he had in Boston. He signed with Milwaukee’s G League team and then signed a 10-Day contract with the Washington Wizards. In 2022, Waters took his talents overseas, becoming the first overall pick in the Puerto Rico’s Baloncesto Superior National Draft by the Gigantes de Carolina, where he won a championship. The following season, he signed with the Metropolitan 92 of the LNB Pro A, becoming teammates with Victor Wembanyama. He returned to Baloncesto this summer and is currently playing for them.

2020: No. 14, No. 26, No. 30. No. 47

• Aaron Nesmith: Selected 14th overall out of Vanderbilt and spent the first two years of his career with Boston. He was a strong defender and worked into Boston’s rotation during his first season. Nesmith became part of the five-player trade acquisition with the Indiana Pacers for Malcolm Brogdon. Nesmith transformed into a legitimate player for the Pacers, earning a starting role and signed a three-year contract worth $33 million. He’s one of the few Celtics draftees to be successful in the NBA after leaving Boston.
• Payton Pritchard: Selected 26th overall out of Oregon and became an essential part of the Celtics. His usage has been up and down with three different coaches in a short amount of time. He came into the league as a polished shooter and he proved to be a well-rounded player all in all. After he asked to be traded, Pritchard eventually re-signed a four-year, $30 million contract extension. Pritchard is part of the core moving forward in Boston.
• Desmond Bane: Selected 30th overall out of TCU, Bane was traded to Memphis on draft night in exchange for a future second round pick and cash. Bane has been a great NBA player, making the All-Rookie Second Team and finished with the highest 3-point percentage (43.2%) of any rookie since Steph Curry in 2009-10.
• Yam Madar: Selected 47th overall out of Israel, Madar essentially became a draft-and-stash player. He joined Boston for the 2021 Summer League but ultimately went back to Hapoel Tel Aviv where he began his career when he wasn’t promised a role with Boston. Since then, Boston’s owned his draft rights. He’s likely to never play for Boston.

2021: No. 45

• Juhann Begarin: Selected 45th overall out of France. He played in Summer League for Boston but returned to Paris where he began his professional career. He has since signed with Nanterre 92 and AS Monaco. He’s another draft-and-stash player that’ll likely never play for Boston, although there was a lot of promise around him during his first summer with Boston.

2022: No. 53

• JD Davison: Selected 53rd overall out of Alabama, he’s spent his entire three year career on two-way contracts with the Celtics and it’s G League team in Maine. He has improved each year in the system and can do whatever Boston is looking for from the position, he just needs to become a more confident and consistent shooter, which he showed during this past Summer League. With Boston being in the financial situation it’s in, they need to develop players like Davison and hope he’s able to make the leap from G League to the NBA. It’s fair to mention that Davison has had a number of guards ahead of him in the rotation.

2023: No. 35

• Julian Phillips: Selected 35th overall out of Tennessee and was traded to the Washington Wizards and then again to the Chicago Bulls. Boston’s GM Brad Stevens made a handful of trades to move around the draft board quite a bit in his second draft as GM. He turned three different draft picks into No. 38 overall.
• Jordan Walsh: Selected 38th overall out of Arkansas as a defensive specialist. He spent a majority of his rookie season on assignment in Maine. He’s signed to Boston’s roster and improved a ton in the G League. He didn’t have the best showing in Summer League but will have an opportunity to prove himself during training camp. Walsh could find himself in the rotation more often than not this season as wing depth behind Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, but he’ll need to show himself worthy in training camp and preseason.

2024: No. 30, No. 54

• Baylor Scheierman: Selected 30th overall out of Creighton, became the first first- round draft pick for Stevens as a GM. He came into the league as a great shooter and will look to add to Boston in that area while also sharpening his defensive skills to see the court as a rookie. The Celtics thought highly of him to draft in the first round, which gives him a roster spot on Boston’s 15-man roster.
• Anton Watson: Selected 54th overall out of Gonzaga, Watson started his Celtics career with a great performance in the Summer League. He averaged 11.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.6 assists while shooting 51.1 percent from the field and 35 percent from behind the arc. Watson oftentimes looked like the most NBA ready player on the court for Boston. It’s worth mentioning that Watson is one of a handful of drafted players yet to be signed to a contract. The Celtics still have one remaining roster spot available but Brad Stevens already said it’s something he’d like to keep open for now. There’s also one more two-way contract available that is likely for Watson, but it’s certainly interesting he’s now signed yet.

There’s been other players added along the way, specifically to the guard position, that have helped Boston along the way: Isaiah Thomas, Kyrie Irving, Kemba Walker, Derrick White, and Jrue Holiday.

The organization has done a great job scouting and drafting over the years. With the way the new CBA impacts rosters and financials, it’ll be important for the scouting department to hit on their picks moving forward.

*I focused on the last 10 years because it was the first Brad Stevens.

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