Simone's Scouting Corner: Tarris Reed Jr., Henri Veesaar, and Chris Cenac
Celtics It's that time of year. The 2026 NBA Draft is less than one month away, and as things currently stand, the Boston Celtics have the No. 27 and No. 40 picks. With so much focus on the Celtics throughout the season, keeping up with college and international hoops is tough. So, this is my plan. Obviously, there are plenty of scouting reports out there. Plenty of people have shared their opinions on every single player in this year's draft class. But I want my opinion to be its own. So, I am going to watch two full games of every prospect I think the Celtics could potentially target. I don't want to be swayed by outside opinions, so I am going to try my best to stay away from external scouting reports until I have concluded my own mini-scouts. And instead of waiting until I've scouted everyone, I wanted to begin sharing my thoughts here. Just to keep you all -- the loyal BSJ readers -- in the loop. I started with some big men: UConn's Tarris Reed Jr. , North Carolina's Henri Veesaar , and Houston's Chris Cenac . However, some of the mocks were only one round, so for those drafts, if a player went unselected, I gave them a 61 before calculating an average draft position (ADP), which can make the numbers a little wonky. Cenac's ADP was 20.6, Veesaar's was 24.6, and Reed's was 36.6 (two non-first-round selections).
Simone's Scouting Corner: Tarris Reed Jr., Henri Veesaar, and Chris Cenac. Celtics It's that time of year. The 2026 NBA Draft is less than one month away, and as things currently stand, the Boston Celtics have the No. 27 and No. 40 picks. With so much focus on the Celtics throughout the season, keeping up with college and international hoops is tough. So, this is my plan. Obviously, there are plenty of scouting reports out there. Plenty of people have shared their opinions on every single player in this year's draft class. But I want my opinion to be its own. So, I am going to watch two full games of every prospect I think the Celtics could potentially target. I don't want to be swayed by outside opinions, so I am going to try my best to stay away from external scouting reports until I have concluded my own mini-scouts. And instead of wai...