Indazone
06-28-2011, 12:43 PM
http://www.celticsblog.com/2011/6/27/2245710/scout-jajuan-johnson-a-perkins-replacement
Adding Juwaun Johnson and and E'twaun Moore was a stellar move. These guys are hard nosed ballers on a defense oriented system. Johnson has a ridiculous 39 inch vertical and between the two at Purdue averaged 38 pts a game. Johnson can come in and play right away in the front line.
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/sports/6210364-417/osipoff-ainge-celtics-welcome-boilers-duo.html
Johnson is better than Landry as Purdue products go.
Chad Ford of ESPN.com: When you’re drafting as low as the Celtics are in a weak draft, you temper expectations. But I think they may have found two players who can help.
Johnson was underrated all season, mostly because he was a senior. He’s long, athletic and skilled, and he has improved every year.
Moore is a consummate role player. He isn’t great at anything but his overall game is solid. Both players could help the Celtics down the road. Grade: A-
Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don’t Lie: Grade: A
For the last few years, I’ve lived in Lafayette, Ind., which is just an eight-minute drive from West Lafayette, Ind., where Purdue is located. Both of these players are from Purdue, and I should either be terribly biased in their favor, or reacting negatively and inappropriately based solely on the punk Purdue hipsters who dodge in front of my car every time I cross over the Wabash River to buy used LPs in West Lafayette.
The truth is that I don’t care about Purdue, I watch as much Purdue basketball as I do Duke or College of Charleston basketball (that is to say, no basketball), and my location has no impact on this rating.
With that in place, I think Johnson can be a terrific player in the right system, so much so that he was my favorite target for my hometown Chicago Bulls as they picked late in Round 1. And Moore, though his game is full of holes and he is a wing-trapped in a point guard’s body, could be a rotation-level talent. Even knowing Johnson’s rebounding issues and understanding his small frame, Boston could turn him into a contributor that lasts for years. Not bad, for the end of the first and second rounds. Boilermaker-hoy!
Sam Amick of SI.com: The only time there’s a downside of success is on draft day, when it’s so much tougher for elite teams to find a way to grab players who could actually help. But Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson (No. 27 via New Jersey) might actually be able to do that, and the experience that comes with being a four-year player whose game was on the rise every year comes in handy.
As for Johnson’s college teammate E’Twaun Moore (No. 55), he has a track record of winning (a state title in high school, two Sweet 16 appearances with the Boilermakers) that will — if nothing else — mesh with the Celtics’ culture. If he can beat the odds and actually contribute one day, that’s all the better. Grade: A
Adding Juwaun Johnson and and E'twaun Moore was a stellar move. These guys are hard nosed ballers on a defense oriented system. Johnson has a ridiculous 39 inch vertical and between the two at Purdue averaged 38 pts a game. Johnson can come in and play right away in the front line.
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/sports/6210364-417/osipoff-ainge-celtics-welcome-boilers-duo.html
Johnson is better than Landry as Purdue products go.
Chad Ford of ESPN.com: When you’re drafting as low as the Celtics are in a weak draft, you temper expectations. But I think they may have found two players who can help.
Johnson was underrated all season, mostly because he was a senior. He’s long, athletic and skilled, and he has improved every year.
Moore is a consummate role player. He isn’t great at anything but his overall game is solid. Both players could help the Celtics down the road. Grade: A-
Kelly Dwyer at Ball Don’t Lie: Grade: A
For the last few years, I’ve lived in Lafayette, Ind., which is just an eight-minute drive from West Lafayette, Ind., where Purdue is located. Both of these players are from Purdue, and I should either be terribly biased in their favor, or reacting negatively and inappropriately based solely on the punk Purdue hipsters who dodge in front of my car every time I cross over the Wabash River to buy used LPs in West Lafayette.
The truth is that I don’t care about Purdue, I watch as much Purdue basketball as I do Duke or College of Charleston basketball (that is to say, no basketball), and my location has no impact on this rating.
With that in place, I think Johnson can be a terrific player in the right system, so much so that he was my favorite target for my hometown Chicago Bulls as they picked late in Round 1. And Moore, though his game is full of holes and he is a wing-trapped in a point guard’s body, could be a rotation-level talent. Even knowing Johnson’s rebounding issues and understanding his small frame, Boston could turn him into a contributor that lasts for years. Not bad, for the end of the first and second rounds. Boilermaker-hoy!
Sam Amick of SI.com: The only time there’s a downside of success is on draft day, when it’s so much tougher for elite teams to find a way to grab players who could actually help. But Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson (No. 27 via New Jersey) might actually be able to do that, and the experience that comes with being a four-year player whose game was on the rise every year comes in handy.
As for Johnson’s college teammate E’Twaun Moore (No. 55), he has a track record of winning (a state title in high school, two Sweet 16 appearances with the Boilermakers) that will — if nothing else — mesh with the Celtics’ culture. If he can beat the odds and actually contribute one day, that’s all the better. Grade: A