As Hoops Hype’s staff keep themselves busy reassessing the draft orders of the last few decades over the years, there are always a fair number of Boston Celtics alumni making moves in their re-drafts as a result.
In the H/H reassessment of the 1996 NBA draft class, a total of 11 Boston alumni ended up seeing their draft stock shift with the benefit of hindsight lifting their fortunes. And while they won’t see any pay raises or anything else of that sort given the fictitious nature of such an exercise, it’s also nice to see this group get their flowers, too.
Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.
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Undrafted - Roy Rogers (actual No. 22)
Undrafted - Dontae Jones (actual No. 21)
No. 26 pick: Vitaly Potapenko
Actual position: No. 12
Career earnings: $40,637,644
Career stats: 6.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 0.3 bpg, 47.9 FG%, 16.7 3P%
No. 25 pick: Adrian Griffin
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $9,255,728
Career stats: 4.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.4 apg, 43.8 FG%, 27.8 3P%
No. 24 pick: Walter McCarty
Actual position: No. 19
Career earnings: $15,217,495
Career stats: 5.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.1 apg, 39.2 FG%, 34.6 3P%
No. 19 pick: Chucky Atkins
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $34,191,455
Career stats: 9.9 ppg, 3.4 apg, 1.7 rp, 41.2 FG%, 36.4 3P%
No. 16 pick: Tony Delk
Actual position: No. 16
Career earnings: $19,911,680
Career stats: 9.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.9 apg, 40.8 FG%
No. 9 pick: Antoine Walker
Actual position: No. 6
Career earnings: $108,142,015
Career stats: 17.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 3.5 apg, 41.4 FG%, 32.5 3P%
No. 7 pick: Stephon Marbury
No. 5 pick: Jermaine O'Neal
No. 4 pick: Ray Allen
Actual position: No. 5
Career earnings: $184,356,410
Career stats: 18.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.4 apg, 45.2 FG%, 40.0 3P%
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