As Hoops Hype’s Frank Urbina and Raul Barrigon 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 1997 NBA draft class, a total of nine 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 duo get their flowers, too.
Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.
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Undrafted - John Thomas (actual No. 25)
No. 27 pick: Damon Jones
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $21,738,907
Career stats: 6.6 ppg, 2.7 apg, 1.6 rpg, and 39.0 3P% in 11 seasons
No. 26 pick: Mikki Moore
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $25,300,815
Career stats: 5.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, and 55.1 FG% in 13 seasons
No. 21 pick: Scot Pollard
Actual position: No. 19
Career earnings: $38,060,161
Career stats: 4.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 0.7 bpg, and 49.4 FG% in 11 seasons
No. 18 pick: Mark Blount
Actual position: No. 54
Career earnings: $44,649,672
Career stats: 8.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 0.8 bpg, and 50.4 FG% in nine seasons
No. 17 pick: Ron Mercer
Actual position: No. 6
Career earnings: $35,230,160
Career stats: 13.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.1 apg, and 42.9 FG% in eight seasons
No. 13 pick: Danny Fortson
Actual position: No. 10
Career earnings: $42,145,240
Career stats: 8.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 0.7 apg, and 47.2 FG% in 10 seasons
No. 10 pick: Tony Battie
Actual position: No. 5
Career earnings: $57,604,162
Career stats: 6.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 0.9 bpg, and 48.8 FG% in 14 seasons
No. 3 pick: Chauncey Billups
Actual position: No. 3
Career earnings: $106,227,720
Career stats: 15.2 ppg, 5.4 apg, 4.7 rpg, and 41.5 FG% in 17 seasons
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