As you may know, the Boston Celtics could own up to four draft selections next June. While draft night is still a ways away, let’s check out how things could shape up just a few days before the start of the regular season.

Sacramento Kings pick via the Philadelphia 76ers

Protected for the first-overall selection. If this pick lands #1, the Celtics would instead own the 76ers pick in the draft.

With promising prospects in Marvin Bagley III, De’Aaron Fox and Buddy Hield, the Kings, who project to be one of the leagues bottom-dwellers, will likely focus on developing their young talent instead of winning ball games.

Don’t be surprised to see the Kings finish the campaign with a record worse than last season’s 27-55 performance, which landed them the sixth-best odds in the 2018 draft lottery.

Memphis Grizzlies pick

Protected for the top 8 selections. If the pick lands inside the top 8, Boston would own the Grizzlies pick in 2020, top 6 protected. If neither convey, Memphis would send the Celtics their 2021 selection, unprotected.

While Memphis finished the 2017-2018 season with the second-worst record in the league, they fielded a severely depleted roster throughout most of the year. With All-Star duo Marc Gasol and Mike Conley fully healthy, the Grizzlies will look to fight for a playoff spot in the talent-laden western conference.

Although you obviously never hope for injuries, Gasol and Conley aren’t exactly known to be durable players. If things do implode in Memphis, which is pretty likely, the Celtics could have an extremely valuable (Brooklyn Nets-esque) future selection on their hands.

Los Angeles Clippers pick

Protected for the top 14 (lottery) selections. If the pick doesn't convey, the Celtics would own the Clippers selection next season, also lottery protected. If neither convey, Boston would receive a second-round pick from the Clippers in 2022.

The Clippers, who landed the tenth-spot in the western conference last season, lost former All-NBA big-man DeAndre Jordan to free-agency this past summer. With a team of aging veterans and so-so young guys, the team lacks a clear direction.

Expect the Clippers to miss the playoffs once again unless they reach an agreement with Minnesota for star wing Jimmy Butler. Butler and the Clippers have been rumored to have mutual interest in joining forces, but Los Angeles is reluctant to include Tobias Harris in a deal, per Chris Hayes of Yahoo Sports.

Boston Celtics own pick

With the Celtics projected to dominate in the eastern conference, their pick won’t hold much value. Don’t expect the pick to be much worse than the 27th selection that the team owned last June.

If CelticsBlog is interested, I’d love to publish a similar monthly update on the draft selections and (eventually) the prospects that could be targeted.

If you are familiar with some of my previous Fanposts, you may know that I’m in the works of creating my ‘2019 NBA Draft Report’, which will be released in April.

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