As the 2019 NBA Draft approaches on Thursday, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge will have to decide what to do with the three first-round picks he has in his possession. Since his arrival to the Celtics in 2003, he has picked twenty-three players in the first round. Seven currently remain on the team.
Here is a list of all the first-round draft picks Ainge has made in his Celtics career:
- 2003: Troy Bell (16) and Dahntay Jones (20) were traded to Memphis for Marcus Banks (13) and Kendrick Perkins (27)
- 2004: Al Jefferson (15), Delonte West (24) and Tony Allen (25)
- 2005: Gerald Green (18)
- 2006: Randy Foye (7, traded to Portland) and Rajon Rondo (21, acquired from Phoenix)
- 2007: Jeff Green (5, traded to Seattle but returned in 2011)
- 2008: J.