For The Win’s first mock draft of the season has Boston Celtics taking two guards

It may only be November and still at the start of the 2021-22 NCAA collegiate season with most teams having just played a handful of games that count, but if you think that means there hasn’t been enough of a sample size for NBA draft analysts to start assembling their first mock drafts of the season, you clearly don’t know how these prospect-obsessed minds think.

And such is the case with our friends over at our sister site For The Win, who just published their own first mock draft of this season. Analyst Bryan Kalbrosky has released a full two-round projection for the 2022 NBA draft, complete with a pair of selections for both of the draft picks the Boston Celtics will use if they don’t deal them away first.

Let’s take a look at who Kalbrosky sees Boston taking this summer.

Pick No. 19 - Jean Montero - guard

With their first-round selection, Kalbrosky suggests that the Celtics will gamble a bit with the 6-foot-2 Overtime Elite prospect.

A native of the Dominican Republic with a well-rounded skillset for his age (just 18), he is seen as going anywhere from the lottery to the late second round due to the paucity of high-level competition there’s been to judge him against.

Pick No. 45 - WIll Richardson - guard

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Here Kalbrosky has Boston going for an alumnus of Payton Pritchard — Will Richardson, an older, bigger combo guard at 6-foot-5 and 22 years old.

The Georgia native should be able to contribute as a deep rotation player with some luck given he has shot north of 40% from 3 all but his freshman season, but apart from that and his solid defense doesn’t have an especially high ceiling.

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