The Boston Celtics picked Texas guard Avery Bradley in the first-round pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.

“This is the guy I like, but I don’t think he’s going to be there when we pick,” Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge told his coach.

Bradley played for the Texas Longhorns for one season and Celtics head coach Doc Rivers will be grooming him for the point guard position.

“I like his speed,” Rivers said. “He has unbelievable speed. He has a good in-between game. He can make the spot-up jump shots. He’s an NBA defender right now. He can play point guard defense on anybody in the league and that’s huge for us.

“But he has to learn the position. He has to learn how to be a point guard. So with [Rajon] Rondo in front of him, he’ll be a good teacher.”

Bradley stressed that his forte is defense. “I’ve been the best defender on every team I’ve played on since the first grade,” Bradley said in a conference call. “I would love to be one of the top defenders in the league. I want to get Rookie of the Year — that’s my goal.”