If needed, should Ainge actually put Tatum in package for AD? Nope, walk away.

[nickagneta]

Didn't realize this but the last year of AD's contract in 2020 is a player option, which he will likely decline. That means if Ainge deals for Davis next summer, he's only getting him for one season (unless Davis agrees to an extension which I don't think he will)

He also owns a house in LA and shares the same agent as Lebron. No way do I deal for Davis. Too much of a risk as it looks like he has LAKER written all over him.

I'd rather stick with the team we have and keep an eye open for other players. I know Ainge is on the hunt for transcendent players (Durant, Davis) but if the players either decide to go elsewhere or are unattainable, there's not much you can do.

Thibs fired and MIN seems to be going nowhere if we're being honest. It's wild, but could you see them turning their attention to KAT if he's ever made available? I wouldn't entirely rule it out although for now it's obviously unlikely. He did sign that massive extension recently though...

If Minny is being blown up, the only thing that you can be assured of is that Towns, at only 23, and being as good as he is, is going nowhere. He is the player they build around, not the player they move to try to get draft picks that could in 5 years turn out as good as Towns is now.

[tazzmaniac]

Didn't realize this but the last year of AD's contract in 2020 is a player option, which he will likely decline. That means if Ainge deals for Davis next summer, he's only getting him for one season (unless Davis agrees to an extension which I don't think he will)

He also owns a house in LA and shares the same agent as Lebron. No way do I deal for Davis. Too much of a risk as it looks like he has LAKER written all over him.

I'd rather stick with the team we have and keep an eye open for other players. I know Ainge is on the hunt for transcendent players (Durant, Davis) but if the players either decide to go elsewhere or are unattainable, there's not much you can do.

Thibs fired and MIN seems to be going nowhere if we're being honest. It's wild, but could you see them turning their attention to KAT if he's ever made available? I wouldn't entirely rule it out although for now it's obviously unlikely. He did sign that massive extension recently though...

If Minny is being blown up, the only thing that you can be assured of is that Towns, at only 23, and being as good as he is, is going nowhere. He is the player they build around, not the player they move to try to get draft picks that could in 5 years turn out as good as Towns is now.

Yeah.  The question is what can they get for Wiggins. 

[gouki88]

Didn't realize this but the last year of AD's contract in 2020 is a player option, which he will likely decline. That means if Ainge deals for Davis next summer, he's only getting him for one season (unless Davis agrees to an extension which I don't think he will)

He also owns a house in LA and shares the same agent as Lebron. No way do I deal for Davis. Too much of a risk as it looks like he has LAKER written all over him.

I'd rather stick with the team we have and keep an eye open for other players. I know Ainge is on the hunt for transcendent players (Durant, Davis) but if the players either decide to go elsewhere or are unattainable, there's not much you can do.

Thibs fired and MIN seems to be going nowhere if we're being honest. It's wild, but could you see them turning their attention to KAT if he's ever made available? I wouldn't entirely rule it out although for now it's obviously unlikely. He did sign that massive extension recently though...

If Minny is being blown up, the only thing that you can be assured of is that Towns, at only 23, and being as good as he is, is going nowhere. He is the player they build around, not the player they move to try to get draft picks that could in 5 years turn out as good as Towns is now.

Yeah.  The question is what can they get for Wiggins.

Which is increasingly looking like less and less

[liam]

Tatum would trade Tatum for Davis:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jayson-tatum-talks-possibility-of-celtics-trading-for-anthony-davis-id-trade-me-too/

[Phantom255x]

Tatum would trade Tatum for Davis:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jayson-tatum-talks-possibility-of-celtics-trading-for-anthony-davis-id-trade-me-too/

Danny: "Whoa... these trade assets can talk?!? 

[CelticsElite]

Tatum would trade Tatum for Davis:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jayson-tatum-talks-possibility-of-celtics-trading-for-anthony-davis-id-trade-me-too/

wouldn't Tatum have a financial incentive to be traded for a max superstar? It would equate his contract value with that of davis. Also any team trading for him is now likely to pay big bucks in the future for him

[bknova]

Tatum would trade Tatum for Davis:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jayson-tatum-talks-possibility-of-celtics-trading-for-anthony-davis-id-trade-me-too/

Sounds like a guy who wants the freedom to shoot at will, Kobe style! Ha!

[CelticsQuestFor18]

Trading away Tatum would be the 2nd most devastating and sad trade behind Isaiah in the fashion and circumstances we traded him.

[bogg]

Super late to this thread, but: Yeah, if you're getting good backchannel information from Davis via Irving (the big difference between this theoretical and last summer's Kawhi situation), you can make Tatum available. The question becomes what does New Orleans want/what's reasonable in addition to Tatum in any talks. Moving him is a big concession on the Celtics' part.

[footey]

My sincere hope is that the Pelicans make the playoffs and AD elects to stay with them. They drafted him, and invested in his team. It would devastate the franchise if he requests a trade. Small market teams otherwise become farm system for the big market teams like the Lakers. Or us.

[Phantom255x]

Didn't realize this but the last year of AD's contract in 2020 is a player option, which he will likely decline. That means if Ainge deals for Davis next summer, he's only getting him for one season (unless Davis agrees to an extension which I don't think he will)

He also owns a house in LA and shares the same agent as Lebron. No way do I deal for Davis. Too much of a risk as it looks like he has LAKER written all over him.

I'd rather stick with the team we have and keep an eye open for other players. I know Ainge is on the hunt for transcendent players (Durant, Davis) but if the players either decide to go elsewhere or are unattainable, there's not much you can do.

Thibs fired and MIN seems to be going nowhere if we're being honest. It's wild, but could you see them turning their attention to KAT if he's ever made available? I wouldn't entirely rule it out although for now it's obviously unlikely. He did sign that massive extension recently though...

If Minny is being blown up, the only thing that you can be assured of is that Towns, at only 23, and being as good as he is, is going nowhere. He is the player they build around, not the player they move to try to get draft picks that could in 5 years turn out as good as Towns is now.

Yeah.  The question is what can they get for Wiggins.

They wish they could get a refund 

[Roy H.]

My sincere hope is that the Pelicans make the playoffs and AD elects to stay with them. They drafted him, and invested in his team. It would devastate the franchise if he requests a trade. Small market teams otherwise become farm system for the big market teams like the Lakers. Or us.

I would change it from "small market teams" to "poorly managed teams".

If Davis leaves, it won't be because New Orleans isn't a big enough market.  It will be because the Pelicans haven't been able to build a competent team around him and because ownership treats the Pelicans as an afterthought to the Saints, while having perhaps the worst coach / GM combo in the NBA.

[SparzWizard]

I would trade Tatum for Davis too.

Now I'm gonna wait for all those pitchforks to go after me. How dare I trade one of our best and young wing player for the best big man in the NBA. 

[gouki88]

I would trade Tatum for Davis too.

Now I'm gonna wait for all those pitchforks to go after me. How dare I trade one of our best and young wing player for the best big man in the NBA. 

I think the only grounds for concern over moving Tatum is that AD could up and leave. Even so, it's almost impossible to make any other argument against the move. Tatum has a very small chance of ever being as good as AD is now, if any chance

[Surferdad]

Didn't realize this but the last year of AD's contract in 2020 is a player option, which he will likely decline. That means if Ainge deals for Davis next summer, he's only getting him for one season (unless Davis agrees to an extension which I don't think he will)

He also owns a house in LA and shares the same agent as Lebron. No way do I deal for Davis. Too much of a risk as it looks like he has LAKER written all over him.

I'd rather stick with the team we have and keep an eye open for other players. I know Ainge is on the hunt for transcendent players (Durant, Davis) but if the players either decide to go elsewhere or are unattainable, there's not much you can do.

Thibs fired and MIN seems to be going nowhere if we're being honest. It's wild, but could you see them turning their attention to KAT if he's ever made available? I wouldn't entirely rule it out although for now it's obviously unlikely. He did sign that massive extension recently though...

If Minny is being blown up, the only thing that you can be assured of is that Towns, at only 23, and being as good as he is, is going nowhere. He is the player they build around, not the player they move to try to get draft picks that could in 5 years turn out as good as Towns is now.

Yeah.  The question is what can they get for Wiggins.

They wish they could get a refund 

So, trade Wiggins for Kevin Love?  Think about that for a minute....similar salaries and contracts...