What if: Cs decided to trade Tatum?

[BudweiserCeltic]

It would have to be done in the offseason, but I would think about Tatum & Smart for KAT, Beasley and Vanderbilt.

We roll with:
Schroder / Pritchard
Beasley / Richardson
Brown / Langford / Nesmith
Horford / G-Will / Vanderbilt
KAT / Timelord / Vanderbilt

I thought the Celtics are not allowed to sign Schroder for what he will command -- $18-20MM range.

That assumes there'll be teams that will have that much to spend next year. I haven't checked lately, but last I recall it seemed like not many teams will have buying power, and those who have will surely be looking for better targets.

So there's still a possibility he remains and then we can get on track to get some Bird rights potentially.

That said, I don't know what his market will be.

We'll see.

[Somebody]

It would have to be done in the offseason, but I would think about Tatum & Smart for KAT, Beasley and Vanderbilt.

We roll with:
Schroder / Pritchard
Beasley / Richardson
Brown / Langford / Nesmith
Horford / G-Will / Vanderbilt
KAT / Timelord / Vanderbilt

I thought the Celtics are not allowed to sign Schroder for what he will command -- $18-20MM range.

That assumes there'll be teams that will have that much to spend next year. I haven't checked lately, but last I recall it seemed like not many teams will have buying power, and those who have will surely be looking for better targets.

So there's still a possibility he remains and then we can get on track to get some Bird rights potentially.

That said, I don't know what his market will be.

We'll see.

We can only offer him 125% of what he's being paid this year I think.

[todd_days_41]

It would have to be done in the offseason, but I would think about Tatum & Smart for KAT, Beasley and Vanderbilt.

We roll with:
Schroder / Pritchard
Beasley / Richardson
Brown / Langford / Nesmith
Horford / G-Will / Vanderbilt
KAT / Timelord / Vanderbilt

I thought the Celtics are not allowed to sign Schroder for what he will command -- $18-20MM range.

That assumes there'll be teams that will have that much to spend next year. I haven't checked lately, but last I recall it seemed like not many teams will have buying power, and those who have will surely be looking for better targets.

So there's still a possibility he remains and then we can get on track to get some Bird rights potentially.

That said, I don't know what his market will be.

We'll see.

We can only offer him 125% of what he's being paid this year I think.

Close -- I think it's only a 20% raise. Any more would require cap space. So: TRADE HIS *** FOR A 1ST ASAP!

[PhoSita]

The Celts won't be "deciding" to trade Tatum, but at the moment I'm feeling like that "decision" will be made for them in 2-3 years when Tatum gets restless and some glamor city team is angling for him.