« Reply #81 on: September 19, 2018, 08:19:26 PM »
What do the Knicks, the Nets and the Clips have in common (apart from being big market teams)? They can trade for Butler and then create enough cap space to go after Kyrie next summer.
Assuming Butler wants to team up with Kyrie (and vice versa), I'd offer Kyrie to the Wolves in exchange for KAT+fillers. It's a longshot, but stranger things have happened. At the end of the day, this is possibly the only way for Thibs to keep Butler in Minny.
I get that Kyrie is the better fit for the C's. Having said that,
- KAT is about 4 years younger.
- He has never missed a game during his 3 seasons in the league.
- We already have a starting-caliber PG in Rozier.
- Horford is on the wrong side of 30.
This is exactly what a friend and I were talking about. I'm not a huge KAT fan, but if anywhere can set him straight it's an environment with CBS, Al and Smart.
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That all sounds sensible. I wouldn't do it, though. I want to see what this Celtics team we have now looks like healthy. I think they're contenders without doing anything.
How bad must it be in Minnesota that Butler won't play it out for 1 more season. Or maybe he thinks it'll make it better for whichever his new team is to maneuver salary with next summer in mind? Is he really thinking that far ahead?
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