Would absolutely consider taking a chance on Stephenson despite all the talk about him needing the ball to be effective, and his on and off court bad attitude (same thing everybody said about Rondo, but we still loved having him!!!). Trading Nelson and Bass works for me, but I'd rather we keep that Mavs pick. That pick is heavily protected in 2015 (top 3, and 15-30), which means we'll get it in 2016. Add that to our own 2016 1st, Brooklyn's 2016 1st, Cavs 2016 1st and we have 4 first round picks in 2016!
I say we do this 3 team trade to get Stephenson:
Boston Sends: Bradley, Thornton, Bass
Boston Receives: Stephenson, Terry, Capela, & 6.9 trade exception (from Rockets for taking on Bass)
Charlotte Sends: Stephenson, Henderson
Charlotte Receives: Bradley, Thornton
Houston Sends: Terry, Capela, 6.9 million TE
Houston Receives: Bass, Nelson, & Henderson
BUYOUY JASON TERRY (hope he heads back to Dallas)
Trade opens up playing time for James Young!
The only thing that stops me from doing this deal is going after JIMMY BUTLER and giving him the MAX in Free Agency to steal him from the Bulls!!!
Celtics Roster after proposed trade:
PG: Smart / Pressey
SG: Stephenson / Turner / Young
SF: Green / Crowder / (Young) / Wallace
PF: Sully / Olynyk / (Capela)
C: Zeller / Wright / Capela
* ( )= means player can play minutes at this position also, although that is not his primary position.