Celtics to trade Lee for Jerryd Bayless?

[LarBrd33]

That's legal?

Yes.

ah, I see you edited. You can learn all about trade exceptions, how they're created, and how they work from the FAQ:
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q81

But the one thing I took away from that Doc/Clippers fiasco is that you couldn't have two separate deals contingent on each other.  How is this any different if deal 2 is dependent on Deal 1 and vice versa?

[timobusa]

With Lee out tonight and Brooks in the D-League I wonder if there will be a KEITH BOGANS sighting!

BOGANS FIRST GUARD OFF THE BENCH? WHAAAT?

[LarBrd33]

Only way we dump Wallace's contract is if he starts playing significantly more minutes and starts scoring more.

I think this is a good move for Ainge. I am curious whether trading for an expiring means he plans on letting Humphries expire at the end of the year as well

Although Lee for expiring is a tiny insignificant trade... it does indeed paint the picture of Boston heading in the "selling' direction.

Should be an interesting month.

Bayless should be a nice back-up for Crawford this year once we trade Rondo for draft picks and expirings. 

lol j/k

[Eja117]

I'm not saying Bayless is an all star or anything, but neither was Lee and Lee was unhappy. Bayless has scored in double digits in over a third of his games this year and is a young decent athletic combo guard.  He's a tad redundant with what we have, but him, Avery, and J Craw are a nice group for now, and when Rondo comes back it gets nicer. Nice depth situation. There's nothing to dislike here.

[VitorSullyandKOFan]

Only way we dump Wallace's contract is if he starts playing significantly more minutes and starts scoring more.

I think this is a good move for Ainge. I am curious whether trading for an expiring means he plans on letting Humphries expire at the end of the year as well

Although Lee for expiring is a tiny insignificant trade... it does indeed paint the picture of Boston heading in the "selling' direction.

Should be an interesting month.

It's not insignificant it gives more flexibility and cap space if we want to add good players in the summer or Feb deadline.

[D.o.s.]

That's legal?

Yes.

ah, I see you edited. You can learn all about trade exceptions, how they're created, and how they work from the FAQ:
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q81

But the one thing I took away from that Doc/Clippers fiasco is that you couldn't have two separate deals contingent on each other.  How is this any different if deal 2 is dependent on Deal 1 and vice versa?

The Doc/Clippers thing had to do with the fact that you can't actually trade coaches, and the "wink wink, nudge nudge" nature of the transaction (which was supposed to be KG/DOC for DeAndre and a 1st, I think) p---ed off the rest of the owners, who complained to the league, who instituted the "no tradsies" moratorium between us and the Clips.

We didn't trade Doc. We released Doc from his contract early so that he could sign a new contract with the Clippers in exchange for a 1st round pick.

Of course, one of the "unspoken" contingencies of KG heading to the Clippers was that Doc would be the coach. That's why the league office brought the hammer down on the KG/DeAndre trade--because it was effectively a player + coach for player + draft pick trade, and that's illegal under the current CBA.

[jojowhite10]

Only way we dump Wallace's contract is if he starts playing significantly more minutes and starts scoring more.

I think this is a good move for Ainge. I am curious whether trading for an expiring means he plans on letting Humphries expire at the end of the year as well

Although Lee for expiring is a tiny insignificant trade... it does indeed paint the picture of Boston heading in the "selling' direction.

Should be an interesting month.

It's not insignificant it gives more flexibility and cap space if we want to add good players in the summer or Feb deadline.

Think he meant when it comes to affecting the W/L total for the team--same page.

I just hope we can find a way to dump Wallace's contract. I would be willing to throw in a first

[Boris Badenov]

With Lee out tonight and Brooks in the D-League I wonder if there will be a KEITH BOGANS sighting!

BOGANS FIRST GUARD OFF THE BENCH? WHAAAT?

Somewhere Bogans is thinking "Hey, that whining about playing time really paid off! I should do that more often!"

[BudweiserCeltic]

I knew that there was something behind sending Marshon Brooks to the D-League.

[timobusa]

With Lee out tonight and Brooks in the D-League I wonder if there will be a KEITH BOGANS sighting!

BOGANS FIRST GUARD OFF THE BENCH? WHAAAT?

Somewhere Bogans is thinking "Hey, that whining about playing time really paid off! I should do that more often!"

And somewhere Courtney Lee is thinking "Hey, that whining about playing time DIDN'T pay off! I should shut my mouth more often!"

[LarBrd33]

With Lee out tonight and Brooks in the D-League I wonder if there will be a KEITH BOGANS sighting!

BOGANS FIRST GUARD OFF THE BENCH? WHAAAT?

Somewhere Bogans is thinking "Hey, that whining about playing time really paid off! I should do that more often!"

And somewhere Courtney Lee is thinking "Hey, that whining about playing time DIDN'T pay off! I should shut my mouth more often!"

Or he's thinking "Sweet... this is a team that could be reasonably competitive this year and I'll actually have a role"

[Celtics18]

I wish Courtney the best in Memphis.  Hopefully, he will be able to find a solid role in their rotation.

Good luck, Courtney.  You'll be missed. 

[VitorSullyandKOFan]

I think Ainge will try to sign Bynum now that he has flexibility.

[crownontherocks]

If we wanted to can we trade bayless before trade deadline

[timobusa]

With Lee out tonight and Brooks in the D-League I wonder if there will be a KEITH BOGANS sighting!

BOGANS FIRST GUARD OFF THE BENCH? WHAAAT?

Somewhere Bogans is thinking "Hey, that whining about playing time really paid off! I should do that more often!"

And somewhere Courtney Lee is thinking "Hey, that whining about playing time DIDN'T pay off! I should shut my mouth more often!"

Or he's thinking "Sweet... this is a team that could be reasonably competitive this year and I'll actually have a role"

Or he's saying I'm in another position where theres a lot of Guards.. Tony Allen, Nick Calathes, Seth Curry, Jamaal Franklin, Quincy Pondexter and Mike Miller..

Or that....