I’m not fond of the idea of trading away Walker, but just for fun finagle a way trading away Smart, Thompson, Walker, TPE, and several picks for Oladipo with an extension and Beal. Have a big backcourt with Beal and Oladipo with Tatum and Brown as your forwards. Lots of flexibility with lineups. A pipidream though not reality. Lol
I was actually lukewarm on the Oladipo idea as I was nervous paying him so much as he enters his 30s, but I’ve come around on it.
Man, that would actually be crazy. https://tradenba.com/trades/vkMjshipX
It doesn't work until March because of recently signed and recently traded restrictions, but imagine the team we'd have. Terrrrrrible bench, but a ludicrous starting lineup. Not sure I'd even want it, but look at the resulting team:
Oladipo / Pritchard / Teague
Beal / Langford / Green
Brown / Ojeleye / Nesmith
Tatum / G Williams
R Williams / Theis
I think I'm in the camp of someone who would rather we try and grab low-usage secondary guys like Aaron Gordon or Harrison Barnes, as our young duo provides plenty of scoring. That is, unless we could nab a binkie like Jonas V or Nikola Vucevic
Yeah, Beal is going to demand a hell of a lot more than that. IMO, he has more value than Harden did and we saw how that trade went down lol.
In theory the market for Beal should be huge. In practice, which team with a lot of expendable assets is actually going to target Beal?
Denver and Golden State have assets, but I can't think of another team that makes sense and can easily outbid Boston.
Here are some teams that have the assets to offer a better package for Beal.
Atlanta: Hunter, Collins, Reddish, Okongwu(#6), Huerter
Golden State: Wiseman(#2), 2021 Minny 1st
Denver: Porter Jr, maybe Murray?
Philly: Simmons, Maxey(#21), Thybulle
Miami: Herro, Achiuwa(#20), D. Robinson
Minny: Edwards(#1), Beasley, McDaniels(#28), Okogie
NY: Randle, Barrett, M. Robinson, Toppin(#8), Quickley(#25), Knox
Charlotte: LaMelo(#3), PJ Washington
+ pick(s) + filler(s) if necessary
All these teams are rumored to be in the running for Beal. Not saying all these assets are expendable in case of a trade, just that these teams could possibly beat the Celtics in a bidding war for Beal.