Quote from: Goldstar88 on January 20, 2026, 05:19:57 PM

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Quote from: aefgogreen on January 17, 2026, 12:55:40 PM

Assuming you could protect eight?

Tatum, JB, Neemis, White, PP, Walsh, Hugo, Hauser

Do you take a chance and not protect White, thinking that nobody would want his contract at his age? I think it?s too risky. I guess Garza is gone. I don?t like the idea of leaving Walsh or Hugo exposed.

I'd protect Garza over Walsh.

Why? He plays hard, but he?s not even good enough as a backup C. Walsh is 6 years younger and can guard multiple positions. He?s also shooting over 40% from 3pt.

Mainly because I think Walsh is a bust.  That said, Luka is a big who can also shoot the three. 

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/uGlLB

Stats are close, but Jordan is getting about 3MPG more right now.  Jordan is shooting over 40% from 3PT, but Luka is even better than that.


Look, wings are a dime a dozen as we should know, both Danny and Brad are infatuated with drafting them.  He might be 6 years older, but he fits in the age bracket for this team, which is also why I would not be upset if they traded White vs Simons.  Another plug and play swap.

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Quote from: boscel33 on January 21, 2026, 07:12:41 AM

Quote from: Goldstar88 on January 20, 2026, 05:19:57 PM

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Quote from: aefgogreen on January 17, 2026, 12:55:40 PM

Assuming you could protect eight?

Tatum, JB, Neemis, White, PP, Walsh, Hugo, Hauser

Do you take a chance and not protect White, thinking that nobody would want his contract at his age? I think it?s too risky. I guess Garza is gone. I don?t like the idea of leaving Walsh or Hugo exposed.

I'd protect Garza over Walsh.

Why? He plays hard, but he?s not even good enough as a backup C. Walsh is 6 years younger and can guard multiple positions. He?s also shooting over 40% from 3pt.

Mainly because I think Walsh is a bust.  That said, Luka is a big who can also shoot the three. 

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/uGlLB

Stats are close, but Jordan is getting about 3MPG more right now.  Jordan is shooting over 40% from 3PT, but Luka is even better than that.


Look, wings are a dime a dozen as we should know, both Danny and Brad are infatuated with drafting them.  He might be 6 years older, but he fits in the age bracket for this team, which is also why I would not be upset if they traded White vs Simons.  Another plug and play swap.

The problem with Garza is that he is not a good defender. Can?t protect the paint at all. This is the main reason why the Celtics biggest need is a backup center.

How can Walsh be a bust at 21 years old when he?s shooting 40%+ from 3pt and arguably the best defender on the team who can guard 1-4. Don?t understand that at all.

Does age matter in believing someone is a bust?

Anthony Bennett - Bust at 20
Kwame - Bust at 22
Darko Milicic - Bust before 20

What do they have in common, two were first overall and Darko was 2nd overall.

Walsh is a second round pick. 

As for his 3PT%, I'll play the wait and see, he's attempted 65 and made 28.  Josh Minott (who) has attempted 73 and made 32 for just a slightly higher % than Walsh in 9 fewer games.

I may eat my words, but third year in and aside from his D, not showing me anything, many times I think he looks lost out there.  He gives me the same deer in the headlights look that Kedrick Brown used to.  Who?  Oh yeah, 11th overall pick, busted out by age 23.

Let's not use age as a bust determining factor.

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Our best bet is that another team thinks Simons is a commodity rather than somebody they are agreeing to take on if we give them picks.

I'd still send out our 2026 1st with Simons for Zubac, but would be pretty annoyed if it ended up being like 2032 pick or something.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but both LA and BOS are 1st apron teams, right?

That means that neither can take on more salary than it sends out?  That would mean we'd need to find a third team to take on some salary.

The Clippers are about $1.1 million under the 1st apron.

Okay.  And they're hard-capped, right?

So, they don't have much flexibility in trading with the Celts without a third team involved.  Simons-for-Zubac, for instance, wouldn't work.

I believe a Hauser+Tillman+Picks for Zubac trade would work.

A team over the 1st apron can't take back more than they send out via salary matching, but we'd be using the TPE to absorb Zubac not using a salary match. The C's would  then have enough room to sign a minimum guy and be just below the 2nd apron.

Of course adding 8 million in salary would be super expensive tax wise, something like 50 million extra in tax+salary (off the top of my head). But they could do it. Tatum could slot into Hauser's minutes when he returns, and maybe you could re-sign Simons this offseason at like 19/per rather than 28 to decrease your tax burden a bit.