Basically we have to draft well and trade well. No big surprises there. All I can really tell you is the next two years:
This season we MUST keep Rondo, as he is a big draw card for free agent to sign with the Celtics. Next year once a free agent is signed this coming off season, then we can trade Rondo at the trade deadline, otherwise he's going to get very expensive to keep once his contract runs out..
The main free agent we should try our best to sign this summer is Greg Monroe. We have enough cap space if Humphries doesn't get traded by the deadline and his contract just expires. If Greg Monroe doesn't want to sign here and play with Rondo, then we DO NOT sign Carmelo Anthony, or anyone else really unless we can get them on a bargain deal. It's not that big of a deal if we can't sign Monroe.
We MUST keep Sullinger.
Bradley, Green, Crawford, Lee and Bass should all be traded in different deals to land better players; so instead of having five decent players we can have two very good players, or one really good player and some draft picks. I understand that Crawford is playing well at point guard, but once Rondo comes back, he'll be redundant.
Trade Humphries by the trade deadline as filler for a great player, or let his contract expire and try to resign him in the offseason - and be happy about the capspace.
Keep Faverani. Keep Pressey. They are on bargain deals. Keep Wallace - according to metrics he's playing better than Jeff Green this year, probably because of his defense. Next year he becomes a valuable expiring contract. Not to mention Bogans should get traded at the trade deadline as an expiring contract. If not, capspace baby!
Based on current standings our position in the draft would probably be 15 if we make the playoffs. The Atlanta pick would probably be 20.
In this draft, as always, the most highest priority is landing a tier one player. If the NBA draft were today, and Chad Fords rankings we accurate, we should trade a player of ours not named Sullinger or Rondo, and our #15 draft pick to move up in the draft to a relistic position (say #9 or #10) to land Noah Vonleh. Believe it or not, he's a very, very good player.
If we aren't able to do this, the best option is to stand pat in the draft and with the #15 pick draft either Willie Cauley-Stein, Montrezl Harrell, or Alex Poythress.
With the #20 pick we should draft Kyle Anderson from UCLA. Very, very underrated which is due to his lack of speed. He's very, very good. If he gets selected by anyone not named the Celtics in the draft, he'll get drafted by either the Thunder or the Spurs, because they are smart teams and will understand how good he really is.
Keep the Brooklyn picks to land a superstar who is head and shoulders above the competition. This may be unrealistic (aiming for Durant or Love), but its probably the only justifiable way to trade those picks from Brooklyn.
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