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What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« on: July 15, 2014, 05:12:32 PM »

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Re: What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2014, 05:16:37 PM »

Offline rondohondo

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Move Wallace with a pick or two next off-season , sign Love , hope Green opts out  . Move other young players for cap relief if necessary . Sign Durant

PG: Rondo
SG: Smart
SF: Durant
PF: Love
 C: ?
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Re: What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2014, 05:18:52 PM »

Offline BudweiserCeltic

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The only scenario is for Oklahoma to heavily implode, and I don't see it happening between now and then. Durant is not going anywhere.
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Re: What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2014, 05:20:03 PM »

Offline saltlover

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C's get Love or Aldridge next season via a sign-and-trade.  Get Jeff Green to stay on a deal that pays him a lot for 1 year ($14-$15 million), with a second non-guaranteed year that becomes guaranteed on July 15th, 2016.  Make at least the conference finals in 2015.  Convince KD to come here, use Jeff Green's non-guaranteed salary of at least $15 million as the primary outgoing salary component, and add young players and draft picks to make OKC willing to agree to a sign-and-trade of their franchise player.

That's my scenario at least.  Unless one of the young players we currently have on the roster erupts into a superstar in the next two years, we're going to need to acquire a big-time player next summer.  Furthermore, to be competitive with said new player, we're going to need to go above the cap in 2015.  This also means that we' probably won't have room in 2016, and so KD has to be acquired via sign-and-trade, which means we need non-guaranteed salaries to make the deal easier to complete.
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Re: What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2014, 05:24:42 PM »

Offline thehumburger

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The NBA would have to contract and fold it's most storied franchise, moving the organization and combining it with either the Thunder or Wizards (where Durant is from), renaming the franchise either the Thuntics or the Celtards. Then they'd have a chance.
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« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2014, 05:30:33 PM »

Offline puskas54_10

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Never will happen.

The celtics' chance to be competitive is:
Try to draft right and develop your players, hope Brad Stevens have some Popovich in him.
Ray Allen & KG trades are once in a lifetime.
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« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2014, 05:35:29 PM »

Offline rondohondo

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Quote from: puskas54_10 on July 15, 2014, 05:30:33 PM
Never will happen.

The celtics' chance to be competitive is:
Try to draft right and develop your players, hope Brad Stevens have some Popovich in him.
Ray Allen & KG trades are once in a lifetime.

?When (the Butler Bulldogs) were on TV, I watched the game to see what I could pick up, to see what (now-Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens) did, because he did such a fine job,? Popovich said Wednesday before his Spurs downed Boston, 104-93.

But Popovich noted a lot he respected about those Butler teams, which Stevens twice brought to the national championship game.

?Good teams all have the same trademarks. It?s not like somebody owns the secrets to it,? said Popovich. ?But they were a disciplined team, they were a creative team, they were committed, they played great D, unselfish on offense. It?s all the same things that win, but they did it consistently ? year after year after year, game after game after game.?

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2013/11/gregg_popovich_san_antonio_spu.html
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2014, 05:37:10 PM »

Offline kozlodoev

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A scenario in which Rondo is gone, Smart develops into a Joe Dumars / Dwyane Wade hybrid, Avery Bradley plays 80+ games a season, and we stumble into the 2016 #1 overall through the Nets.

Highly unlikely :P
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Re: What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2014, 05:37:15 PM »

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Make the playoffs with Rondo after re-signing him in the summer of 2015.
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Re: What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2014, 06:01:41 PM »

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It's a good question.

This is actually one of the reasons why I'd like to see the Celts acquire Harden.

Not only because he's a great player, but he played with Durant in OKC.

Also, try to trade for Westbrook between now and then as well.

If the Celts have Westbrook and Harden, Durant would be very interested in Boston.

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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2014, 06:04:59 PM »

Offline MSceltic

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1) Hope OKC implodes
2) Hope the Wizards have no cap room
3) Out recruit the Lakers, Knicks, and Texas teams who throw money at every problem
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Re: What scenario would have to play out for the Celtics to target Durant in 2016?
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2014, 06:15:14 PM »

Offline JohnBoy65

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Quote from: gpap on July 15, 2014, 06:01:41 PM
It's a good question.

This is actually one of the reasons why I'd like to see the Celts acquire Harden.

Not only because he's a great player, but he played with Durant in OKC.

Also, try to trade for Westbrook between now and then as well.

If the Celts have Westbrook and Harden, Durant would be very interested in Boston.


If it was that easy wouldn't OKC still be intact?
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