Danny's in his wheelhouse on this one

[mctyson]

It's so strange to me that people want to trade down and pick up more mediocre-to-decent assetts. The Celtics already have a tone of those. They need to consolodate some of those assetts (and players) into something (or someone) of higher value.

We have bingo!  It's really a bad move to move out of the top 5 to pick amongst 2nd or even 3rd tier talent.

I could live with a trade down to #4 if we have an understanding with the Suns that they are not taking our top target.  But I don't see the benefit of dropping down to 7, 8, or 9.  There will be a bunch of mediocre talents outside the top 5 and that is true of 90% of the drafts.  If you want a starter or star level talent, you need a top 5 pick in most cases.

So at least 4 posters on this thread (including myself) have made this point:  Trading down (for lesser talent) makes no sense.  The only benefit of that approach is to add more picks (assets), but the question is why do we want to add assets that are not likely to be top-tier talent?  It seems CB-nation is split on this point.

I disagree.  If they do not want Bender, or Brown, or whoever and the teams picking at #4 or 5 do want this player, and those teams are willing to trade up to get it, then it is a obvious move to make that trade.

[flybono]

I'll guarantee Teams are looking at the 3 pick and scouting Dunn.
? Is what teams and what do they have to offer?

Trading down is not an option. 3 pick has far more value trading it outright.

Again, what teams?

If Noel is dealt to hawks minus the one big rumor.