Reasonable Celts/Thunder trade

[gpap]

What do you think?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=3ohev4y

[action781]

Reasonable for Boston, I'm not sure that this interests OKC.  They would be suddenly lacking a bit of scoring with only 1-2 true scoring options on the floor at any time.

[wiley]

Sefolosha's a good player.  The Celtics would have to throw in draft picks.  IMO they'd then want to start Delonte at PG and Westbrook at 2.  Ray and Green off the bench,  or Ray and Pierce.
Then we'd need a new backup PG.....

Russel not a good fit with big 3 except possibly playing 2 guard

[Celtics18]

Whether Rondo or Westbrook is a better player has been discussed ad nauseum around here so I won't rehash that argument. 

Another point worth looking at is the contract situation.  Westbrook is going to be a free agent after this season.  It's then somewhat likely that he'll sign somewhere else or ask for considerably more money than we are paying Rondo.

Even for those who think Westbrook is a better player than Rondo for the future, I don't see how this makes any sense unless we really want to start over and are more than happy to take the chance that Westbrook walks after this season. 

Having a top five, young point guard locked up for the next four years at a very sweet $11 million per is one of the strengths of our team moving into the future. 

I'd like to keep our team together for another run at it, but for those desperate to make big moves, trading away one of the aging, expiring contracts seems like a vastly more sensible approach to rebuilding than looking to "upgrade" at the pg spot.   
 

[wiley]

Whether Rondo or Westbrook is a better player has been discussed ad nauseum around here so I won't rehash that argument. 

Another point worth looking at is the contract situation.  Westbrook is going to be a free agent after this season.  It's then somewhat likely that he'll sign somewhere else or ask for considerably more money than we are paying Rondo.

Even for those who think Westbrook is a better player than Rondo for the future, I don't see how this makes any sense unless we really want to start over and are more than happy to take the chance that Westbrook walks after this season. 

Having a top five, young point guard locked up for the next four years at a very sweet $11 million per is one of the strengths of our team moving into the future. 

I'd like to keep our team together for another run at it, but for those desperate to make big moves, trading away one of the aging, expiring contracts seems like a vastly more sensible approach to rebuilding than looking to "upgrade" at the pg spot.   
 

TP.  I wouldn't trade Rondo in any sort of lateral move.  If you're going to trade him, get back quality (as in excellent) bigs....