Who Do You Trade: Melo/Crawford/Brooks

[Chris]

The real question is: Who would want them?

Right.  I am not sure any of them would have teams lined up to take them off our hands. 

[Birdman]

we may need crawford scoring ability, which is rare with him

[Birdman]

like to see what Brooks can do..I trade Melo for a 2025 2nd round pick 

[action781]

The real question is: Who would want them?

Right.  I am not sure any of them would have teams lined up to take them off our hands.

Sacramento maybe?  Utah?  Milwaukee?  Philly?

[More Banners]

The real question is: Who would want them?

Right.  I am not sure any of them would have teams lined up to take them off our hands.

Sacramento maybe?  Utah?  Milwaukee?  Philly?

Probably not much market for non-shooting, streaky scoring, marginal NBA SG's with questionable defense.

But teams will always take a flier on a 7' guy.

Which is the only reason I'd keep Melo - size.  Is it worth salary dumping him just to get under the tax?

Probably.

[connor]

The real question is: Who would want them?

Right.  I am not sure any of them would have teams lined up to take them off our hands.

Sacramento maybe?  Utah?  Milwaukee?  Philly?

Probably not much market for non-shooting, streaky scoring, marginal NBA SG's with questionable defense.

But teams will always take a flier on a 7' guy.

Which is the only reason I'd keep Melo - size.  Is it worth salary dumping him just to get under the tax?

Probably.

I think they are all moveable as long as you don't expect anything much in return.

Brooks probably has the most value given his age, his contract (2 years left on a rookie deal) and the fact that he showed a lot of potential (offensively at least) before getting stuck behind Johnson. But those are the very reasons that he is the one I'd least like to trade. He showed he can produce on a bad team so why not let him get some quality minutes and hopefully raise his stock enough to get a decent return at the deadline or next offseason.

Crawford probably has some value to a veteran team. I can't see any young team taking him in given his problems in Washington, but a veteran squad that is winning could find a role for him trying to harness his scoring outbursts. I think he probably increased his value at least marginally by being a model citizen in his brief stint here last season. On top of that he is expiring so if you are a contending team with cap space and a need for scoring why not take a flyer on him? (Chicago, San Antonio, Houston, Indiana).

Melo has got to have the least value just because of his failure to develop significantly with an extra year of attention, but you can't teach height so somebody would probably take a chance. He is probably moveable to another non competing team who has the patience to keep him around and see if he ever figures it out, but given our current situation I don't see why that team shouldn't be the Celtics. If we aren't getting anything back for him expect cap space we can't use anyway, why not give him some more time.

[Mazingerz]

In preferential order:

1. Melo (any pick will do);
2. Crawford;
3. Brooks (Im on the fence on this one)

[celticdog]

Crawford.

Hold on to hope (denial?) that Melo will get better.

See what the young coach can get out of Brooks.  Maybe Brooks will surprise us if he gets more minutes and some more attention from coaches.  More team ball less iso heav play.

[saltlover]

Crawford. He's paid more, and he was worth two expiring minimum contracts to a non-contending team last year.  If you can send him to someone to clear payroll, and not pay for the privelege, that's a win.