It is possible that Danny is trying to bluff like he wants Bender so Phoenix will trade with LA and take him, leaving us Ingram. It’s possible but unlikely LA takes Bender, leaving us Ingram. Is it possible by bluffing some other team will all of a sudden want Bender and move up to # 2? For a GM to be that gullible as to all of sudden want a player just because Danny likes him, his initials would have to be M.J.
I think it is most likely that Danny wants Bender for the long haul and there are some in the organization that want more fire works right now then Bender will produce in year one. That is what all the statements that have come from the organization relating to the draft seems to hint at. Field a competitive team while building for the future.
What about Avery and Isaiah and their contracts? Don’t they insinuate a pressure to win now? I believe that Danny locked them up to be placeholders and keep us completive until our champion backcourt is ready or at least on the team. With possible top 5 picks from brook in the next two years then one form Memphis the year after that there is no way Avery and Isaiah are starting on this team when there deals are up and they’d have to take a discount on their market values to even resign with the team. Most likely they are part of trades between now and banner #18. I say we have half of that backcourt in Smart and the other half is probably not on the team, unless Rozier and Hunter really step up. Right now they look like quality rotational players but that’s about all.
What if Danny is supper clever and is really setting up a big trade, i.e. he really is bluffing and wants to win now. Assuming that all of the public draft related statements we have by Angie and the Celtics organization (all of which really point to Bender) are a bluff, lets look at past actions to see if he really is about building a team that will be a contender for a decade, like San Antonio, or anther quick fix team with a three year run of greatness, like the last Celtics championship team and the Miami team with their “Big Three”.
1) He made the big trade once so he wants to do it again = He’s bluffing now.
2) He recognizes that this time there really is no big trade to make without having to sacrifice the strong core of this team for a marginal star who couldn’t get it done with similar if not better talent then Boston has (Butler/George) = He’s not bluffing, we’re picking Bender.
3) Since the Trade to get all of those Brooklyn picks, Danny has made only one big trade and that was Rondo, for what looked like a whole lot of nothing. The reality is that Danny has made small moves that didn’t seem like they were going to be good but worked out better than most people on this forum thought. Who liked the Zeller trade when we got him; who liked signing Amir for12 mil; who liked the trade for Isaiah; who thought signing Turner was a good move at the time; who thought Rozier was a good pick at 16? Is Danny really setting up a brilliant big time move for Butler or George? Not likely = He’s not bluffing, we’re picking Bender.
Is he really bluffing to set up a blockbuster trade? No, we’re picking Bender.
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