Tier 11. Jayson Tatum (Celtics) = value 10
2. 2019 #3 Pick (Knicks) = value 9
3. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) = value 7
4. 2019 #4 Pick (Lakers) = value 6
Tier 25. Kyle Kuzma (Lakers) = value 5
6. Mitchell Robinson (Knicks) = value 5
7. Future Grizzlies Pick (Celtics) = value 5
8. Lonzo Ball (Lakers) = value 4
9. Dennis Smith Jr (Knicks) = value 4
10. Brandon Ingram - health issues (Lakers) = value 4
11. 2019 Kings #14 Pick (Celtics) = value 4
12. Kevin Knox (Knicks) = value 4
Tier 313. 2021 Mavericks Pick (Knicks) = value 3
14. Marcus Smart (Celtics) = value 3
15. 2019 Clippers #20 Pick (Celtics) = value 3
16. 2019 Celtics #22 Pick (Celtics) = value 3
17. Robert Williams (Celtics) = value 2
18. Josh Hart (Lakers) = value 2
19. 2023 Mavericks Pick - prot. (Knicks) = value 2
Tier 420. Allonzo Trier (Knicks) = value 1
21. Frank Ntilikina (Knicks) = value 1
22. Moritz Wagner (Lakers) = value 1
23. Damyean Dotson (Knicks) = value 1
24. Semi Ojeleye (Celtics) = value 1
TOTAL VALUE1.
Boston Celtics (top assets: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Future Grizzlies Pick, 2019 Kings #14 Pick),
Total value: 382.
New York Knicks (top assets: 2019 #3 Pick, Mitchell Robinson, Dennis Smith Jr, Kevin Knox),
Total value: 303.
Los Angeles Lakers (top assets: 2019 #4 Pick, Kyle Kuzma, Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram),
Total value: 22So the Celtics have the best assets by quite a margin. Definitely don't have to offer both Tatum and Brown. The Lakers are basically no real threat. Since it's rather unlikely that the Knicks would offer all their assets (7 players + 2 future picks), the Celtics can still maintain at least one other valuable asset.
An offer of Jayson Tatum (10), Future Grizzlies Pick (5), 2019 Kings #14 Pick (4), Marcus Smart (3 ), 2019 Clippers #20 Pick (3), 2019 Celtics #22 Pick (3) and Guerschon Yabusele (filler) should be the best on the table (while keeping Williams) and that's a hefty price, which I'm not sure I'd be willing to pay. The question is how far the Knicks are willing to go. A bidding war with the Knicks was always the worst scenario.
And I still don't understand why Danny Ainge didn't make a deal to secure a salary filler contract by trading Rozier (and Yabusele or Morris). For the right deal even Smart has to go for a superstar, but he's way more valuable to us as team leader than as a trade asset.