My prediction: Boston-Houston trade

[Birdman]

With Al gone and Houston wanting Butler, im thinking Celts will trade Baynes, Yabu, 20th and 22nd pick for Capela...

[gpap]

With Al gone and Houston wanting Butler, im thinking Celts will trade Baynes, Yabu, 20th and 22nd pick for Capela...

It be a steal for the Celts. A 25 year old rim-protector for a potpourri of nothing.

Sounds good to me.

[Pvictor11]

I would do that in a second. But I don't know how the Rockets would play with Paul, Harden and Butler without a change in the rules that allows a team to play with 3 balls at the same time

[Celts Fan 508]

Would that give them enough money to sign a max player like Butler?  I’d do it in a heartbeat.

[wiley]

With Al gone and Houston wanting Butler, im thinking Celts will trade Baynes, Yabu, 20th and 22nd pick for Capela...

It be a steal for the Celts. A 25 year old rim-protector for a potpourri of nothing.

Sounds good to me.

Baynes and Yabu....just pick 20, and 51.  Take it or leave it Houston. Capela is not a star. 

[BMark]

This article contains two suggested trades btwn the Cs and Houston. Why the heck would the Cs want Chris Paul?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2841735-realistic-trades-we-could-see-on-nba-draft-night

[gouki88]

This article contains two suggested trades btwn the Cs and Houston. Why the heck would the Cs want Chris Paul?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2841735-realistic-trades-we-could-see-on-nba-draft-night

They wouldn't. Nobody does

[Birdman]

Does Rockets need to trade Gordon also to get Butler?

[gpap]

With Al gone and Houston wanting Butler, im thinking Celts will trade Baynes, Yabu, 20th and 22nd pick for Capela...

It be a steal for the Celts. A 25 year old rim-protector for a potpourri of nothing.

Sounds good to me.

Baynes and Yabu....just pick 20, and 51.  Take it or leave it Houston. Capela is not a star.

He may not be a star but he would be a big upgrade at center. We're also not exactly in a position right now where we can be picky.

[0003323344]

I would do that in a second. But I don't know how the Rockets would play with Paul, Harden and Butler without a change in the rules that allows a team to play with 3 balls at the same time

Paul and Harden reportedly loathe each other so Paul may be on the way out therefore they would "only" need 2 balls.

[ETNCeltics]

That doesn't answer the question from this morning why they're trying to trade Baynes for salary cap space. We won't need space to acquire Capela.

[0003323344]

This article contains two suggested trades btwn the Cs and Houston. Why the heck would the Cs want Chris Paul?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2841735-realistic-trades-we-could-see-on-nba-draft-night

Well they will need a starting PG right? I don't know that I'd want to trade Hayward just yet though especially for an aging, injury prone star. I would give him one more year to get past that injury.

[Pvictor11]

I would do that in a second. But I don't know how the Rockets would play with Paul, Harden and Butler without a change in the rules that allows a team to play with 3 balls at the same time

Paul and Harden reportedly loathe each other so Paul may be on the way out therefore they would "only" need 2 balls.

True. But I doubt anybody takes that CP3 contract. They will have to figure out a way to coexist next season or trade Harden for another superstar or 2 stars and hope they don't end up hating CP3.

[Birdman]

Only team to take on Paul contract would be New York..they lost on Zion, lost on Davis, probably lost on Kyrie and Durant..so they are desperate to get a big name player

[celticinorlando]

I would trade Yabu for a rack of basketballs at this point