Silly trade proposals

[arctic 3.0]

This team is awesome.
Most enjoyable season since king of the 4th.
What makes them awesome is the chemistry, they have fun, they win, they don’t need a shakeup.
Can we please stop with the trade proposals, at least until we actually show a need for a shakeup?

[nickagneta]

Come on arctic. You have been around a long time. You know that no matter how good or bad the Celtics are, fans, especially on this site, love their trade proposals, regardless of how smart, stupid, realistic, unrealistic, legal, illegal, necessary or unnecessary they may be. It's a CelticsBlog/CelticsStrong tradition!!!

[Csfan1984]

I don't think the team is a favorite so the idea that there would be thoughts about upgrades or moves that could make the team a favorite to win it isn't silly to me. And though I have disagreed with 95% of the ideas I know their heart is for the club improving so I don't think calling out people who post trade ideas is right.

[arctic 3.0]

Come on arctic. You have been around a long time. You know that no matter how good or bad the Celtics are, fans, especially on this site, love their trade proposals, regardless of how smart, stupid, realistic, unrealistic, legal, illegal, necessary or unnecessary they may be. It's a CelticsBlog/CelticsStrong tradition!!!

This is true.
Personally I’m working on appreciating the good things in life, and this team is one of the good things.

[Jvalin]

I don't think the team is a favorite so the idea that there would be thoughts about upgrades or moves that could make the team a favorite to win it isn't silly to me. And though I have disagreed with 95% of the ideas I know their heart is for the club improving so I don't think calling out people who post trade ideas is right.

Yep, personally speaking I love the trade season! The week prior to the trade deadline is hands down my favorite week of the regular season!

Feel free to post your trade ideas people! Exchanging views on our silly trade ideas is a long-standing tradition on this board!

Btw, the C's might have the worst starting Center in the entire league, yet many posters keep rejecting the idea that we should upgrade the Center position. Go figure.

[keevsnick]

If you subtract trade proposal from NBA fandom what exactly is left?

[RodyTur10]

I don't think the team is a favorite so the idea that there would be thoughts about upgrades or moves that could make the team a favorite to win it isn't silly to me. And though I have disagreed with 95% of the ideas I know their heart is for the club improving so I don't think calling out people who post trade ideas is right.

TP for that.

[nickagneta]

Come on arctic. You have been around a long time. You know that no matter how good or bad the Celtics are, fans, especially on this site, love their trade proposals, regardless of how smart, stupid, realistic, unrealistic, legal, illegal, necessary or unnecessary they may be. It's a CelticsBlog/CelticsStrong tradition!!!

This is true.
Personally I’m working on appreciating the good things in life, and this team is one of the good things.

I feel ya. I am actually trying to do the same thing and am grateful for my Boston sports teams, but especially my Celtics.

And yes everyone, they are my Celtics. You can't have them. I am not a good sharer😛😋😄😅

[nickagneta]

I don't think the team is a favorite so the idea that there would be thoughts about upgrades or moves that could make the team a favorite to win it isn't silly to me. And though I have disagreed with 95% of the ideas I know their heart is for the club improving so I don't think calling out people who post trade ideas is right.

Yep, personally speaking I love the trade season! The week prior to the trade deadline is hands down my favorite week of the regular season!

Feel free to post your trade ideas people! Exchanging views on our silly trade ideas is a long-standing tradition on this board!

Btw, the C's might have the worst starting Center in the entire league, yet many posters keep rejecting the idea that we should upgrade the Center position. Go figure.

Oh, I don't think most think that we shouldn't upgrade the position. I personally don't think Ainge will make a trade but think if the price was right, yeah, the Celtics should make an upgrade of the team.

But at what cost to our excellent core, the team's amazing chemistry and their tremendous success thus far? I think most people are rejecting trade proposals to upgrade the center position because of the preceding question rather than that they think we shouldn't upgrade.

[Celtics4ever]

If you subtract trade proposal from NBA fandom what exactly is left?

Watching games, rooting for your team, reading stats, you know actual fan stuff not wannabe GM stuff and NBA2k trades that will never happen.

Btw, the C's might have the worst starting Center in the entire league, yet many posters keep rejecting the idea that we should upgrade the Center position. Go figure.

I think people might support them if they were good trades, but all too often they are not.  How many let's trade Hayward for KAT or Tristan Thompson when those teams have zero interest in trading those guys......

[BitterJim]

I don't think the team is a favorite so the idea that there would be thoughts about upgrades or moves that could make the team a favorite to win it isn't silly to me. And though I have disagreed with 95% of the ideas I know their heart is for the club improving so I don't think calling out people who post trade ideas is right.

Yep, personally speaking I love the trade season! The week prior to the trade deadline is hands down my favorite week of the regular season!

Feel free to post your trade ideas people! Exchanging views on our silly trade ideas is a long-standing tradition on this board!

Btw, the C's might have the worst starting Center in the entire league, yet many posters keep rejecting the idea that we should upgrade the Center position. Go figure.

Oh, I don't think most think that we shouldn't upgrade the position. I personally don't think Ainge will make a trade but think if the price was right, yeah, the Celtics should make an upgrade of the team.

But at what cost to our excellent core, the team's amazing chemistry and their tremendous success thus far? I think most people are rejecting trade proposals to upgrade the center position because of the preceding question rather than that they think we shouldn't upgrade.

Oh, please. How could trading 1/4 of our team (including all our big man depth) for a slight upgrade possibly backfire?

Any trade idea that starts with Kanter/Theis/Poirier as matching salaries would not even be considered by an actual front office

[keevsnick]

If you subtract trade proposal from NBA fandom what exactly is left?

Watching games, rooting for your team, reading stats, you know actual fan stuff not wannabe GM stuff and NBA2k trades that will never happen.

Btw, the C's might have the worst starting Center in the entire league, yet many posters keep rejecting the idea that we should upgrade the Center position. Go figure.

I think people might support them if they were good trades, but all too often they are not.  How many let's trade Hayward for KAT or Tristan Thompson when those teams have zero interest in trading those guys......

This is sarcasm to be clear. Also can we try to not lecture others about how they should enjoy their fandom? Trade ideas dont hurt anybody, they can be fun. Its part of basketball.

[Fierce1]

I don't think the team is a favorite so the idea that there would be thoughts about upgrades or moves that could make the team a favorite to win it isn't silly to me. And though I have disagreed with 95% of the ideas I know their heart is for the club improving so I don't think calling out people who post trade ideas is right.

Absolutely!

It's not like the Celtics are the Patriots.

Us Celtic fans have one goal in common and that's to win another championship.

Right now this current Celtics is the surprise team of the NBA.
But there's no way that this current Celtics is the favorites to win the championship.

That's why there are lots of trade ideas presented because it's obvious that the Celts still need to get better.

Sure the Celts can win it all next season.
But this season, anything can happen because of all the player movement that happened last summer.

Ainge must go all in this season.

Next season teams like the Clips and Lakers will only get better because they will get more experience playing together.

Right both the Clips and Lakers are only strong on paper.
We don't know how they will play in the playoffs.

I'm sure if the Celts get past the Bucks, Celts will win it all.
But there's no way we're going to beat the Bucks if our best big is Theis or we allow the Bucks to get a lot of offensive rebounds.

Sure the Celts are playing well and are one of the top teams in the league, but the Celts need to be solid fundamentally.

You can't be fundamentally sound if you get outrebounded almost every game.
Rebounding stat says Celts have a negative rebounding differential.

[hwangjini_1]

This team is awesome.
Most enjoyable season since king of the 4th.
What makes them awesome is the chemistry, they have fun, they win, they don’t need a shakeup.
Can we please stop with the trade proposals, at least until we actually show a need for a shakeup?

discussing and proposing trades is the nature of the beast here at CS. i suggest you do what i do, ignore those threads. simple.

[Fierce1]

If you subtract trade proposal from NBA fandom what exactly is left?

Watching games, rooting for your team, reading stats, you know actual fan stuff not wannabe GM stuff and NBA2k trades that will never happen.

Btw, the C's might have the worst starting Center in the entire league, yet many posters keep rejecting the idea that we should upgrade the Center position. Go figure.

I think people might support them if they were good trades, but all too often they are not.  How many let's trade Hayward for KAT or Tristan Thompson when those teams have zero interest in trading those guys......

This is sarcasm to be clear. Also can we try to not lecture others about how they should enjoy their fandom? Trade ideas dont hurt anybody, they can be fun. Its part of basketball.

TP