OK, so if Smart gets us Reddish and Collins, are we doing it? I think we are! May not be able to keep Collins in the off season, but Reddish is signed for a couple of more.
Collins is a RFA. We do that if we like him.
I do that deal 100%
Why do we want Reddish?
young prospect that could improve. I'm sure we'll be sending out another body with Smart if this deal actually happens so probably making the body count even out for roster purposes too.
It just makes no sense to me. The argument as I understand it is we're trading Smart because in two off-seasons he'll be a free agent that we might not want to pay. So instead, we get a player who is a free agent this summer whom his current team doesn't want to pay, and will likely command $7-10 million more a year than Smart. So we might let him walk? Or we'll overpay him even more than Smart?
And then we also get a wing who's a former lottery pick and can't shoot, because Romeo Langford isn't already that?
And we also get four bigs on our roster a week after our coach made the decision to only use one-big lineups?
I don't see how this deal would in any way benefit the Celtics in either the short term or the long-term.
