Celtics Off-Season News

[celticinorlando]

I honestly think Brad is done,

White, brogdan, Pp
Brown, Banton
Tatum, hauser
KP, Rob, Kornet
AL, Brissett, Walsh

He will add a few scrubs from the summer league team and horde the second round picks for another day

You don't think we'll trade Brogdon for a couple of 9th / 10th in the rotation types?

Could see that. Brad love accumulating guys that can’t play.

[Phantom255x]

We're stocking up 2nd round picks to trade for Lillard! 

[Neurotic Guy]

I honestly think Brad is done,

White, brogdan, Pp
Brown, Banton
Tatum, hauser
KP, Rob, Kornet
AL, Brissett, Walsh

He will add a few scrubs from the summer league team and horde the second round picks for another day

You don't think we'll trade Brogdon for a couple of 9th / 10th in the rotation types?

CO get's negative pretty quickly.  Love the passion, but maybe a little too early to throw in the towel on the season...

[celticinorlando]

So they created a trade exception they will never use and got more second round picks they will only trade for more second round picks

[BitterJim]

Bench consists of a

Brogdan and Pp
Hauser
Brissett
Kornet
Al or Rob
Walsh

I don’t count Banton because he’s not a real player

That’s an awful bench. Just terrible.

It really isn't. There are two players that would be starting for many other teams, a young player in a contract year that has shown quite a bit, and a shooting specialist.

I think its likely we still will try to get one or two more guys, but we aren't doing bad. This isn't the 2020 Celtics.

Brogdan—always hurt
PP—no idea if he can be a legit player
Hauser—not trusted by the coach
Brissett—g league talent
Rob—always hurt
Banton—not a nba player
Kornet—a waste of space

This bench is awful

Going to run Tatum and brown into the ground. No scoring at all on the bench

Gosh, can you imagine going into the playoffs if Brogdon and Timelord are injured. That bench would be the worst in the league. And those two guys aren't exactly small injury risks. Neither is Porzingis in the starting lineup.

And imagine if White, Brown, Tatum, Al, and Prozingis are injured, too... We would have the worst starting lineup in the league!

[celticsclay]

I don’t mind not matching the grant offer if we do actually use the trade exception or have another mind, otherwise this offsets the good will of getting porzingas as we really need another front court play that is legit to play some spot playoff minutes

[Roy H.]

I honestly think Brad is done,

White, brogdan, Pp
Brown, Banton
Tatum, hauser
KP, Rob, Kornet
AL, Brissett, Walsh

He will add a few scrubs from the summer league team and horde the second round picks for another day

You don't think we'll trade Brogdon for a couple of 9th / 10th in the rotation types?

CO get's negative pretty quickly.  Love the passion, but maybe a little too early to throw in the towel on the season...

It's just a pattern lately.  So many moves could have been made the last two seasons to maximize a chance at titles.  Instead, we've gone cheap and/or with a "don't upset the apple cart" approach.  We could have used the various TPEs and injury exception last year to bring in talent.  We didn't.  We could have signed veterans to the bench.  We've added end of bench players.  We could have kept Grant.  We opted for second rounders.  We could have added a first round prospect.  More second rounders.

It's discouraging.  And there are very few free agents left who are even playable.

[Roy H.]

I don’t mind not matching the grant offer if we do actually use the trade exception or have another mind, otherwise this offsets the good will of getting porzingas as we really need another front court play that is legit to play some spot playoff minutes

Is the trade exception the full amount of the MLE, or just 50%?  I wouldn't get too excited about a $6 million TPE.

[celticsclay]

I honestly think Brad is done,

White, brogdan, Pp
Brown, Banton
Tatum, hauser
KP, Rob, Kornet
AL, Brissett, Walsh

He will add a few scrubs from the summer league team and horde the second round picks for another day

You don't think we'll trade Brogdon for a couple of 9th / 10th in the rotation types?

CO get's negative pretty quickly.  Love the passion, but maybe a little too early to throw in the towel on the season...

It's just a pattern lately.  So many moves could have been made the last two seasons to maximize a chance at titles.  Instead, we've gone cheap and/or with a "don't upset the apple cart" approach.  We could have used the various TPEs and injury exception last year to bring in talent.  We didn't.  We could have signed veterans to the bench.  We've added end of bench players.  We could have kept Grant.  We opted for second rounders.  We could have added a first round prospect.  More second rounders.

It's discouraging.  And there are very few free agents left who are even playable.

Don’t see us getting any of these guys but some remaining players
I wouldn’t hate to see

Oubre
Christian wood
Mo bamba
Biyombo
Nerlens noel
Taj Gibson
Markieff Morris
Stanley Johnson
Justice Winslow

[BitterJim]

This better mean we're bringing in a PF or SF/PF with the MLE. The rotation is too thin without one, especially with Rob/KP having injury histories and Al being old. Kornet can play some spot minutes in case of a couple of injuries but he can't be our 4th big

[celticinorlando]

They will never use the trade exception. They are happy trying to kick into a title with a poor bench.

Ownership doesn’t care about titles. They care about trying to win a title with an incomplete team.

I’m losing more faith in Brad by the day.

[celticsclay]

I don’t mind not matching the grant offer if we do actually use the trade exception or have another mind, otherwise this offsets the good will of getting porzingas as we really need another front court play that is legit to play some spot playoff minutes

Is the trade exception the full amount of the MLE, or just 50%?  I wouldn't get too excited about a $6 million TPE.

I had assumed it was full but if it is half I am less excited

[BitterJim]

I don’t mind not matching the grant offer if we do actually use the trade exception or have another mind, otherwise this offsets the good will of getting porzingas as we really need another front court play that is legit to play some spot playoff minutes

Is the trade exception the full amount of the MLE, or just 50%?  I wouldn't get too excited about a $6 million TPE.

I had assumed it was full but if it is half I am less excited

It's less due to the Base Year Compensation rule

[goCeltics]

I mean if they add a couple of guys to the bench it might work out, I don't think there is much of a gap between a Grant and say a  Watford or Jamychal Green or Christan Wood. I will be alright if they managed to land any one of those and add another player like Terrence Davis. Hopefully, the few remaining free agents will see the opportunity available and opt to come here.


Also if they release Kornet they could also add another useable guy in that PF/C spot. They could end up with

[SHAQATTACK]

Lot people here

Expecting sum thing big are we?