Boston-Ind Trade Idea

[DefenseWinsChamps]

Here's one my son came up with. I thought it made sense:

Mathurin and Toppin
for
Derrick White

White would do a good job filling in for Hali while he is out, but then could easily play next to him.

Celtics get a young guard prospect and a productive scoring forward. We save 5m in this trade too. Still need trade Holliday or Zinger.

[Goldstar88]

Can?t move White. Pritchard is not a starting caliber PG. He is solid as a 6th man, but not a starter. Teams attack him and he becomes a liability defensively. I?d trade them Jrue, though. Maybe they bite with Haliburton out. I do like Mathurin.

[Ilikesports17]

Can?t move White. Pritchard is not a starting caliber PG. He is solid as a 6th man, but not a starter. Teams attack him and he becomes a liability defensively. I?d trade them Jrue, though. Maybe they bite with Haliburton out. I do like Mathurin.

pretty sure Pritchard's gonna be starting next year no matter what.

Plus Indiana would never consider this deal for Holiday

[Who]

Can?t move White. Pritchard is not a starting caliber PG. He is solid as a 6th man, but not a starter. Teams attack him and he becomes a liability defensively. I?d trade them Jrue, though. Maybe they bite with Haliburton out. I do like Mathurin.

pretty sure Pritchard's gonna be starting next year no matter what.

Plus Indiana would never consider this deal for Holiday

Yeah, I don't have a problem with Pritchard starting. I think he can start for 10-12 teams in the league. While Pritchard is not a plus defender he is an adequate one. I would be fine with him as our starting PG.

As an alternative, in this trade idea, you could start Jrue at PG and Mathurin at SG and keep Pritchard in a bench role. You lose ball-handling and passing from Pritchard but in Mathurin you have a defender who cannot be matchup hunted as well. You could even start Toppin too while Tatum is out.

G: Jrue, Pritchard
G: Mathurin, Scheierman
F: Jaylen, Hauser
F: O Toppin, Horford
C: Porzingis, Queta

Assuming Kornet leaves. Tatum comes back as starting PF. Toppin becomes main backup big. Long term replacement for Horford once Horford decides to retire.