Sabonis to Celtics Idea

[KG Living Legend]

 BR idea. You can do the deal without Queta and it still works so Simons, Hauser, Niang, and two firsts for Sabonis.

 Kings may want Sabonis off the books. He's on a slight decline and has 175 million.owed to him.

 For the Celtics we become very thin at guard with Simons and Hauser gone. But the big position is solidified with Sabonis when Tatum comes back the team will be very good.

 Brown and Tatum our isolation score is at heart. I've always thought that they could use a facilitator to benefit both of their games and Sabonis can do just that.

 Next year draft one more key piece at either guard or Big man and the team is ready to win chips again.

Sabonis, Queta, Williams
Tatum, Minott, Garza
Brown, Scheierman
White, Hugo, Walsh
Prichard, Davidson

[Who]

I don't think D Sabonis is available right now but it may become available mid-season or next summer. Sacramento are due for another disappointing campaign. That might be the final straw for them. They may chose to rebuild and make D Sabonis available in a trade.

[Moranis]

They'd do a lot better than that if they put Sabonis on the market.

[No Nickname]

I don't think D Sabonis is available right now but it may become available mid-season or next summer. Sacramento are due for another disappointing campaign. That might be the final straw for them. They may chose to rebuild and make D Sabonis available in a trade.

You make a good point that as we approach this upcoming trade deadline influential players make become available.

The Celtics will hopefully be big players here, with the focus not on the back 1/3rd of the 2025-26 season, but on the entire 2026-27 season.

As you say, if the Kings are putrid and want to get off of Sabonis' contract we could potentially add that crucial big-man piece for the 26-27 season a bit early. 

With that perspective in mind, and the C's not worrying about the 25-26 season, we could be open to a lot more scenarios.

For example, let's say an impact player has an injury that requires season-ending surgery, but not something so significant that would keep them from being healthy at the beginning of the following season. 

If someone like Simons is tearing it up for us, and a team needs an offensive sparkplug like him for a playoff push (let's say Dallas needs some firepower) it might open the C's up to (potentially injured) impactful players that right now are considered "off the table."

And while that sounds like I'm describing Anthony Davis, I'm not. 

[Birdman]

Love to have Sabonis but paying him, Tatum, Brown, & White will put a hurting on salary cap

[SHAQATTACK]

Think he should apply for the job .

[johnnygreen]

That is an incredibly lopsided trade in the Celtics favor.

[Csfan1984]

Doesn't look like the Kings need wings or guards to be interested in that trade.

[Vermont Green]

Love to have Sabonis but paying him, Tatum, Brown, & White will put a hurting on salary cap

I think this is the problem.  I don't see how BOS can pay (2026-27 values) Tatum $58M, Brown $57M and Sabonis up to $48M (with incentives) and have enough money left to put a good enough team around this group.

I like the trade otherwise.  Would love to get Sabonis.

[Neurotic Guy]

Love to have Sabonis but paying him, Tatum, Brown, & White will put a hurting on salary cap

I think this is the problem.  I don't see how BOS can pay (2026-27 values) Tatum $58M, Brown $57M and Sabonis up to $48M (with incentives) and have enough money left to put a good enough team around this group.

I like the trade otherwise.  Would love to get Sabonis.

Talent wise I think JB would have to go.  But that does nothing positive for Sacs future unless a third team can take JB and offer talented youth.
If the Cs had some serious young talent to go along with Simons expiring, there could be interest as Sac would gain cap-wise and have more youth to build with.  But that level of youth talent is non-existent in Boston (maybe Hugo at some point) while many other teams could offer talent to grow with.