The recent playa of the Celtics wing prospects including Minott, Walsh, Hugo and even Scheierman does make Hauser's future a little cloudier.
None of those guys are the shooter Hauser is, not even close, but they do bring other stuff including more defensive play making to the table. They are also making basically the minimum next year while Hauser will make 10.9 million. That's still a great contract, not even tax-MLE money, but that's exactly the reason Hauser would probably also have value in a trade.
Lets say the C's end up with the 14th pick. What level of center could you get for Hauser + #14? Probably a pretty good one. If you dump or let Simson walk than trade Hauser + picks for a center the team making like 20 million could maybe even be competitive next year and still stay under the tax to reset the repeater.
Of course all of this is dependent on the young wings continuing to develop. So we'll see how it goes.
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