Path to 2026 Contention

[keevsnick]

I think San Antonio and Boston make a lot of sense as trade partners, but I think there's fundamentally a close to 0% chance it happens in season. Massive trades like this are much easier in the offseason were teams have more cap space, more available roster spots and know where their draft picks will be.

but besides that, I think both teams are in an evaluation phase. For example, if Brown is going to play this well and stays healthy then by definition the Celtics window is wide open. Two all-nba level guys together is a clear contender in the East. San Antonio meanwhile probably wants more info on their young guys before they do a win-now trade, because if Harper is a 20-5-5 guy right away they aren't trading him for Brown, not given his age and contract situation.

In short, I think this is an offseason discussion.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

I'm going to go on record here and say that I think Stevens target with be Anthony Davis.

I think the team will need to completely commit to Flagg's timeline.

If we were able to move forward with Brown-Tatum-Davis to try to a win a championship in our next 3 year window, I think we'd have a chance.

We then keep one of White-Pritchard-Simons. Queta starts at center next to Davis. Minott is our energy guy off the bench with Hugo.

[Who]

I'm going to go on record here and say that I think Stevens target with be Anthony Davis.

I think the team will need to completely commit to Flagg's timeline.

If we were able to move forward with Brown-Tatum-Davis to try to a win a championship in our next 3 year window, I think we'd have a chance.

We then keep one of White-Pritchard-Simons. Queta starts at center next to Davis. Minott is our energy guy off the bench with Hugo.

I was listening to Evan Turner on Sports Illustrated with Chris Mannix. E Turner believes Dallas should blow it up. I disagree. I think they got a very strong team once they healthy. They should be patient.

But it is interesting that some people are talking about this. Some reports about Nico Harrison's job being under pressure. Some talk heating up on J-Kidd too. He is getting blamed for how bad their offense is. There is dysfunction there at the moment.

[Moranis]

Boston doesn't have the assets to acquire Davis