Domantas Sabonis

[Phantom255x]

He makes too much for this team and doesn't play enough defense. 



Hopefully another team that wants to trade him need a third team to help make it work and the Celtics find a way to peal off another big man the can strengthen that part of the rotation going forward.

Idk - you look around the league at some of the impactful bigs the Celtics could realistically acquire and the pickings are slim.

Nicolas Claxton
Daniel Gafford
Naz Reid
Nikola Vucevic

None of those guys move the needle much for this team, especially with what wed have to give up to get them.
I almost put Jaren Jackson on the list but that seems a tad unrealistic - also doesnt help our rebounding problem haha.
I think Sabonis would be the best option.

Claxton would be intriguing. His FT numbers are also better this season, he's not the same "brick" from the FT line like 3 years ago which the C's exploited.

Simons + Baylor + 1 future first round pick + two second rounders for Nic Claxton. He's owed another 2/43M after this season which to me is more than reasonable and not "gutting the payroll" long term. Nets obviously will sell

[slightly biased bias fan]

He makes too much for this team and doesn't play enough defense. 



Hopefully another team that wants to trade him need a third team to help make it work and the Celtics find a way to peal off another big man the can strengthen that part of the rotation going forward.

Idk - you look around the league at some of the impactful bigs the Celtics could realistically acquire and the pickings are slim.

Nicolas Claxton
Daniel Gafford
Naz Reid
Nikola Vucevic

None of those guys move the needle much for this team, especially with what wed have to give up to get them.
I almost put Jaren Jackson on the list but that seems a tad unrealistic - also doesnt help our rebounding problem haha.
I think Sabonis would be the best option.

Claxton would be intriguing. His FT numbers are also better this season, he's not the same "brick" from the FT line like 3 years ago which the C's exploited.

Simons + Baylor + 1 future first round pick + two second rounders for Nic Claxton. He's owed another 2/43M after this season which to me is more than reasonable and not "gutting the payroll" long term. Nets obviously will sell

I really like the idea of a Claxton trade.

Simons, Hauser, Queta & multiple second round picks would hopefully get it done. What is great about this trade is it puts the Celtics under the luxury tax too.

Not sure it would happen though, mainly because of Mazzulla & his pertinacity for shooting.

[Phantom255x]

He makes too much for this team and doesn't play enough defense. 



Hopefully another team that wants to trade him need a third team to help make it work and the Celtics find a way to peal off another big man the can strengthen that part of the rotation going forward.

Idk - you look around the league at some of the impactful bigs the Celtics could realistically acquire and the pickings are slim.

Nicolas Claxton
Daniel Gafford
Naz Reid
Nikola Vucevic

None of those guys move the needle much for this team, especially with what wed have to give up to get them.
I almost put Jaren Jackson on the list but that seems a tad unrealistic - also doesnt help our rebounding problem haha.
I think Sabonis would be the best option.

Claxton would be intriguing. His FT numbers are also better this season, he's not the same "brick" from the FT line like 3 years ago which the C's exploited.

Simons + Baylor + 1 future first round pick + two second rounders for Nic Claxton. He's owed another 2/43M after this season which to me is more than reasonable and not "gutting the payroll" long term. Nets obviously will sell

I really like the idea of a Claxton trade.

Simons, Hauser, Queta & multiple second round picks would hopefully get it done. What is great about this trade is it puts the Celtics under the luxury tax too.

Not sure it would happen though, mainly because of Mazzulla & his pertinacity for shooting.

I'd prefer to keep Queta, I love the idea of him as a backup big and he's making strides. I'm fine if it's Hauser, Simons + picks. In fact if BKN wants a future first round pick (Top-5 protected) that's not 2026, I'm fine with that too. We still have a good amount of assets going forward and this gets you a productive starting center.

[Neurotic Guy]

For some reason I thought Claxtom was a bit older than 26.  I love him and Q as starter-backup.  And I love that neither shoots the three.  If Joe and Brad don?t move a little on that, I think the Cs won?t win another in this era.  Defense, boards, move the ball - JT, JB, DW, and PP are threats from anywhere - use that.

Statistically Claxtons rebounding stats don?t look great (at least the last two years his per game isn?t great) - to those who?ve seen a lot of him, why is that?   Why not better on offensive boards?

[Phantom255x]

For some reason I thought Claxtom was a bit older than 26.  I love him and Q as starter-backup.  And I love that neither shoots the three.  If Joe and Brad don?t move a little on that, I think the Cs won?t win another in this era.  Defense, boards, move the ball - JT, JB, DW, and PP are threats from anywhere - use that.

Statistically Claxtons rebounding stats don?t look great (at least the last two years his per game isn?t great) - to those who?ve seen a lot of him, why is that?   Why not better on offensive boards?

I think some of it is also because of the team he's on. The Nets are trash and usually don't play for anything late. A few of the competitive years they had Durant-Harden-Irving (or Simmons) and when Claxton was young, he did average 9-10 rebounds a game between 2022-2024 when his minutes also went up. That's still better than what we have including Queta, and there's no denying he is a good defender.