2026-27 Celtics Off Season Discussion

[Who]

Last thing on the Bulls ...

I am looking at Buzelis' shot chart. He took 447 shots inside of 10 feet and 495 threes. Only 21 shots in between 10 and 24 feet.

Almost 1,000 shots on the season so Buzelis took midrange shots (21 shots) on roughly one fifth of one percent of his total attempts!!

That is insane.

Welcome to modern basketball.

[Vermont Green]

According to veteran NBA reporter Gery Woelfel, the Heat have made a trade offer to the Bucks for Antetokounmpo that includes Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel'el Ware, the 13th overall pick in this year's NBA draft, and two future first-round picks.

That is a strong offer, but not sure Tyler Herro is what MIL would want to take back.  I suppose he could be flipped to another team.  A MIA team headlined by Giannis and Adebayo seems a bit mis-matched.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

According to veteran NBA reporter Gery Woelfel, the Heat have made a trade offer to the Bucks for Antetokounmpo that includes Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel'el Ware, the 13th overall pick in this year's NBA draft, and two future first-round picks.

That is a strong offer, but not sure Tyler Herro is what MIL would want to take back.  I suppose he could be flipped to another team.  A MIA team headlined by Giannis and Adebayo seems a bit mis-matched.

It is a good offer for sure. But I see a few problems.

If I'm Giannis, do I think that Bam and I can win a championship together, and do I think that we will get in each other's way a lot?

If I'm the Bucks, it gives me talent, but no all-star talent. What's Herro's value around the league? What is a skinny scoring guard who doesn't get to the free throw line and doesn't play defense get me? Is he basically CJ McCullom? Ware is an interesting piece. He probably is a starting quality big in the NBA for a lot of years, but it also means that my team has to trade Turner, or Portis, or Kuzma. It loses me leverage over those deals. I'm a fan of Jauquez, but he's a good role player on a winning team. He has little value on a lottery team. The 13th pick in this draft is interesting, but those future picks don't mean a whole lot.

It's a fine trade package. It's probably even somewhat fair value. But if I'm the Bucks, I'd have to be excited about at least one thing I'm getting back. Nothing in that trade package is exciting. It's assets that lead to a road of mediocrity.

[Vermont Green]

Massive change speculation

Reality--not much change happens.

Probably.  But with Brad it could go either way. None of us really predicted the summer of 2023.

I see the limiting factor being that it has to be one extreme or the other in all likelihood.  Either there is something big where Brown is traded, or if not that, they resign Vucevic and run it back.  I don't see much happening in the middle.

So with that said, yes, more likely for not much change over a big change, but I see either as very much in play.  And there is no reason to doubt that Stevens would make a large deal if he thought it was a good deal.