Pritchard Trade Ideas

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This thread is in response to this news below that Pritchard will be offered a contract in the $22mil per year range

Speaking of Pritchard, this was reported last week:

[Deveney] Celtics will offer Payton Pritchard 3 year, $67 million dollars extension this offseason, ?fingers crossed? he takes it

What do we all think of this? On one hand, Pritchard has been invaluable in his role for the Celtics for years now, but part of that has been him being on such a value contract. If we offer him $22.3M/yr, that will take up a lot more of our salary cap and limit our flexibility.

Not saying I want to trade him this offseason - I'm not even adamantly against the contract and keeping him moving forward - but I wonder what we could actually get in a trade for Pritchard if we made him available.

If Boston was to consider trading Pritchard, what sort of trade value do you think Pritchard has? What types of offers could BOS get for Pritchard?

I am struggling to think of good trade ideas. I believe most teams that pay a guy $20+mil do so because they want him to start. I'd have Pritchard somewhere around the 20th best PG in the league. So that leaves one third of the league where he would be a starting guard and two thirds of the league where he wouldn't. Of those bottom one third teams, almost all of them are rebuilding teams going through a youth process. I don't see Pritchard as a target for them.

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Teams with star guards - 21 teams

LAL - Luka Doncic
DET - Cade Cunningham
OKC - Shai Gilgeous Alexander

These 3 teams all have big guards playing as a PG. They could fit Pritchard in if they wanted to. OKC already has other PG options in Cason Wallace & Alex Caruso & Ajay Mitchell + they have cap problems on the horizon so I do not see them as a viable option for Pritchard.

DET would love to have Pritchard alongside Cade Cunningham. Pritchard would be ideal for them with his shooting ability and secondary ball-handling / passing to help Cade. However, DET have nothing to offer. They won't give up Cade, Duren or Ausar ... and I don't think they have anything else of enough value to give up Pritchard for.

LAL would like to have an athletic defender as their 4th starter alongside Luka, A Reaves, LeBron (or Hachimura if LBJ leaves). They have cap flexability. Pritchard, A Reaves, Luka would be weak defensively but awesome offensively. However, again, they have nothing to offer. Luka & A Reaves are too valuable. Hachimura maybe. A sign and trade for Hachimura. Hachimura would also cost close to $20mil per year. Is he a great fit for BOS? Probably not. You would put Tatum back to SF and Jaylen to SG. Or use Hachimura as a 6th man.

IND - Haliburton
GSW - Steph Curry
CLE - D Mitchell / J Harden
NYK - Brunson
DEN - J Murray

Denver try to avoid small guards next to Joker. Try to stay big on the perimeter to reduce how much Joker has to do defensively. Minimize the amount of ground he has to cover. Pritchard would be ideal for them offensively though. Maybe Cam Johnson for Pritchard ... but is that an upgrade for BOS? I don't think so.

CHA - LaMelo Ball
SAS - D Fox / D Harper / S Castle
PHI - T Maxey

POR - Jrue Holiday / Scoot Henderson

Pritchard as a possible long term fixture at PG to replace and aging Jrue Holiday. Pritchard went to college at Oregon. Local ties. Jrue $33mil contract. Tough to match contracts with.

MIA - T Herro, Davion Mitchell
MEM - Ja Morant
ORL - Jalen Suggs
LAC - D Garland

ORL need shooting. D Bane is locked in at SG. Suggs for Pritchard swap? Or Pritchard as a 6th man. Not sure they have much to offer. Maybe Wendell Carter Jr for Pritchard. Start Bitadze and have Mo Wagner as a backup center. Suggs earns $35mil. Hard to match contracts there.

UTA - Keyonte George
ATL - NAW, CJ McCollum + likely to draft a PG at #8
DAL - Kyrie Irving

Kyrie Irving may not be Dallas' plans anymore with Masai Ujiri in charge now. A Boston reunion? Kyrie earns $36mil. I don't know how you could make the contracts work.

A different target perhaps. I don't see them giving up D Lively. Perhaps PJ Washington for Pritchard? Use PJ Washington as a bench forward.

I mentioned Max Christie as a buy low candidate in another thread. Is there a way to make that work. Christie + 2027 1st round pick for Pritchard? Not sure that is enough. Bring back Anfernee Simons in FA as Pritchard's replacement as bench scorer.

Edit: WAS - Trae Young (I forgot him)

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That is 20 teams + Boston with D White = 21 teams.

That leaves 9 other teams to look at.