Trade Idea: Celtics - Pelicans

[jambr380]

I just can't see the Celtics trading Jaylen for "good but not all-star" player and draft picks. Brown will be 30, white 32, Tatum 29 by next year's playoffs. They are in "win-now" mode, not "accumulate assets and hope something better comes along" mode.

Trading him for a clear-cut top 5 player like Giannis is one thing, selling him off for assets is just not something Boston is going to do unless the "asset flip" second phase of the trade is already in place this offseason.

I agree with this part. I can't imagine the team is all-in on Dejounte Murray being a part of this team moving forward. I'd imagine the goal would be have Murphy mostly replace what Jaylen is giving you and then hope to trade the Murray contract for a big. Maybe include our own picks in a deal (if it is a real upgrade), but not the NOP ones we would presumably be getting back.

Then go ahead and sign a guard using the MLE. Who that big is I have no idea. I heard Claxton's name as an option. I guess I would do a straight up trade for Turner, but I wouldn't be excited about it. In both cases, we could then take them into our Simons TPE and then create a new, slightly bigger TPE to have available next year when we are ready to go into the tax again.

[Goldstar88]

I just can't see the Celtics trading Jaylen for "good but not all-star" player and draft picks. Brown will be 30, white 32, Tatum 29 by next year's playoffs. They are in "win-now" mode, not "accumulate assets and hope something better comes along" mode.

Trading him for a clear-cut top 5 player like Giannis is one thing, selling him off for assets is just not something Boston is going to do unless the "asset flip" second phase of the trade is already in place this offseason.

Zion was an All-Star twice. He averaged 27pts/7rebs/4 ast his second year in the league.