Other Shoe to Drop?

[Goldstar88]

The is no other shoe THIS OFFSEASON. The C's took on George with the idea that next offseason you can flip his now expiring contract + draft picks either for a star or split it up into several high-level contributors after getting a look at what the team is next year.

Currently the C's are hard capped at the 1st apron by the Robinson signing, so they can't take on more money even if they wanted to which they don't. They are about 4 million above the tax, close enough to get under by cutting Banton and making one other small move.

The rest of the C's offseason will be extending Queta (done), extending Prichard (we'll see, he may want to wait to maximize his next contract), maybe extending Walsh (if its team friendly). Then they'll get under the tax mid season to re-set teh repeater and roll from there.

You don?t know that. If Brad finds a deal he likes, I think he pulls the trigger and moves George.

[Phantom255x]

They also need to consider moving White next summer too, unless he truly balls out next season but even then explore it. If you can upgrade from George and White next summer to add to the core of Tatum, Pritchard, Queta, Robinson, Hugo, Baylor, Harper, Cenac, etc. then that's great. I don't think White will age well and his 30M a year deal is already looking iffy. I'm sure they are already angling towards giving up a ton of picks next summer to try and build one last core/run with Tatum in his prime, but upgrading from White or getting younger there also helps. George is an expiring 37-year old next summer anyways.

[Phantom255x]

Also, I was under this impression Hauser was gonna be gone this offseason, either traded away for another cheap player or to offload his salary and getting back picks. Yet he's still here.

Feels obvious to also get under the tax. Not a fan that he'll continue to eat minutes from Baylor and Hugo too.

[SparzWizard]

They also need to consider moving White next summer too, unless he truly balls out next season but even then explore it. If you can upgrade from George and White next summer to add to the core of Tatum, Pritchard, Queta, Robinson, Hugo, Baylor, Harper, Cenac, etc. then that's great. I don't think White will age well and his 30M a year deal is already looking iffy. I'm sure they are already angling towards giving up a ton of picks next summer to try and build one last core/run with Tatum in his prime, but upgrading from White or getting younger there also helps. George is an expiring 37-year old next summer anyways.

White has been declining offensively every season, so I don't see any improvements from him.

We need an upgrade over White as well as finding a viable Brown replacement

[jambr380]

They also need to consider moving White next summer too, unless he truly balls out next season but even then explore it. If you can upgrade from George and White next summer to add to the core of Tatum, Pritchard, Queta, Robinson, Hugo, Baylor, Harper, Cenac, etc. then that's great. I don't think White will age well and his 30M a year deal is already looking iffy. I'm sure they are already angling towards giving up a ton of picks next summer to try and build one last core/run with Tatum in his prime, but upgrading from White or getting younger there also helps. George is an expiring 37-year old next summer anyways.

White has been declining offensively every season, so I don't see any improvements from him.

We need an upgrade over White as well as finding a viable Brown replacement

White led the Eastern Conference in +/-, was a +9.4 on/off, and made 1st Team All Defense. The reason Jaylen had such limited value is because of his advanced stats, but White is the complete opposite.

I bet if we put White on the market right now, we would get a considerably better deal for him than we just got for Brown. But we aren't going to do that because he is considered so valuable to what we do. His shooting could remain iffy and it still wouldn't matter. His connectivity, quick decision making, and excellent defense are a reason he's an analytics darling.

[Jiri Welsch]

Trading White is a bad idea IMO. $30 million isn?t a lot for a glue guy who makes everyone better. Elite team defender. Can make a ?settle us down? bucket. Great in the locker room. Never gets hurt.

Observations of his decline are very overstated.

[Who]

I don't think White will age well and his 30M a year deal is already looking iffy.

I expect D White to age well. Big guards normally age well. White can shift over to SG full time as his quickness begins to goes. He can already play both positions at a very good level. He had a bad shooting year last year but typically he has developed into a good shooter here in BOS. I expect his shot to come back around. Shooters age well also. And his ball-handling & passing will age well also.

The shooting is the biggest question mark but I am optimistic about that.

[Roy H.]

I think the "other shoe" is dropping in a year or two, when the front office decides that Tatum gets paid like an MVP but doesn't carry teams like an MVP. Some "impact per dollar" metric will decide he's mediocre, and we'd be better off spending his salary on four 4th options.  So, we'll trade him for a washed up depressed drug addict and a handful of second rounders.