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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #60 on: June 18, 2009, 08:06:21 PM »

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Ray Allen will be traded come draft only on the condition danny gets his guy Tyreke Evans.

If evans is gone before 10 we keep allen but if evans is still around say at the 12th pick (bobcats) a trade will happen is my prediction


To celtics #12 pick(tyreke evans) raja bell, nazr mohammed

To Bobcats Ray Allen and BDD(Sign and Trade scenerio)

Bobcats would easily want to do such a trade since bell and mohammed are not players that can help them. Rather they would want to have Ray Allen in their lineup even if its for a year, lock up bbd who they can use and have some free cash for them to sign a fa in the year 2009/2010 FA period

The celtics on the other hand will get Tyreke Evans who danny really likes alot plus some servicable vets in Bell(who would fit into the celtics system easily) and mohammed (who i bet will be better than any big man we have had since pj brown for a backup)

New lineup

Perk
Kg
PP
Bell
Rondo

Bench
Evans
House
Mohammed
Childress(FA signing)
Giddens
T. Allen
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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #61 on: June 18, 2009, 08:35:58 PM »

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Outside of Pierce (who has been a Celtics his entire career) I can care less where these players retire. 


Players are goods.  The Celtics need to get the most out of these good either on the court or in trades. 

So, if a trade for Ray comes up that makes the Celtics better, pull the trigger.

I agree.

The only real debate, IMO, is whether DA should be focused entirely on "making the Celtics better *next* season" or "making the Celtics better over the next decade". 

If it is the former, then I imagine RA will not be traded (hard to imagine getting a better player in return for *next* season), but TA+Scal will be traded for a bench upgrade.  If it is the latter, then I see RA traded for some bench help plus a young up and comer.  The up and comer could be from a draft pick (risky, but with potentially high upside) or from a young borderline all star player (eg: Diaw, Stoudemire, Jamison).
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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #62 on: June 18, 2009, 09:37:33 PM »

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Outside of Pierce (who has been a Celtics his entire career) I can care less where these players retire. 


Players are goods.  The Celtics need to get the most out of these good either on the court or in trades. 

So, if a trade for Ray comes up that makes the Celtics better, pull the trigger.

I agree.

The only real debate, IMO, is whether DA should be focused entirely on "making the Celtics better *next* season" or "making the Celtics better over the next decade". 

If it is the former, then I imagine RA will not be traded (hard to imagine getting a better player in return for *next* season), but TA+Scal will be traded for a bench upgrade.  If it is the latter, then I see RA traded for some bench help plus a young up and comer.  The up and comer could be from a draft pick (risky, but with potentially high upside) or from a young borderline all star player (eg: Diaw, Stoudemire, Jamison).

  I wonder if they'd also consider trading Eddie. That would give them about $9M to deal.

Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #63 on: June 18, 2009, 09:47:32 PM »

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Outside of Pierce (who has been a Celtics his entire career) I can care less where these players retire. 


Players are goods.  The Celtics need to get the most out of these good either on the court or in trades. 

So, if a trade for Ray comes up that makes the Celtics better, pull the trigger.

I agree.

The only real debate, IMO, is whether DA should be focused entirely on "making the Celtics better *next* season" or "making the Celtics better over the next decade". 

If it is the former, then I imagine RA will not be traded (hard to imagine getting a better player in return for *next* season), but TA+Scal will be traded for a bench upgrade.  If it is the latter, then I see RA traded for some bench help plus a young up and comer.  The up and comer could be from a draft pick (risky, but with potentially high upside) or from a young borderline all star player (eg: Diaw, Stoudemire, Jamison).

but is this just about making the celtics "better" over the next decade? I dont think so. I think this is all about championships.

by improving the celtics NOW, they have a realistic shot at 1 maybe 2 more champships before pierce, KG, and Ray are in substantial decline. ainge should mortgage the future if he can win now. i can live with that. no complaints.

but, i dont really care if the celtics are "better" in the future if by better we mean "first round and out of the playoffs." to be stuck at that level is more frustrating than having a bad team since at least a bad team produces high draft choices.

the problem is that i dont see how ainge can put together a team that can produce championships both now and in the next decade without a total rebuild after the big three retire.

maybe he can. maybe he can sell of Ray and still win it all. then sell off KG and win again.

i doubt it.

but what do i know? i never say ainge putting together the last championship, so hopefully he will fool me again.
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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #64 on: June 18, 2009, 10:02:31 PM »

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by improving the celtics NOW, they have a realistic shot at 1 maybe 2 more champships before pierce, KG, and Ray are in substantial decline. ainge should mortgage the future if he can win now. i can live with that. no complaints.

Of course, but there are no guarantees...  Celtics could try to go for it all the next couple of years, but end up with no more championships (just more frustrating years like this one) and a lot of unmoveable contracts on the books.  meaning the drought between championships will be long....

it is hard to say what the right course of action is.  and anyone who says they know is just blowing smoke out their... you know what.

the other big issue is the amount of financial flexibility the owners truly have (i know they say they are willing to spend, but we'll see).  one of the benefit of trading ray for bench players is that a concern -- bench depth -- is addressed without going further into luxury tax area by adding more players. 

frankly, I don't think folks on celticsblog are giving the last point enough consideration.  the simple fact is that Ray could probably be traded for a serviceable starter and two decent bench players, which has got to be appealing to the owners.
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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #65 on: June 18, 2009, 10:26:50 PM »

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Don't see them getting Evans, doesn't make sense unless Danny plans on trading Rondo. DA gotta be blowing smoke. I do think Danny will be involved in this draft and the best bet may be just buyin NO pick at 21. If he's trading Ray I would think he's targeting Harden with the 5th pick. Washington may be able to do better although.

Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #66 on: June 18, 2009, 10:31:32 PM »

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the best bet may be just buyin NO pick at 21
I tend to agree.
I think the best bet is keeping the starting 5 intact; addressing backup big man need to trading TA+Scal; signing a vet wing to the LLE; buying the NO pick to get a backup PG (eg: Teague).
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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #67 on: June 18, 2009, 10:55:59 PM »

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Ray brings great attitude to the team. I may stop watching celtics games if Ray is traded. He was very close to being Finals MVP and always performed very well when the game/series at risk. As both paul and Ray are inconsistent some times they need to back each other for scoring. I am sure he will not be traded. I agree that his salary for 2009 season is on higher side but I hope he will do justification to his salary.

Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #68 on: June 18, 2009, 11:04:47 PM »

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Ray brings great attitude to the team. I may stop watching celtics games if Ray is traded. He was very close to being Finals MVP and always performed very well when the game/series at risk. As both paul and Ray are inconsistent some times they need to back each other for scoring. I am sure he will not be traded. I agree that his salary for 2009 season is on higher side but I hope he will do justification to his salary.

If Ray is traded we gotta get back someone in return that can help us right now. If not just hold on to him. The window with KG and Pierce is closing.

Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #69 on: June 19, 2009, 10:24:43 AM »

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by improving the celtics NOW, they have a realistic shot at 1 maybe 2 more champships before pierce, KG, and Ray are in substantial decline. ainge should mortgage the future if he can win now. i can live with that. no complaints.

Of course, but there are no guarantees...  Celtics could try to go for it all the next couple of years, but end up with no more championships (just more frustrating years like this one) and a lot of unmoveable contracts on the books.  meaning the drought between championships will be long....

it is hard to say what the right course of action is.  and anyone who says they know is just blowing smoke out their... you know what.

the other big issue is the amount of financial flexibility the owners truly have (i know they say they are willing to spend, but we'll see).  one of the benefit of trading ray for bench players is that a concern -- bench depth -- is addressed without going further into luxury tax area by adding more players. 

frankly, I don't think folks on celticsblog are giving the last point enough consideration.  the simple fact is that Ray could probably be traded for a serviceable starter and two decent bench players, which has got to be appealing to the owners.

TP to hwang.

And yes, Cman, there are no guarantees.  However, I'd much rather take my chances on the best team in basketball staying healthy than on Ainge's ability to assemble the best team in basketball a second time in 5 years time.  The fact of the matter is that basketball is a game dominated by superstars.  Jordan, Bird, Duncan, Shaq, Johnson, and Russell are responsible for 30 of the NBA championships over the past 50+ years or so.  For Ainge to really rebuild this team as a championship contender, he's going to have to nab one of the top 3 or so players in the NBA and the chances of that happening are very small. 

The smart thing to do is to try to win as many titles as possible while we can.  That is, after all, the goal of a sports team.  It's fine and dandy to be the '90s Knicks, Pacers, or Jazz, but in the end, they really were no different than the Celtics teams of that era: they all didn't win a championship.  And I'm truly afraid that if Danny starts planning for the future too much now, we're just going to waste this opportunity to be a second round exit playoff team 5 years from now. 

The Celtics really need to keep Ray Allen.  Is he aging?  Yes.  However, his shooting range and what it does to opposing defenses lets the other players on the court operate in a way that few other players can provide.  Furthermore, while it's easy to say that KG made Pierce and Allen play defense and be unselfish, another big reason why both changed is because both were aging, already made most of their NBA money, and weren't worried about new contracts.  The same cannot be said about the draft picks and other young players whose names are being batted around as trade matches for Ray.  It's quite possible a young player comes in, cannot stretch the D like Ray can, looks for his own shot, and can't grasp the C's defense (team defense is usually the last thing young players grasp). 

I also don't like this notion of trading Ray for an assortment of good players or for a big man to back up KG and Perk.  In the former case, trades of good players for great players seldom work out for the team trading away the great player (see the Chamberlain trade or the Barkley trade).  Basketball is a sport that really only requires 8-9 players on a championship squad (compared to the 50 or so needed on a football team), so quality is of the utmost importance.  In the case of both the latter and former, I think people are ****izing Red's philosophy on sixth men.  While it's true it doesn't matter who starts the game, it does matter who ends it.  And if Ray is traded for two "good players," then the C's closing unit in games is going to be weakened, which will hurt them in the playoffs.  Similarly, while it might be nice to have someone like Amare Stoudemire, if it means that either he or Perk wouldn't be on the floor at the end of a game, it's also going to weaken the C's ability to close games in the playoffs. 

The fact of the matter is that while depth is needed for the season, come playoff time, the starters can play 85% of the game.  So what's really going to matter is that we still have the best starting lineup in the NBA. So if we can get some decent bench players (as Jeff suggests in his reasonable scenario on the front page with Dice and Hill) and keep the best starting lineup in the NBA together (meaning, keep Ray!), I see no reason why we can't easily cruise to another title next year. 
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Re: Stop with the Ray Allen trades
« Reply #70 on: June 19, 2009, 04:59:34 PM »

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I think any realistic scenario where another team would be interested in Ray Allen is not going to be along the lines so often discussed here, and as such I don't think there is any real chance of a ray allen trade happening.

Teams that might be interested in him as a player are going to be teams that are very close to a championship and think he is the missing piece. No one is going to hire him for a year just to make the playoffs. And as such, these teams will not part with anyone who can come in right away and play. It would most likely involve prospects, and as such I doubt it would be beneficial to us.


Teams that might be interested in him as an expiring contract will in all likelihood require us to take back some bad long term contracts, and given our luxury tax situation I don't think it is going to happen. Besides, expiring contracts don't get you as much as people think they do. There was no real interest in Marbury's expiring contract, or Szczerbiak's, or Lafrentz's.

I think there is about a 95% chance that Ray Allen will return, sign an extension where he will earn about half of what he earns now, and eventually retire a celtic.

simple guy, because they don't just want to gain finaicial flexibility, they want to win games and keep people filling the seats. how many game winners did ray hit last year? the other guys are scrap.
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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #71 on: June 19, 2009, 05:28:38 PM »

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You could move my thread in trade talk.  Didn't see this.   I'm OK with trading Ray Allen if the package doesn't inhibit our ability to win a championship this year.

Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #72 on: June 19, 2009, 06:10:49 PM »

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Celtics guard Ray Allen has expressed a desire for a contract extension, league executives say, but that isn’t happening in Boston. Yahoo! Sports

Let me say one thing: in my opinion Ray has at least 2 great years in front of him. Using brain and not heart i think (God forgive me) we should consider to trade PP and not Ray (he has a more physical game, and he is becoming too slow to do it), but i love too much PP, he's my second brother, i can't consider such idea.

Anyway... i guess there is a RA trade in the air.

Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #73 on: June 19, 2009, 07:08:19 PM »

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Re: Trading Ray Allen debate (merged)
« Reply #74 on: June 20, 2009, 12:08:16 AM »

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I think celtics should hang on to Ray for 2009-2010 season that gives them great chance for banner 18. Considering the way players are being shuffled in NBA, long term goals are very risky. Just go for banner 18 with current starting line-up. Ofcourse, DA should make some changes to bench.