Chris Sheridan's Trading Ray Allen Article from ESPN

[Fafnir]

I am not a fan of a trade that doesn't net the Celtics a starting SG. 

I feel that Tony Allen deserves a shot at starting with the way he's been playing. If Marquis comes back healthy he could also fill that role.
I think we need to either get an SG that is an upgrade over Ray (from a cash strapped team) or a young player that we could add to our nucleus of Perk and Rondo for the future.

We need a SG who can, well shoot, to play with Rondo.

I know a lot of people proscribe to this theory but I am not one of them. I am tired of how we have become a jump shooting team. We already have Kg, Pierce, Sheed and Eddie takin a ton of jumpers, I think this team would be much improved by someone who goes to the hole.
People make the spacing the floor argument, but I feel that more of Ray's 3's come from diagramed picket fence plays than someone kicking it to him after a drive when the floor is spaced.

Look at it this way, how often does Rondo's man sag off him and we can't make the other team pay?

Imagine if they could do that with two match ups instead of just one.

[celticinorlando]

if we are going to ray it has to be for an ATHLETIC SG that can defend and get to the rim...hinrich is a nice player but a PG....we need to upgrade the 2

[Evantime34]

I am not a fan of a trade that doesn't net the Celtics a starting SG. 

I feel that Tony Allen deserves a shot at starting with the way he's been playing. If Marquis comes back healthy he could also fill that role.
I think we need to either get an SG that is an upgrade over Ray (from a cash strapped team) or a young player that we could add to our nucleus of Perk and Rondo for the future.

We need a SG who can, well shoot, to play with Rondo.

I know a lot of people proscribe to this theory but I am not one of them. I am tired of how we have become a jump shooting team. We already have Kg, Pierce, Sheed and Eddie takin a ton of jumpers, I think this team would be much improved by someone who goes to the hole.
People make the spacing the floor argument, but I feel that more of Ray's 3's come from diagramed picket fence plays than someone kicking it to him after a drive when the floor is spaced.

Look at it this way, how often does Rondo's man sag off him and we can't make the other team pay?

Imagine if they could do that with two match ups instead of just one.

Even though this hasn't been the case but in my opinion if you can't shoot and a guy is playing off you, you go to the hoop. It is much harder to defend someone who has several steps of momentum than someone who is front of you.

Rondo and Allen were playing well together yesterday.

[jdub1660]

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yfplbcs
Hinrich,Salmons,Tyrus for Ray,Giddens and Scal

Chicago is getting nowhere past the 1st round post season. They should have their sights on freeing up cap space this year to sign 1 big name(DWade/Bron) next year plus another nice pickup(Ray with Bird rights)

This trade for us gets us a younger,defensive minded SG that can handle the ball. We add a shooting wing to backup Pierce, and my fav part - Tyrus Thomas to develop with KG.

[LarBrd33]

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yfplbcs
Hinrich,Salmons,Tyrus for Ray,Giddens and Scal

Chicago is getting nowhere past the 1st round post season. They should have their sights on freeing up cap space this year to sign 1 big name(DWade/Bron) next year plus another nice pickup(Ray with Bird rights)

This trade for us gets us a younger,defensive minded SG that can handle the ball. We add a shooting wing to backup Pierce, and my fav part - Tyrus Thomas to develop with KG.

I would rather not get a crap sandwich for Ray Allen.  If we were talking about getting HInrich and Ty Thomas 4 years ago, I'd be all about it.  But now we're talking about a couple average 30 year olds (Hinrich and Salmons) and a 24 year old old who apparently is never going to reach his potential (Ty Thomas)