Moving Pierce is key to Rebuilding

[LooseCannon]

I don't think it's possible to trade KG for anything momentous.  At best, KG has a career-ending injury and you trade him for a bad contract plus a young asset or draft pick as the price for offering another team some cap relief.

You're probably not getting a good draft pick or a young talent for Garnett or Allen unless you agree to take back salary in the form of an overpaid player with a long contract.

[BASS_THUMPER]

paul "stay" like jodeci

wooo yeah!!

[scaryjerry]

i find it comical how noone will trade pierce but dying to trade rondo?
ummm.... paul should be as equally on the block imo

[BASS_THUMPER]

i find it comical how noone will trade pierce but dying to trade rondo?
ummm.... paul should be as equally on the block imo

rondo shoulda been man enuff to sit out after wade tore is arm up...

playoffs u need to be a hun and nuthin less

he tricked doc and em into let him play

[jdpapa3]

Sorry, but it's about the name on the front and not the back. That's how I want my gm to think. That's coming from a major, major Pierce fan, too. Wasn't really old enough to experience the Larry Bird era so Pierce is my Larry Bird.  The problem here is that I don't really see any fits for Pierce. It has to be a team that is all right this year and will possibly move into a 4/5 seed and also have talent to give us. A team like the Clippers, but Kaman is too injury prone and their tradeable assets don't excite me.

I'm open to any trades, but haven't seen anything close to what I'd trade Pierce for. Don't think we should blow it up yet.

[gpap]

Anything involving moving Pierce is a recipe for disaster. Absolute disaster.

Dwight Howard is not worth giving up Paul Pierce. No way, no how.

That would make the Celtics are far worse team. Think about who Pierce had to guard in this series, and he still did as well as he did.

Lol, what? Moving Pierce is not worth Dwight Howard? Man, come on! I love my Celtics too, but let's be a bit objective here.

I would give up Pierce and a whole lot more to get the best center in the NBA.

Besides let's be honest about that Miami series. Pierce did not play that well, was owned by Lebron most of the time and I am actually starting to wonder if Pierce has the same desire he did pre-2007.

[clover]

i find it comical how noone will trade pierce but dying to trade rondo?
ummm.... paul should be as equally on the block imo

rondo shoulda been man enuff to sit out after wade tore is arm up...

playoffs u need to be a hun and nuthin less

he tricked doc and em into let him play

Completely unfair!  If he's so hurt that he's hurting the team, it's up to Doc to put someone else in.  During the playoffs you want a guy who wants to play if at all possible, and that's who Rondo is.  Otherwise you'd be calling him a shirker.

And had the Big Three been able to play consistently well, they'd have made it through Miami anyway.

[Spilling Green Dye]

TP to the OP for broaching the subject in a logical manner and at least providing a scenario (albeit I don't particularly care for what we'd get back).

I'd like to see Pierce retire a Celtic, but some people in this thread act like Pierce making over a hundred million dollars to play here was some sort of charity act by Pierce.  He got paid more here than he probably would have been paid anywhere else.  IMO no player can be considered untradeable, but when you combine Pierce's current contract + the benefit of him retiring a Celtic + what we'd get back in a trade, I don't think trading him is worth it.  We realistically wouldn't a lot back.

If the theme is to trade great players who still have some value in order to provide a transition to a quality future team, then you should start with Ray.  He's the easiest to replace on our roster, has an amicable contract, is very durable, and was already highly sought after by contenders last off season.  KG would be second, but I don't think we'd get a lot back for him. 

[BballTim]

i find it comical how noone will trade pierce but dying to trade rondo?
ummm.... paul should be as equally on the block imo

rondo shoulda been man enuff to sit out after wade tore is arm up...

playoffs u need to be a hun and nuthin less

he tricked doc and em into let him play

  He "tricked" Doc into letting him play by still being our best pg and still running the offense much better than the team did with him on the bench. Or, hey, someone else on the team could have been man enough to score some points without a one armed pg in the game.

[rock_mit_21]

If you move PP or KG or Ray, Boston will not win a championship next year because their game compliments with each other... But if you like to rebuild Boston trade them starts from scratch with different core of players...

I think Boston should think of a long term solution to sustain a championship caliber team without trading KG,PP,Ray,and Rondo... this team needs young and fresh legs on the court...

Starting line up for next season?

PG: Rondo
SG: Allen
SF: Pierce or maybe Green
PF: KG
C: JO or SHAQ or Kristic

This starting line is slow even the second unit except for Rondo..who can run along side with him?