Keyon Dooling + 2nd Rounder for a Backup Center

[LooseCannon]

Center depth needs to be addressed, but I wouldn't make a big splash-y mid-season trade to acquire a center unless that center has All-Star potential.  Instead, I think the Celtics should go for a more modest aim of looking for a center who deserves to be in the NBA and can be a fringe rotational player for a contender, but who isn't good enough to start anywhere.

I believe that Bradley and Moore are at a level where the Celtics don't need Dooling.  So, Dooling, as an expiring contract making more than the minimum, is the best contract to move for a role player.

Given how much Dooling makes, the Celtics can take back about $2.9 million.  Combining Dooling with Marquis Daniels, the Celtics could take back $3.98 million.

By tossing in cash and a second rounder (or two), the Celtics could allow another team to acquire trade assets, even if just for a second round pick or two.  (And I think Dooling could be flipped for another low-level asset to a team that suffered a guard injury just before the trade deadline.)

The model for the trade is OKC sending Morris Peterson and DJ White for Nazr Mohammed, except the Celtics probably won't find a center as good as Mohammed.  You might get a career backup on the level of Ryan Hollins, but the Cavs don't really need another guard.  You could probably get Johan Petro if you're willing to pay him next season.  Is Anthony Tolliver really a center, as he is listed on basketball-reference.com?

So, is there a backup center that the Celtics can target?

[Lucky17]

Make a last-ditch effort to recruit Joel Przybilla?

If that fails, contact Erick Dampier during the All-Star Break?

[snively]

That package might get you Haddadi from the Grizzlies.  They could use a back-up guard.

Aaron Gray and Magloire from Toronto should come pretty cheap as well.  Ronny Turiaf... 

There's guys out there.  None of them that much better than Stiemsma.

[Who]

That is a really crappy trade package.

Going to be darn near impossible to bring back a rotation worthy big man, a center at that, for that trade package.

[Lucky17]

That is a really crappy trade package.

Going to be darn near impossible to bring back a rotation worthy big man, a center at that, for that trade package.

Is Sacramento still not quite at the minimum salary floor?

Celtics could send Dooling out to Sacramento (perhaps with cash) to generate a TE, and then use that TE in a follow-up transaction (say, with Toronto).

[LooseCannon]

There's guys out there.  None of them that much better than Stiemsma.

Well, I am kind of shooting for "not a huge improvement over Stiemsma" and going for a guy who should be a journeyman back-up center in the NBA who might be worth $2-3 million/year at his peak and the minimum salary outside of that.  Basically a warm body as insurance for the questionable durability of Jermaine O'Neal and Chris Wilcox.