I do feel its tuff for KG , he can't do everything by himself. He must feel extremely frustrated.
Greg does good for his skill level and abilities.
One of my favorite matchups is Noah Vs Varejao.
Much as I like Doc's kid Austin and he'll be a good player, we really really need better speed &size on the front line.
Jeff Green is not an enforcer or great rebounder either.
I 'd trade Bradley and JJ , and Dooling, picks whatever for Anderson Varejao . He is exactly what this team needs. Unending energy, speed , and Athletic ability out the Wazoo.
I like the thinking, and I thought Varejao would've been a great target last summer or during the season to add a piece to this year's group. But Varejao will be 30 at the start of next season and missed over 50 games last year and 25 this year (plus much of the 2010 playoffs) with injuries. If Boston is blowing up to some extent, I don't think getting him helps the rebuilding process. He's paid $8.3 mil next year, $9 in 2013-14, and is on the books for $9.7 in 2014-15, with $4 mil of that guaranteed. He also has a 5% trade kicker, so for Boston it'd be $8.8, $9.5 and $10.2. I'd be happy to take that contract on. But to give up assets for it when he's an expensive guy who may not be healthy enough to contribute and/or may not come back from these injuries the same player?
Keep in mind that it's not just the actual assets (say Bradley and Johnson) that Boston would be giving up, it's the rights to some combination of free agents like KG, Allen, Green and Bass (at least two of those four) since the Celtics will need to use cap space to add the salary if they only have JJ and AB to trade.
That's why I would've loved something like Jermaine's contract, Jajuan Johnson and one of the first rounders for Varejao so you could have Varejao for this playoff run. But moving forward? He's too old with too much injury history to be part of a rebuilding plan.
A trade might still make sense under some circumstances, if they're able to keep this group together for another go round while preserving their young pieces.
1. If Bass takes his player option, then Bass, Johnson, Bradley and Moore for Varejao would work financially. I'm fine with Bass, Johnson and Moore, but Bradley? A legit NBA rotation player who's only 21 is a lot to give up on when you're already giving a 27 year old 12 and 6 power forward and a first round pick from last year with size for a 30 year old defensive center with several nagging injury issues who's making $28.5 mil for the next 3 years or $22.5 for the next 2. You would retain all your free agent rights, and maybe they can pick up a combo guard in the draft and keep Pietrus so Bradley is a bit more expendable, but I actually don't think I'd make this trade.
2. If the Celtics get some wing depth in the draft, a sign and trade of Jeff Green might make some sense if Cleveland gets another big in the draft and wants to make a run at a free agent big plus add a wing like Green. They'd have to want to make a run at somebody else, because they could just sign Green outright if they want him. The Cavs' salary for next year is at about $34-38 million depending on whether they waive Boobie Gibson and where their draft pick ends up being. So they can afford Green to start on the wing, where they're weak. But if they still want space to go after a restricted free agent, they could preserve the space they have and add, say, $1 mil in cap space by trading Varejao for Green. If the Celtics draft a 3, I'm fine with that. They'd preserve their rights to KG, Allen and Bass, wouldn't lose the youth, and would have the luxury of using some of the midlevel to try to bring back Pietrus. So you keep this year's team together (the starting five, Bradley, Pietrus and Stiemsma), plus Johnson, and add Varejao and the draft picks. That I like. Provided you keep some depth at the 3 with a first round pick and Pietrus, Green becomes expendable.
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