Avery Bradley's trade value?

[guava_wrench]

Crazy to think that Bradley is 10 years younger than TA.

[CelticG1]

I'm surprised some people don't think his trade value would be that high right now.

What is he 20 or 21? Very young, second year in the league and could possibly make an all defensive team THIS YEAR. Plus his offense has it least shown flashes where you could see him being a decent scorer.

Again this is in his second year. He has imroved tremendously in one year and is probably a candidate for most improved player in the league as well.

There's no reason to think that he won't make a huge leap again next year.

Some people comparing him to TA aren't giving enough credit to Bradley's offense. He is a pretty good mid range shooter and has already shown pretty good confidence in that corner 3. TA was never really like that. And when TA showed flashes of offense it was when we were a 25 win team with him literally the only decent player on our team. Bradley has been putting up pretty good offensive stats on a good team which I think is even more impressive.I'm sure if you threw him on the bobcats right now he would be able to average 18-20 a night.

[More Banners]

I'm pretty jazzed about Bradley these days.  He seems to be generally playing within himself, and yet asserting his game within the flow.  It's nice.

I'm not really interested in his trade value.  I'm glad we don't need to worry about finding a starting SG of the future.

And I'm pretty glad to sort of have Jeff Green in the wings as a possible SF of the future.

And, much to my surprise, Bass is showing some ability as a PF of the future if a top-level C is next to him.  This leaves us needing only a top-level C to field a full, presumably title-contending team going forward.

If Pierce and KG stick around for 2 more years, they're going to be pretty good ones.

If DH decides to come over, he'll probably fit right in.  Or any other quality big man.  We could simply absorb Al Jefferson's contract for J3 and Moore or something.

If Ray wants to stick around, fine.  If not, that's probably fine, too, since he seems to have more ego than we might have wanted to believe, and Pietrus is perfectly suited to the bench role and a better defender, likely for shorter money.

But any way you look at the team going forward, the emergence of Avery Bradley is huge, and his trade value is the last thing we should care about.

[GranTur]

21-year old all-defensive combo guards with elite speed and a a potentially consistent 3-PT shot?

That's worth at least a top 4-10 pick.

[LooseCannon]

Bradley has potential, but teams are going to be reluctant to give up too much for an under-sized player who has only had half of a good year.  I personally think the Celtics should pencil him in as the starting 2 guard and try to bring back Ray and/or Pietrus to back him up next season, but I can see how a GM who is unsure about whether or not Bradley's long-term role is as a starter would be reluctant to part with a draft pick where he thinks the team has a decent shot of snagging a future starter.  GMs tend to overrate their ability to draft a star, so I expect that no one is going to give up a top ten pick for Bradley unless they are willing to stake their career on Bradley becoming good enough to be one of the core top three players on a championship contender.  Bradley doesn't look like a 20-25ppg scorer, so I can't see anyone giving up a good draft pick for him.

[Celtics18]

At the moment his value is much more valuable to the Celtics than to anyone else.

First, the Celtics have him under a team friendly contract for at least 3 more years.

Second, he makes diddly squat so any established player you want to trade him for will be difficult because you will have to make the salaries work, which means sending off another higher priced player with him.

Third, this might not even be his breakout year as he is just 21 and still developing. The C's could be trading away the next Michael Cooper or Joe Dumars, you just can't tell right now. Heck, how many people were calling him garbage and other such stuff on this sight just 3 months ago. Look what happened in three months. Imagine what could happen in two years?

While I doubt he is untradeable, I do think the thought of trading Bradley right now is nowhere even close to being an option in Danny's mind and he would need to be bowled over by an offer to consider it.

TP.  Way more value as a player right now than as a trade chip.

[celtic -_- pride]

i dont know if its the white russians talking or what but right now AB and pierce are untouchable. pierce has meant too much to c's for he past 12 years or so an AB is showing an incredible upside and is a very tough kid ! dont trade AB !!!!! AB > Austin Rivers

[mctyson]

I think he's worth a pick in the 10-14 range in this draft.

That's insane.  He is legitimately one of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA right now.  No way you trade that for a late lottery pick.

[slamtheking]

he has more value to the C's than anyone else right now. 

If we traded him for his currently-perceived worth, we'd be kicking ourselves in a couple of years when he's really developed because what we would have gotten back would be just mediocre talent.

[CelticG1]

I don't think anyone wants to trade him and for me at least, especially not for a pick.

Its just interesting to look at someones value. Before the deadline Bradley was looked at as a hair above a throw in in any trade pretty much. If he started the season like this second half he would have got A LOT more interest

[wdleehi]

Less then we think at the moment.



He is having a great stretch, but until he has at least a full season playing at this level, I think he is worth a late 1st round draft pick.


He has to prove that this is more then just a hot streak.


His trade value would be greater as part of a package deal to a team looking for rebuilding pieces trading away a player. 

[ssspence]

agree with most of what's been said here. my take is this:

if avery continues to improve as a mid-to-long range shooter this season and next, he's really not worth trading considering his how young and cheap he is.

if once he becomes a more established starter next to rondo, he struggles shooting the ball, then i think he's more of a 'piece' -- a guy with a marketable skill.

meaning: building a team around rondo and bradley in the backcourt requires that avery can shoot the ball. he doesn't need to be great here, just good. if he can't, teams will zone them up until they prove they can swish it, and that could get ugly in a hurry considering what we know about rondo's abilities to make jumpers.

i've got my fingers crossed that he continues to show the ability to make shots, because the rest of what he brings is obviously pretty exciting.

[Bankshot]

I think he's worth a top 10 pick, but I really don't care what he's worth, because I don't want to trade him.

[biggs]

will be sky high after he shuts down wayde in the playoffs!

[alajet]

i dont know if its the white russians talking or what but right now AB and pierce are untouchable. pierce has meant too much to c's for he past 12 years or so an AB is showing an incredible upside and is a very tough kid ! dont trade AB !!!!! AB > Austin Rivers

Not that I'm looking forward to trade him, (actually I don't want such a trade) but Austin Rivers seemingly has a lot of upside on the offensive side, so, imo, it's a bit bold to say to AB > Austin Rivers.
Then again, he has his own defensive issues coming along, so, if it ends up like that, I'm not going to be shocked.