Stephen A Smith: Caron Butler, Bledsoe, Blake Griffin..for KG, Pierce...and Doc?

[bobbyv]

This trade is ridiculous, however I wouldn't be surprised if a Bledsoe + Jordan for KG swap was revisited in the offseason.

Rondo + Jordan would be so fun to watch.

No thanks. Jordan is a liability, especially for his contract. He couldn't even play in the 4th quarter with the Clippers due to his terrible foul shooting.

[cltc5]

whatever gets doc outta town

Since Doc negativity often doesn't get reponded to, I'll just say I disagree.  Despite some flaws, I think Doc is a very good coach to have on a this team.  He is a positive variable when it comes to deciding where to play.  When competing for FAs with cities in nicer climates, we need a guy who guys want to play for.

sorry that craps not working anymore.  Id rather have a young player then some guy on his way outta the league trying to hold onto the glory days and not willing to move aside for developing younger players.

[nickagneta]

whatever gets doc outta town

Since Doc negativity often doesn't get reponded to, I'll just say I disagree.  Despite some flaws, I think Doc is a very good coach to have on a this team.  He is a positive variable when it comes to deciding where to play.  When competing for FAs with cities in nicer climates, we need a guy who guys want to play for.

sorry that craps not working anymore.  Id rather have a young player then some guy on his way outta the league trying to hold onto the glory days and not willing to move aside for developing younger players.

This attitude is just so indicative of today's society.

If you are a young guy and want the old guy's job, you know what you do, you beat him out for the job. You work your tail off and impress the decision maker in the company to the point where that person decides you are better than the person currently employed in the position you want and gives you the job.

I want to see the best players on the court trying to win basketball games. I want a coach that is coaching a winning philosophy and running his team the right way, by making people earn what they want, and doing so because it is in the best interest of making the team better.

That is Doc.

Personally, I want to see the guy that can give me 35 MPG in the playoffs and average 13 PPG, 14 RPG and play exceptional team defense not the guy who has been recently playing in China because he isn't good enough to average more than 3 points and 3 rebounds per game in his 7 year career. If the first guy happens to be old and the other guy young, so be it. I just want the best players playing.

[BballTim]

whatever gets doc outta town

Since Doc negativity often doesn't get reponded to, I'll just say I disagree.  Despite some flaws, I think Doc is a very good coach to have on a this team.  He is a positive variable when it comes to deciding where to play.  When competing for FAs with cities in nicer climates, we need a guy who guys want to play for.

sorry that craps not working anymore.  Id rather have a young player then some guy on his way outta the league trying to hold onto the glory days and not willing to move aside for developing younger players.

  Moving players out of the way to develop younger players isn't what you see from teams trying to go deep in the playoffs, it's what you see from teams that aren't really trying to compete like the 2007 Celts.

[WeMadeIt17]

I would be for this to be honest. This is the only way i would be willing to move KG and Pierce. Move them to someone out west and get young talent for them. Blake is going to be very good down the road and he has great passer in rondo to feed him. Beldsoe who we could probably move for another guard along with Bass or someone. I would be cool with this deal although very unlikely.

Or we could move Rondo and get something for him and go with a lineup around Bledsoe, Green, and Blake.


Who knows but will be very interesting.

[CoachBo]

I don't hold Screamin' A responsible for this hallucination. He's been so wracked with grief over Kobe's Achilles that I'm sure he's broken down by now.

[nickagneta]

I don't hold Screamin' A responsible for this hallucination. He's been so wracked with grief over Kobe's Achilles that I'm sure he's broken down by now.

TP...that's good!!

[CoachBo]

On the other hand ... isn't LeBroid looking for a new home at the end of next season?

[NocturnalRebel]

As I stated on tha main page I don't see this happening. KG/Pierce for Griffin, DJ, Bledsoe, and Butler works as far as salaries go but it's deeper than salaries.

I could see Danny pulling tha trigger on this if he's looking to move on from KG and Pierce but we would just become tha Boston Clippers. I could get behind this trade, it's probably tha best way to move on from KG and Pierce but I don't want this teams only accomplishments to be 1 or 2 rounds in tha playoffs and a boatload of highlight reel lobs. As I said earlier today, I think KG and Pierce's loyalty to Boston is stronger than wanting to play with CP3 or for anyone else. So I can see them retiring before going for this trade.

And where does Doc come into this? Just because Doc is detoxing doesn't mean he's looking to go elsewhere to coach. Doc was quoted saying this earlier:

"I do every year," said Rivers. "It’s not anything. I’m not leaning that way of not coming back, I can tell you that. If I told you right now, I’m coming back, but like I just said, I immerse myself and I need to just detox, and we’ll find that out.”

Stephen A is my man 10 grand but all of this is one hell of a shot in tha dark. I just think it's too much emotion because this may be KG's (and Pierce's) last year here. It's just a different vibe this time around But I think Doc will return here to coach next season and I hope he does.

[perks-a-beast]

How about Jordan/ Bledsoe/ Crawford/ Butler for Pierce and Garnett

Then Rondo, Bass and a 1st for Russell Westbrook

Gives you a young contending line up of...

Westbrook/ Bledsoe/ Terry
Bradley/ Crawford/ Lee
Green/ Butler
Sullinger/ White/ Randolph
Jordan/ Dieng

That's a sexy team on paper...

[nickagneta]

On the other hand ... isn't LeBroid looking for a new home at the end of next season?

You know I get a ton of grief for my trade Jeff Green, Brandon Bass and the China 3 to the Lakers for Pau Gasol but, the one thing that trade almost guarantees could happen is that the Celtics will have Rondo, Bradley, Sullinger, this year's first round pick, next year's first round pick, Fab Melo, Courtney Lee and gobs of cap space in a year when some interesting pieces might be on the market. Like:

LeBron
Wade
Bosh
Zach Randolph
Andrew Bogut
Dirk Nowitzki
Kobe Bryant
Danny Granger
Greg Monroe
Luol Deng
Paul George
Carmelo
Amar'e
Derrick Favors
DeMarcus Cousins
Evan Turner

Cue the post that tells us all how these players won't be available to the Celtics but the fact is the possibility right now exists that these players could be hitting the market in a year the Celtics will have a ton of cash....if they make my proposed trade.

[KGs Knee]

On the other hand ... isn't LeBroid looking for a new home at the end of next season?

You know I get a ton of grief for my trade Jeff Green, Brandon Bass and the China 3 to the Lakers for Pau Gasol but, the one thing that trade almost guarantees could happen is that the Celtics will have Rondo, Bradley, Sullinger, this year's first round pick, next year's first round pick, Fab Melo, Courtney Lee and gobs of cap space in a year when some interesting pieces might be on the market. Like:

LeBron
Wade
Bosh
Zach Randolph
Andrew Bogut
Dirk Nowitzki
Kobe Bryant
Danny Granger
Greg Monroe
Luol Deng
Paul George
Carmelo
Amar'e
Derrick Favors
DeMarcus Cousins
Evan Turner

Cue the post that tells us all how these players won't be available to the Celtics but the fact is the possibility right now exists that these players could be hitting the market in a year the Celtics will have a ton of cash....if they make my proposed trade.

Didn't you hear? Andrew Wiggins is already better than every player you just listed!

[nickagneta]

On the other hand ... isn't LeBroid looking for a new home at the end of next season?

You know I get a ton of grief for my trade Jeff Green, Brandon Bass and the China 3 to the Lakers for Pau Gasol but, the one thing that trade almost guarantees could happen is that the Celtics will have Rondo, Bradley, Sullinger, this year's first round pick, next year's first round pick, Fab Melo, Courtney Lee and gobs of cap space in a year when some interesting pieces might be on the market. Like:

LeBron
Wade
Bosh
Zach Randolph
Andrew Bogut
Dirk Nowitzki
Kobe Bryant
Danny Granger
Greg Monroe
Luol Deng
Paul George
Carmelo
Amar'e
Derrick Favors
DeMarcus Cousins
Evan Turner

Cue the post that tells us all how these players won't be available to the Celtics but the fact is the possibility right now exists that these players could be hitting the market in a year the Celtics will have a ton of cash....if they make my proposed trade.

Didn't you hear? Andrew Wiggins is already better than every player you just listed!

I hear the Hall of Fame is all set to induct Andrew Wiggins based solely off his youtube vid of classic slams over 6'4" 16 year old teenagers.

[syfy9]

On the other hand ... isn't LeBroid looking for a new home at the end of next season?

You know I get a ton of grief for my trade Jeff Green, Brandon Bass and the China 3 to the Lakers for Pau Gasol but, the one thing that trade almost guarantees could happen is that the Celtics will have Rondo, Bradley, Sullinger, this year's first round pick, next year's first round pick, Fab Melo, Courtney Lee and gobs of cap space in a year when some interesting pieces might be on the market. Like:

LeBron
Wade
Bosh
Zach Randolph
Andrew Bogut
Dirk Nowitzki
Kobe Bryant
Danny Granger
Greg Monroe
Luol Deng
Paul George
Carmelo
Amar'e
Derrick Favors
DeMarcus Cousins
Evan Turner

Cue the post that tells us all how these players won't be available to the Celtics but the fact is the possibility right now exists that these players could be hitting the market in a year the Celtics will have a ton of cash....if they make my proposed trade.

Didn't you hear? Andrew Wiggins is already better than every player you just listed!

I hear the Hall of Fame is all set to induct Andrew Wiggins based solely off his youtube vid of classic slams over 6'4" 16 year old teenagers.

I heard they're giving him the first ever Nobel Peace for the category of basketball as well!

[KGs Knee]

On the other hand ... isn't LeBroid looking for a new home at the end of next season?

You know I get a ton of grief for my trade Jeff Green, Brandon Bass and the China 3 to the Lakers for Pau Gasol but, the one thing that trade almost guarantees could happen is that the Celtics will have Rondo, Bradley, Sullinger, this year's first round pick, next year's first round pick, Fab Melo, Courtney Lee and gobs of cap space in a year when some interesting pieces might be on the market. Like:

LeBron
Wade
Bosh
Zach Randolph
Andrew Bogut
Dirk Nowitzki
Kobe Bryant
Danny Granger
Greg Monroe
Luol Deng
Paul George
Carmelo
Amar'e
Derrick Favors
DeMarcus Cousins
Evan Turner

Cue the post that tells us all how these players won't be available to the Celtics but the fact is the possibility right now exists that these players could be hitting the market in a year the Celtics will have a ton of cash....if they make my proposed trade.

Didn't you hear? Andrew Wiggins is already better than every player you just listed!

I hear the Hall of Fame is all set to induct Andrew Wiggins based solely off his youtube vid of classic slams over 6'4" 16 year old teenagers.

Haha!

Yeah, maybe they'll give him a bust (Oh, how I love puns) right next to Kwame Brown.