Would the 76ers consider this?

[BleedGreen1989]

Paul Pierce

For

Evan Turner, Spencer Hawes, Jason Richardson


Philli essentially wipes the slate clean and they buy out Pierce giving them enough money to offer 2 max contracts. Boston gets Turner who will never live up to his selection but is still serviceable and a back up center. Richardsons contract would be tough to swallow but it would have to be included for Philli to even consider.

[indeedproceed]

I actually think Philadelphia gives this a real close look. If it works like this:

Pierce, Shav, White
For
Turner Hawes Richardson Kwame

They'd clear over 16 million in space between waiving Pierce and the unguaranteed contracts.

It's a lot to pay for Spencer 'Too Many Flaws' Hawes and Evan 'Dont call me a bust even though Im a bust' Turner, but I would be surprised if Philadelphia didn't at least look REAL hard at it.

Funny thing, I bet this just about guarantees they resign Bynum if they do it. One of Philly's problems is that they'll have a tough time attracting FA's without overpaying while they're rebuilding.

Holiday
?
Josh Smith
Thad Young
Andrew Bynum

Man...that's gonna be a painful team to watch.

[lightspeed5]

whats the point of trading for bad players?

[hpantazo]

Evan Turner and Hawes are good players. Problem is that it's unlikely that we would trade Pierce within our division.

[lightspeed5]

theyre good "role players" but i would not consider them good players. I wouldnt want to trade stars for glue, i want to trade for difference makers.

[slamtheking]

the bigger question is why would the C's consider it?  There's no real building blocks in the deal, just ok rotational players.  doesn't improve the team at all.

[hpantazo]

theyre good "role players" but i would not consider them good players. I wouldnt want to trade stars for glue, i want to trade for difference makers.

Well, you can want stars all you want, but you're not getting a star player for an over the hill Paul Pierce. They are good players, we're not talking about Chris Wilcox and Leandro Barbosa here, these guys are borderline starters on most teams.

[CelticConcourse]

They'd get a steal, but Pierce alone doesn't make them contenders. It'd be a good deal for Philly, but they'd still only be an 8th seed unless Jrue becomes a top-5 player in the league, Bynum resigns and averages 18/13, and they hire a fantastic coach, as well as great role players. I don't see what they can do with Pierce, seeing as he only has a few more years left in him.

[indeedproceed]

They'd get a steal, but Pierce alone doesn't make them contenders. It'd be a good deal for Philly, but they'd still only be an 8th seed unless Jrue becomes a top-5 player in the league, Bynum resigns and averages 18/13, and they hire a fantastic coach, as well as great role players. I don't see what they can do with Pierce, seeing as he only has a few more years left in him.

That's not really the point though, because as the OP said, they'd likely waive him.

[CelticConcourse]

They'd get a steal, but Pierce alone doesn't make them contenders. It'd be a good deal for Philly, but they'd still only be an 8th seed unless Jrue becomes a top-5 player in the league, Bynum resigns and averages 18/13, and they hire a fantastic coach, as well as great role players. I don't see what they can do with Pierce, seeing as he only has a few more years left in him.

That's not really the point though, because as the OP said, they'd likely waive him.

Oh, my bad.

Why trade Evan Turner? He may be a "bust" given where he was drafted, but he's no means a terrible player... he averaged 13.3/6.3/4.3/0.9 which is not bad at all.

[gpap]

theyre good "role players" but i would not consider them good players. I wouldnt want to trade stars for glue, i want to trade for difference makers.

Well, you can want stars all you want, but you're not getting a star player for an over the hill Paul Pierce. They are good players, we're not talking about Chris Wilcox and Leandro Barbosa here, these guys are borderline starters on most teams.

Well said. If anyone is waiting for the Celts to receive a "star" player for one year of Paul Pierce, don't hold your breath.

As for the trade proposed, I actually think it favors the Celts a lot more than it favors Philly. However, I didn't realize if Philly made the move, it clears a lot of cap space for them, so they could be enticed.

[indeedproceed]

They'd get a steal, but Pierce alone doesn't make them contenders. It'd be a good deal for Philly, but they'd still only be an 8th seed unless Jrue becomes a top-5 player in the league, Bynum resigns and averages 18/13, and they hire a fantastic coach, as well as great role players. I don't see what they can do with Pierce, seeing as he only has a few more years left in him.

That's not really the point though, because as the OP said, they'd likely waive him.

Oh, my bad.

Why trade Evan Turner? He may be a "bust" given where he was drafted, but he's no means a terrible player... he averaged 13.3/6.3/4.3/0.9 which is not bad at all.

His basic line numbers don't look terrible, but make no mistake, he took a significant step back this year from where he was supposed to be. And, he makes 6 million dollars next year. If he doesn't take a fairly significant step forward in 2014, the sixers might not even pick up his option.

[pearljammer10]

Evan Turner and Hawes are good players. Problem is that it's unlikely that we would trade Pierce within our division.

Im sorry but Evan Turner is an awful player. IMO, i still think the 76ers made a terrible mistake in getting rid of Iggy rather than Turner.

[Galeto]

Yeah, Evan Turner just isn't a good player.  He's a fine playmaker and very good rebounder but oh my goodness is he an inefficient scorer, so inefficient that it dwarfs the other good things he does.  The league average true shooting percentage is 54 percent.  Turner's never cracked 50 percent in his three years. That's unspeakably bad.  He's not useless but he's similar to Marquis Daniels and like Marquis, he really shouldn't be given a big role on a good team or get a long-term deal. 

[WeMadeIt17]

Why would we?