Brooks can play SF. Wallace PF. Bogans looks like a nice trade chip at the deadline or next year if he is fully Non-guaranteed after this year, but that doesn't mean he has to play. If we land Evans it's hard for me to see rondo staying bc I don't see the fit.
Trading rondo could mean packaging the likes of Courtney lee and Gerald Wallace with him.
Brooks can't play SF. In the little bit he has in his career he has been abysmal at it.
Also, I doubt Evans would be a Rondo replacement. Evans is just not a PG, no matter how much someone tries to stick him in that role. He's a combo guard.
Wouldn't Tyreke work great handling the ball when Rondo is on the bench for about 12 to 15 minutes a game? He would be getting the ball full time running the offense when Rondo is on the bench and he is paired with Avery Bradley. Between Evans and Bradley it doesn't evenAt those points of the games he would know he has the green light to try and take over the game if he has an advantage. I think in an uptempo offense they can learn to work well together the rest of the time that they are out there together.
Rondo, Evans, Bradley and Lee would be a very guard rotation to have for the next three to four years. Lee could be even moved for someone cheaper or if Marshon Brooks or one of those upcoming draft picks ends up being a rotation caliber PG or SG.
The only question for me is if Evans is worth the full mid level exemption for three or four years(if he would accept it)or the $7.3 million trade exemption the Celtics are rumored to be receiving out of the Pierce/Garnett/Terry deal? Even though he has some weaknesses in his game and personality, Tyreke is definitely a steal and really good value to add to the team if they can get him at around $5 to $7 million a year.
Best part of all you get him without giving up Rajon Rondo in the process.
yikes! That is a great way to miss out on this 2014 draft still be very mediocre over the long term. And you still have a tiny back court. Not liking continuing the "6'5" and under" back court combos. We got killed with that this year.
Doesn't Rondo at 6'1 and Evans at 6'6" starting and Bradley at 6'2", Marshon Brooks at 6'5", and Courtney Lee at 6'5" coming off the bench really that tiny? I think Evans size helps a lot of size issues in the back court for the Celtics. I know a few teams have 6'7 and 6'8 SG's, but I don't think it would be much of an issue either way because this would be about adding an asset that could still be a part of things if the C's hit on an all star quality big man in the 2014 or 2015 draft.
This would be a perfect time to add someone like Evans because of Rondo's return from injury. It would give Tyreke time to get his feet wet and get some reps handling the ball early in the season. I think there would be some growing pains with Rondo getting back in shape an Green and Evans learning to play together with Rondo so they could still end up out of the playoffs and with a lottery pick in 2014.
I don't think they are a lock for a top draft pick anyways so I think adding Evans is worth the 4 or 5 extra wins that might cost them 2 or 3 spots in the 2014 draft. With so much top talent expected to be available, a big able to protect the rim should be available and would make it easier for the Celtics to continue to go with Rondo and Bradley starting if Evans continues to have injury problems or just fits better on this team coming off the bench since he could still end up with more overall and late game minutes than Bradley. If he gets about 32 minutes a night as the 1st option off the bench for either Rondo, Bradley, or Green. Bradley would probably end up averaging about 25 minutes a night.
The team could also pretend to be extremely cautious with the little injuries Evans gets from time to time and that way make sure that he misses enough games to not ruin their attempt to tank next year. If Evans isn't good enough or won't accept the $7 mil plus the Celtics have from that exemption, I also think making a run at Evan Turner from the 76ers is also good value at that price. Anyone of those options would be a really good move for Ainge to add a young player to the team who has shown flashes of being really good if not near all star or all star caliber to the team at a really good value and in my opinion because either Evans or Turner are not that consistent yet will not add so many wins where it impacts the pick the Celtics will get next year.
That exemption is something that Danny has an opportunity to hit a home run on if he uses it on the right young player. The C's would be adding an impact player to their rotation at a low cost and still keep them flexible enough to Add a max caliber player down the line with the Humphries, Crawford, and the other 2014 expiring contracts and a few of those picks if a true top 15-20 player like Lamarcus Aldridge or Kevin Love ever become available.
They could also go through the season take both of their picks in 2014 hoping to hit on one of them and go into 2015 with still a lot of upcoming picks and salary filler like Gerald Wallace with only two years left in order for the Celtics to sign and trade for a star player at that point too.
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