Trade Fits for Bradley

[pearljammer10]

Ive been on the trade Bradley wagon since he was drafted. I just dont see a trade happening in season. He may be on the cheap currently but that helps us more than any other team because the would be trading for a commodity that wouldnt necessarily be coming back.

[LooseCannon]

The trade fit will be a playoff team that suffers an injury to a key rotational guard between now and the trade deadline, but I think Ainge is committed to seeing a Rondo-Bradley backcourt for as much of the season as possible.

Well, we suffered an injury to a "key rotational guard". How's that whole Bradley thing working for us?

Better than using Marshon Brooks and Courtney Lee in the same spot.

[kozlodoev]

The trade fit will be a playoff team that suffers an injury to a key rotational guard between now and the trade deadline, but I think Ainge is committed to seeing a Rondo-Bradley backcourt for as much of the season as possible.

Well, we suffered an injury to a "key rotational guard". How's that whole Bradley thing working for us?

Better than using Marshon Brooks and Courtney Lee in the same spot.

Yeah, and better than using Babb, too, if you want to toss around names that are not fit to be NBA players.

Also, Courtney Lee was the better player for most of last season.

[chambers]

I really can't see Ainge extending Bradley unless it's a home team discount. He's just too undersized to play the SG and his scoring isn't reliable enough as an SG to warrant him as part of our future.

He's great on a team with guys like KG, Pierce and Ray Allen all making moves and cuts and taking focus off him, but as the starting 2 guard on a contending team? No way.

Ainge might want to keep him as a long term 6th man, to help develop the culture of the locker room and defensive ethics for rookies but it will be too expensive. His value is much higher as a trade asset than a rebuilding piece at the moment.
Send him to a team like the Spurs- or send him to Minnesota for a first round pick.

Potential teams/trades? Some random hypotheticals if teams wanted him....
OKC Bradley+Bass for Perkins/first round pick or young player.
SAC Bradley for Jimmer+2nd rounder
SPURS Bradley for De Colo
NJ Bradley for Blatche

I'd say ultimately he's gone as part of a package to sweeten a trade. He'd be the icing on the cake for a team that acquires Rondo or Green.

We shall see. Either way I can't see a future with him in Beantown.

[VitorSullyandKOFan]

Wallace and Bardley for Cavs first round pick and expiring contracts.

[Endless Paradise]

That's actually a really good and balanced trade.  The Cavs get someone capable of filling in the gap at small forward in Wallace, plus a reliable defender in Bradley (all while making them stronger contenders); in exchange, the Celtics get a mid-lateish first-rounder (14-18), but tons of cap space.

Only thing is this depends entirely on whether or not those rumors of the Cavs wanting to make a run at LeBron actually come to fruition.  If so, they're going to want to keep that cap space, so they probably wouldn't be interested in Wallace (who also happens to play the same position as LeBron).

[CFAN38]

I would be shocked if he is traded.

Unless he is being packaged with others (not rondo or green) in order to bring in a star player there is little reason to move him.

He is still very young (22) and is playing out of position. He is improving at PG but its clearly not his natural position. Building teams don't trade 22 year olds with talent.

[Tr1boy]

To sac: choice of 2014-2015(2nd 1st round pick) and Ab

To bos: mclemore

Ab and cousins are very good friends.

[2short]

To me on a good celtics team bradley is first guard off the bench, rondo and X are starters.  AB's defense would change the game as soon as he comes in either against a tired starting pg or a sub.
I'd want to see how he did on rondo in practice.  If rondo can handle him no problem then he would be a good piece paired with one of our 20 power forwards for a top notch big or shooting guard.
I like bradley and am sure he'll look better with rondo back (everyone will). 

[Celtics18]

The trade fit will be a playoff team that suffers an injury to a key rotational guard between now and the trade deadline, but I think Ainge is committed to seeing a Rondo-Bradley backcourt for as much of the season as possible.

Well, we suffered an injury to a "key rotational guard". How's that whole Bradley thing working for us?

Too early to say.

[aporel#18]

To me on a good celtics team bradley is first guard off the bench, rondo and X are starters.  AB's defense would change the game as soon as he comes in either against a tired starting pg or a sub.
I'd want to see how he did on rondo in practice.  If rondo can handle him no problem then he would be a good piece paired with one of our 20 power forwards for a top notch big or shooting guard.
I like bradley and am sure he'll look better with rondo back (everyone will).

That would be the role I'd envision for Bradley, a microwave game changer on both ends, able to play 25-30 off the bench when he's on, for a solid MLE contract. With their own pick, the Celtics will have the chance to select their future starting SG, so there's no need to force things. Bogans, Crawford and Brooks will likely be gone after this season, so having Bradley and Lee as your 3rd and 4th guards is not the end of the world.

Of course, if you get fair value back, you trade any player, but what I don't understand is all the trade ideas like if the Celtics were in a hurry to make trades. There's no hurry to trade for Ainge & co. They have this season and next until the 2015 trade deadline to configure the Celtic team of the future. We need to be patient.