Brooks and Crawford Just traded. (Per Woj Tweet)

[heyvik]

Interesting fact:

We still play Philly FOUR time this year. Never mind next year making the playoffs, we can hand them four this year which is huge in the last few months in a garbage conference.

Just a thought since four games would bypass the 4-5 teams outside the payoffs and slide them in the 8th seed.

Two picks in the 1-14 range in this draft?? 

yeah...but might be a bit hard to do WITH Rondo.

[truthteller]

So Ainge traded Barbosa and Collins (now out of the league) to get Crawford.  And then Crawford + Brooks (a throw in, bench guy) for a potential 1st rounder. 

Danny is slick.


GRADE:  A

[rondohondo]

If sixers make playoffs this year we get 14 first rounder?

Yup. But likely they wont. Or the gm will make sure. They will trade turner and possibly thad young by the deadline

Agree

[GreenWarrior]

so is Anthony an expiring contract next season?

if so(and we don't waive him upon his arrival), wouldn't that give him some value come draft day?

i'm just not understanding the downside of Anthony. he seems like a guy that could help us this yr. and with his contract help us next yr. by being an expiring contract.

[Tr1boy]

So Ainge traded Barbosa and Collins (now out of the league) to get Crawford.  And then Crawford + Brooks (a throw in, bench guy) for a potential 1st rounder. 

Danny is slick.


GRADE:  A

Pretty good. They are not part of the long term plan. Great job also of sending brooks for assignment and inflating his value

[317]

so is Anthony an expiring contract next season?

if so(and we don't waive him upon his arrival), wouldn't that give him some value come draft day?

i'm just not understanding the downside of Anthony. he seems like a guy that could help us this yr. and with his contract help us next yr. by being an expiring contract.

he is $3.8 million more next year then Brooks and Crawford combined.

[GreenWarrior]

so is Anthony an expiring contract next season?

if so(and we don't waive him upon his arrival), wouldn't that give him some value come draft day?

i'm just not understanding the downside of Anthony. he seems like a guy that could help us this yr. and with his contract help us next yr. by being an expiring contract.

he is $3.8 million more next year then Brooks and Crawford combined.

but is it an expiring contract next yr.?

[317]

so is Anthony an expiring contract next season?

if so(and we don't waive him upon his arrival), wouldn't that give him some value come draft day?

i'm just not understanding the downside of Anthony. he seems like a guy that could help us this yr. and with his contract help us next yr. by being an expiring contract.

he is $3.8 million more next year then Brooks and Crawford combined.

but is it an expiring contract next yr.?

yes, as opposed to no contract next year...

[D.o.s.]

so is Anthony an expiring contract next season?

if so(and we don't waive him upon his arrival), wouldn't that give him some value come draft day?

i'm just not understanding the downside of Anthony. he seems like a guy that could help us this yr. and with his contract help us next yr. by being an expiring contract.

he is $3.8 million more next year then Brooks and Crawford combined.

but is it an expiring contract next yr.?

It's  player option next year, but  my guess is that he'll pick it up.

More importantly, we finally have that Perk-like presence inside that so many CB'ers have been pining for... and all it took was JCrawesome and MarShon Brooks.

RIP Steez.

[GreenWarrior]

so is Anthony an expiring contract next season?

if so(and we don't waive him upon his arrival), wouldn't that give him some value come draft day?

i'm just not understanding the downside of Anthony. he seems like a guy that could help us this yr. and with his contract help us next yr. by being an expiring contract.

he is $3.8 million more next year then Brooks and Crawford combined.

but is it an expiring contract next yr.?

yes, as opposed to no contract next year...

I look at it as a positive. if the plan is to include him(or try to) in a draft day deal.

[LooseCannon]

I think for taking on Anthony's deal and also giving out Crawford the Celtics should have gotten more than just a "probably not" 1st rounder.

From Goodman at espnboston.com:

The trade will save the Heat about $7.7 million in salary and luxury taxes this season and frees them on the $3.8 million they owed Anthony for next season. Depending on the Heat's salary-situation for next season, this is a deal that could end up saving them more than $15 million in salary and luxury taxes for a player who played just 37 minutes this season.

Also, I thought the Celtics would at least try to make a run at some free agents this fall. Anthony's 3.8 million would seem to discourage that, unless they have some more deals to unload contracts (Bass, Green) planned. I guess this also increases the odds Bradley stays, doesn't it?

If the 76ers are in the lottery this and next season, then those two second-rounders have a shot at being those early second round picks that some people consider almost as good as a late first because of the lack of guaranteed money.  The Celtics would be in a good spot to gamble on a foreign player who would be a sure first-round pick if he were guaranteed to come to the US but has a thorny buy-out situation with his foreign club.

If Anthony invokes his player option, the Celtics have a nice package of the expiring contracts of Bass/Anthony and the unguaranteed contract of Bogans to package with draft picks should any big-contract guy become available.  It's not as big of an impediment to doing a deal clearing cap space as Courtney Lee's deal would have been.

[317]

so is Anthony an expiring contract next season?

if so(and we don't waive him upon his arrival), wouldn't that give him some value come draft day?

i'm just not understanding the downside of Anthony. he seems like a guy that could help us this yr. and with his contract help us next yr. by being an expiring contract.

he is $3.8 million more next year then Brooks and Crawford combined.

but is it an expiring contract next yr.?

yes, as opposed to no contract next year...

I look at it as a positive. if the plan is to include him(or try to) in a draft day deal.

that would work, except nobody wants Joel Anthony

[KG_ended_Bias]

I wouldn't have wanted Joel "Can't make a contested layup" no where near my team. He might contaminate my other bigs! Yuck! Plus we help Miami save all that money? I don't like it at all.

[moiso]

I'm not crazy about the deal.  Since we signed Bayless, I don't think losing Crawford helps us tank. 

If we end up with a first rounder, I'll like the deal but I wouldn't count on that.

[D.o.s.]

I'm not crazy about the deal.  Since we signed Bayless, I don't think losing Crawford helps us tank. 

If we end up with a first rounder, I'll like the deal but I wouldn't count on that.

Crawford's probably a better basketball player than Bayless.

Bayless definitely fits our team more, though.