Why not Brook Lopez?

[JR47]

Trade Green/Bass to Brooklyn for Brook Lopez.(Works in trade machine)

Brooklyn - continues to push all of their chips to the center of the table for a shot to win this year. Probably inserts Bass into the starting lineup with KG at the 5. Jeff Green probably thrives in a 6th man role.

Boston- Gets a center to pair long term with Sully (who grows on me more and more each game).  Improves their now biggest asset (2014 pick) by probably losing a bunch more games. The trade opens up minutes at SF to re sign Pierce as a FA.(bonus!)

The obvious hold up is the health of Brook Lopez, but is the juice worth the squeeze?

[manl_lui]

that is a very big gamble by the Nets, and it allows us to get rid of both Green and Bass for a quality starting center who will not help us this year.

I kinda like it for some reason if it is a straight up trade

[minijericho29]

Lopez is the best offensive center in the ENTIRE league and he is still young.  You want Brooklyn to mortgage their future to assemble the 2013 Celtics that got dominated by the Knicks in the playoffs last year?  Brooklyn would be crazy to this. 

[Monkhouse]

Lopez is the best offensive center in the ENTIRE league and he is still young.  You want Brooklyn to mortgage their future to assemble the 2013 Celtics that got dominated by the Knicks in the playoffs last year?  Brooklyn would be crazy to this.

25 isn't that young... DeMarcus Cousins is a clearly better player and Center offensively... Hes also a far better passer, and is 23, playing in a tougher conference.

[Birdman]

I would be afraid of Lopez continuing foot problems

[blink]

Lopez is the best offensive center in the ENTIRE league and he is still young.  You want Brooklyn to mortgage their future to assemble the 2013 Celtics that got dominated by the Knicks in the playoffs last year?  Brooklyn would be crazy to this.

25 isn't that young... DeMarcus Cousins is a clearly better player and Center offensively... Hes also a far better passer, and is 23, playing in a tougher conference.

I am concerned about Lopez's injury history.  I would agree I would rather see Cousins.  If Stevens could somehow help with Cousins mental maturity....

does a Sully / Cousins front court work?

[Monkhouse]

Lopez is the best offensive center in the ENTIRE league and he is still young.  You want Brooklyn to mortgage their future to assemble the 2013 Celtics that got dominated by the Knicks in the playoffs last year?  Brooklyn would be crazy to this.

25 isn't that young... DeMarcus Cousins is a clearly better player and Center offensively... Hes also a far better passer, and is 23, playing in a tougher conference.

I am concerned about Lopez's injury history.  I would agree I would rather see Cousins.  If Stevens could somehow help with Cousins mental maturity....

does a Sully / Cousins front court work?

It can, but it'll never happen. I seriously doubt we're going to ever get Cousins. Last year was our best chance in offering Bradley/Green/ some picks for Cousins, but now hes developing more and more. Hes also taking on a more matured leadership.

[JR47]

Lopez is the best offensive center in the ENTIRE league and he is still young.  You want Brooklyn to mortgage their future to assemble the 2013 Celtics that got dominated by the Knicks in the playoffs last year?  Brooklyn would be crazy to this.

Brooklyn is crazy, they traded away three years worth of 1st round draft picks for a chance to win this year.

I'd say after that trade they would be a much better team than the playoff 2013 Rondo-less Celtics.  Give the 2013 Celtics Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, AK47, and Blatche....and tell me they would not have made a run at it.

[Roy H.]

I would be afraid of Lopez continuing foot problems

Same here.

He's got potentially career-ending foot problems, he's owed too much money, he's not a good rebounder (and in general, not a good defender) and he wouldn't be a good fit next to Sully.

[Who]

I would be worried about Sully + B.Lopez defensively. Pretty slow combination. Need to run your offense through your bigs offensively in the halfcourt too. Not ideal for Rondo.

I think B.Lopez is a guy you want to finish your team off. A third option type. A complementary star. Rather than a building block. A score first player who doesn't effect the game in enough ways to be a top of line star talent. So I think this would be the wrong phase in Boston's development to bring a complementary star like B.Lopez in. They need to get that marquee player first.

Throw in the injury worries and I am strongly against pursuing B.Lopez.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Because he's injury prone and a bad defender.

[Geo123]

Trade Green/Bass to Brooklyn for Brook Lopez.(Works in trade machine)

Brooklyn - continues to push all of their chips to the center of the table for a shot to win this year. Probably inserts Bass into the starting lineup with KG at the 5. Jeff Green probably thrives in a 6th man role.

Boston- Gets a center to pair long term with Sully (who grows on me more and more each game).  Improves their now biggest asset (2014 pick) by probably losing a bunch more games. The trade opens up minutes at SF to re sign Pierce as a FA.(bonus!)

The obvious hold up is the health of Brook Lopez, but is the juice worth the squeeze?

The answer to your question is because it would be a very bad move.   He has a big contract, can't stay healthy, can't rebound,  and is injury prone. Besides those reasons there are no reasons at all...

[crimson_stallion]

He's a 7 footer who rebounds at a similar rate to Jeff Green, he's horribly injury prone, he's due over $15M, and thenets would never do it.

[minijericho29]

He's a 7 footer who rebounds at a similar rate to Jeff Green, he's horribly injury prone, he's due over $15M, and thenets would never do it.

TP for the wit.

[LooseCannon]

Would anyone take Brook Lopez over Avery Bradley in a bet over who plays more regular season games in the three seasons after this one?