I was thinking about this question with "Flipgate" being in the news. After dealing their last franchise guy in Garnett to the Celtics and seeing him win a title in a different uniform in 08, wouldn't it be extremely unpopular if your next franchise star was ALSO dealt to Boston? How could you possibly sell that to your fans? It would just reinforce the idea in your fanbase that the cycle of losing will never end.

It would be like the Cavs throwing their hands up in the air and saying, "Well darn, Kyrie is leaving anyway. Let's deal him to Miami because they have the best offer." NO! Of course that would be ridiculous.

Dealing K-Love to Boston would just bring up all the old, painful memories from 07 back again (it also doesn't help that Jefferson and all the other players in the deal didn't exactly become long-term pieces for them).

The more realistic way the Celtics get Love is as a free agent or in a sign-and-trade. But that doesn't seem so likely now that whispers of him opting out are out there. Minnesota will be forced to deal him before the end of next season and Love will find a way to maneuver a deal to a team he deems acceptable by threatening not to re-sign.

Based on the current talent level I can't see Boston being one of those desirable teams Love will accept a deal to. That is, unless they make a Ray Allen-esque trade on draft day (Carmelo!?!).

Even then, would Minnesota take the PR hit of dealing a second star in a row to Boston? I'm not so sure...

they gave us Garnett before, why not another Kevin

Quote from: gpap on February 20, 2014, 04:21:51 PM

As a Celts fan, thinking about Love in green is exciting.

However, I don't find it very realistic.

There's no more Kevin McHale in Minny to give Danny a sweetheart deal.

On top of that if I am Minnesota, I don't really find a package of Sullinger, Bradley, Green, picks or whatever to be a very enticing package.

It might sound enticing to us because we want Minny to say yes, but I don't think they do.

Especially when a team like Chicago could offer Joakim Noah for Love to go along with Derrick Rose, Indiana could offer Roy Hibbert for Love to go along with Paul George, etc.

Miami could offer Chalmers and Bosh to pair up Love with Lebron and Wade and the Clippers could offer Blake Griffin for Love to pair up with Chris Paul, if they don't win the west this year.

OKC could offer Serge Ibaka for Love.

Just saying that when you compare our "assets" to what other teams could offer, it's not that enticing.

I could be wrong and hope I am.

Now when Love hits free agency in 2015, that COULD be a different story.

But as for a trade, I don't see it happening.

Ummm what? Half of the players you listed, aren't going to be traded..

Chicago would rather keep Noah imo... Hes their centerpiece over Rose any day. Hibbert? Heck no, he is not getting moved! Bosh? Seriously doubt he'd re-sign. Griffin/Ibaka are question marks, but Griffin is becoming more and more of the star player the Clippers wanted... Ibaka? Maybe. But none of those packages are even anything valuable, especially when you consider the fact only a half of them are superstars. What we can offer is a plethora of draft picks, Sullinger who may be a 3-4 time Allstar, and decent players in return..

Honestly I don't even know who else can trump our offers..

Quote from: RJ87 on February 20, 2014, 04:39:35 PM

Quote from: Monkhouse on February 20, 2014, 04:35:00 PM

Quote from: gpap on February 20, 2014, 04:21:51 PM

As a Celts fan, thinking about Love in green is exciting.

However, I don't find it very realistic.

There's no more Kevin McHale in Minny to give Danny a sweetheart deal.

On top of that if I am Minnesota, I don't really find a package of Sullinger, Bradley, Green, picks or whatever to be a very enticing package.

It might sound enticing to us because we want Minny to say yes, but I don't think they do.

Especially when a team like Chicago could offer Joakim Noah for Love to go along with Derrick Rose, Indiana could offer Roy Hibbert for Love to go along with Paul George, etc.

Miami could offer Chalmers and Bosh to pair up Love with Lebron and Wade and the Clippers could offer Blake Griffin for Love to pair up with Chris Paul, if they don't win the west this year.

OKC could offer Serge Ibaka for Love.

Just saying that when you compare our "assets" to what other teams could offer, it's not that enticing.

I could be wrong and hope I am.

Now when Love hits free agency in 2015, that COULD be a different story.

But as for a trade, I don't see it happening.

Ummm what? Half of the players you listed, aren't going to be traded..

Chicago would rather keep Noah imo... Hes their centerpiece over Rose any day. Hibbert? Heck no, he is not getting moved! Bosh? Seriously doubt he'd re-sign. Griffin/Ibaka are question marks, but Griffin is becoming more and more of the star player the Clippers wanted... Ibaka? Maybe. But none of those packages are even anything valuable, especially when you consider the fact only a half of them are superstars. What we can offer is a plethora of draft picks, Sullinger who may be a 3-4 time Allstar, and decent players in return..

Honestly I don't even know who else can trump our offers..

You can cross off Ibaka too - I don't see OKC committing themselves to 3 max deals.

Noah maybe, but he's an FA in 2016 - don't see him resigning. No way Bosh resigns. Hibbert is also slated to be an FA in 2015, bet he bolts.

You think Hibbert will bolt Pacers? Noah bolt the Bulls too? I think all 3 of them will stay with their current teams as is. Bosh will probably pursue another team where he is the go to guy.

I think it depends where our pick ends up.

Lakers are in excellent position to trade for Love on draft day.  They have a worse record than we do and their team should remain worse for the rest of the season.