I don't understand this trader away player to free up time thing

[Stig]

I know Rondon won't stay, and move him can give Smart a chance. But trade Green? Do we have a star wing player in making? It sure won't be Crowder, he's a filler in a trade and will be a filler a another trade soon, who else, James Young? If he's good why he can get meaningful minutes from the coach so far?

Or maybe we just want to play bad players so we can lose more games to catch up the Knicks and T wolves. But then we tanked a bit too late(or early) cause next draft class isn't supposed to be deep.

[freshinthehouse]

It may not be as deep, but it is still looking pretty good.  Okafor, Mudiay, Towns, Kristaps, Winslow, Johnson, etc all look to be really good prospects.  Still shaping up to be an above average draft IMO. 

[Granath]

I know Rondon won't stay, and move him can give Smart a chance. But trade Green?

Stop right here. Do you know Green is probably headed to Free Agency too?

Do we have a star wing player in making?

Is Green a star? Is a guy whose PER is 14.4 a star?

It sure won't be Crowder, he's a filler in a trade and will be a filler a another trade soon, who else, James Young? If he's good why he can get meaningful minutes from the coach so far?

Crowder isn't a star either. But since coming to Boston, his per-36 numbers are superior to Green's in many ways. He doesn't score as much (14.5 to 19.1), but he shoots (EFG .493 to .483) rebounds (6.5 to 4.6), assists (2.0 to 1.7), steals (2.2 to .9) and plays better defense than Green.

This doesn't mean that Crowder is Green's equal as per 36 numbers aren't perfect. Crowder isn't going off for 35 any given night. But it's a lot closer than you might think. He's also younger, cheaper and has a better contract.

I don't think letting Green leave was about opening minutes for younger players. It's about having an acceptable replacement already here (Crowder) and getting something for him while we still could. His play since Rondo was traded was pretty dismal, averaging 13 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 1.8 apg. He also looked uninspired on the court - even more so than usual. If that continued, the longer Danny waited the less the Celtics would get for him. It's a win-win for everyone - Green gets to go to a playoff team, the Celtics get more picks for someone who was going to be a FA this offseason.

Or maybe we just want to play bad players so we can lose more games to catch up the Knicks and T wolves. But then we tanked a bit too late(or early) cause next draft class isn't supposed to be deep.

This next draft class is fine and the Celtics will wind up with a decent pick to continue to add to the youth movement. The Celtics won't "catch" NY or Minny, but that doesn't mean that they won't wind up with a top 5 pick.

[dreamgreen]

I know Rondon won't stay, and move him can give Smart a chance. But trade Green?

Stop right here. Do you know Green is probably headed to Free Agency too?

Do we have a star wing player in making?

Is Green a star? Is a guy whose PER is 14.4 a star?

It sure won't be Crowder, he's a filler in a trade and will be a filler a another trade soon, who else, James Young? If he's good why he can get meaningful minutes from the coach so far?

Crowder isn't a star either. But since coming to Boston, his per-36 numbers are superior to Green's in many ways. He doesn't score as much (14.5 to 19.1), but he shoots (EFG .493 to .483) rebounds (6.5 to 4.6), assists (2.0 to 1.7), steals (2.2 to .9) and plays better defense than Green.

This doesn't mean that Crowder is Green's equal as per 36 numbers aren't perfect. Crowder isn't going off for 35 any given night. But it's a lot closer than you might think. He's also younger, cheaper and has a better contract.

I don't think letting Green leave was about opening minutes for younger players. It's about having an acceptable replacement already here (Crowder) and getting something for him while we still could. His play since Rondo was traded was pretty dismal, averaging 13 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 1.8 apg. He also looked uninspired on the court - even more so than usual. If that continued, the longer Danny waited the less the Celtics would get for him. It's a win-win for everyone - Green gets to go to a playoff team, the Celtics get more picks for someone who was going to be a FA this offseason.

Or maybe we just want to play bad players so we can lose more games to catch up the Knicks and T wolves. But then we tanked a bit too late(or early) cause next draft class isn't supposed to be deep.

This next draft class is fine and the Celtics will wind up with a decent pick to continue to add to the youth movement. The Celtics won't "catch" NY or Minny, but that doesn't mean that they won't wind up with a top 5 pick.

You forgot to mention getting more assets in the way of picks.

[Chris22]

Crowder and Young are better than Jeff Green.

[GreenWarrior]

we were horrible with green, why invest any more time in him?

[Granath]

You forgot to mention getting more assets in the way of picks.

You didn't read carefully enough.

"the Celtics get more picks for someone who was going to be a FA this offseason."

[hwangjini_1]

I know Rondon won't stay, and move him can give Smart a chance. But trade Green?

Stop right here. Do you know Green is probably headed to Free Agency too?

Do we have a star wing player in making?

Is Green a star? Is a guy whose PER is 14.4 a star?

It sure won't be Crowder, he's a filler in a trade and will be a filler a another trade soon, who else, James Young? If he's good why he can get meaningful minutes from the coach so far?

Crowder isn't a star either. But since coming to Boston, his per-36 numbers are superior to Green's in many ways. He doesn't score as much (14.5 to 19.1), but he shoots (EFG .493 to .483) rebounds (6.5 to 4.6), assists (2.0 to 1.7), steals (2.2 to .9) and plays better defense than Green.

This doesn't mean that Crowder is Green's equal as per 36 numbers aren't perfect. Crowder isn't going off for 35 any given night. But it's a lot closer than you might think. He's also younger, cheaper and has a better contract.

I don't think letting Green leave was about opening minutes for younger players. It's about having an acceptable replacement already here (Crowder) and getting something for him while we still could. His play since Rondo was traded was pretty dismal, averaging 13 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 1.8 apg. He also looked uninspired on the court - even more so than usual. If that continued, the longer Danny waited the less the Celtics would get for him. It's a win-win for everyone - Green gets to go to a playoff team, the Celtics get more picks for someone who was going to be a FA this offseason.

Or maybe we just want to play bad players so we can lose more games to catch up the Knicks and T wolves. But then we tanked a bit too late(or early) cause next draft class isn't supposed to be deep.

This next draft class is fine and the Celtics will wind up with a decent pick to continue to add to the youth movement. The Celtics won't "catch" NY or Minny, but that doesn't mean that they won't wind up with a top 5 pick.

You forgot to mention getting more assets in the way of picks.

yeah, but given the great homework granath did in putting this post together, we can forgive him. 

tp for the good work granath.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

embrace the tank son! 

[Stig]

Ok, I get some of your points, but..

I'm not so sure that Green will definitely leave, I think he's equally likely to pick up his option and sign a bigger contract 2016. Unless we are still tanking in 2016, I think that's not a bad plan for Green or Celtics, of course that depends on DA wants him to be here, I guess DA told him to go away instead...

I disagree Crowder is a better player, nor does he have a future with this team. He did play with more effort, that's because he hasn't got any minutes for a very long time. And I don't blame Green to not be 100%, why would he do that on a tanking team?

The picks we got back in these trades are all heavily protected, so we'll trade them at some point, but what stars can you get with protected picks? We'll certainly have to package good young players, unless 3 of KO, Sully, Smart, Young, Zeller develops to the level of Big Al back in 2007, I don't see how we can get players better than Green.

I guess like Boston Garden Leprechaun said, I should embrace the tank