Semi interesting. In 2007, we gave up a top 5 pick, a solid 29 year old starter (Wally) and a solid 23 year old prospect averaging 12.2 points, 4.4 assists, 3 rebounds 1.1 steals with 43%/37%/85% shooting (Delonte) for a 32 year old star (Ray).
An equivalent trade would be Jaylen Brown (the top 5 pick), Amir (29 year old starter) and I guess Olynyk (decent youngish prospect who can shoot) for 32 year old Melo.
Celtic fans would riot if we did that. I just think it's interesting. For what it's worth, I HATED the Ray trade when it happened for all the same reasons I'd hate giving up Jaylen, Amir and Olynyk for Melo. The Ray trade only make sense in context with the KG move.
Anyways...
So now you're comparing Jaylen Brown with Jeff Green? A day after comparing Jimmy Butler to Ricky Davis?
LB- you are killing it!
Are we sure Jaylen is a better level prospect than Jeff Green was in 2007? I'm not so sure.
Green as a rookie averaged 10.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists... Jaylen is averaging 4.8 points, 1.9 rebounds, 0.6 assists. That's unfair to Jaylen, though, because he doesn't play well enough to earn minutes for this team. So let's even out their minutes and re-evaluate:
Rookie Jeff Green Per-36: 13.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.8 blocks with 43%/28%/74% shooting.
Rookie Jaylen Brown Per-36: 13.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1 steal, 0.8 blocks with 44%/32%/64% shooting
Basically the same. We have the benefit of hindsight in looking at what the #5 pick became in 2007 and that's countered with our expectations of Jaylen vastly exceeding his perceived potential. But really, 2007 Jeff Green was seen as more or less the same level of prospect as 2017 Jaylen Brown... perhaps even seen as a better prospect than Jaylen is now, honestly.
So Jaylen + Amir + Kelly for Melo is comparable to #5 pick + Wally + Delonte for Ray, imo. Basically identical.
And again, it's important to reiterate that I HATED the Ray trade when it went down. I couldn't fathom we gave up a top 5 pick for a 32 year old guard with bad ankles.