Should the Jazz trade the Celtics for one of their bigs?

[Deleted member 848]

Celtics GM is real tough with trades.. unless he feels he's winning the trade he won't pull the trigger. DL is the same. Because of that it's hard to see how they can get something done.

it doesn't matter, we have the assets to overpay. We have multiple first rounders that aren't even ours-- that's way way more than enough for either player. We all know how much Boston loves draft picks. Helps them make a splash for a big star.

 

[The Midnight]

it doesn't matter, we have the assets to overpay. We have multiple first rounders that aren't even ours-- that's way way more than enough for either player. We all know how much Boston loves draft picks. Helps them make a splash for a big star.

DL will never overpay....

 

[Deleted member 848]

DL will never overpay....

he already willingly lost a trade with Kanter man. Stop it with this defeatist attitude.

 

[The Midnight]

he already willingly lost a trade with Kanter man. Stop it with this defeatist attitude.

Kanter forced his hand that time iirc....

 

[Getting Traded]

WIthey hasn't been notable

I think Withey has been a lot better than expected. He isn't getting many minutes but with what little he has been getting, he has been very productive.

 

[Siro]

thought he played the 5 with Booker tonight

Did he? I didn't notice. I fell asleep between end of third and middle of fourth. Maybe it was during that time. Heh.

 

[Siro]

David Lee is the one I would want the least. His contract doesn't really fit with our team in the long-term. Let's snipe one of their players with 2 years left on their deals (jonas, Zeller, Sullinger, Johnson)

But his contract is expiring. I doubt he will have many suitors, and can probably be had for cheap. He's a capable scorer, and can play with Gobert or Favors.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

But his contract is expiring. I doubt he will have many suitors, and can probably be had for cheap. He's a capable scorer, and can play with Gobert or Favors.

i wouldn't mind him, at least you know he can put up points and we can probably hide his crappy D well enough

 

[pointgawh]

kelly olynyk would be an interesting stretch 4 who can give up to get him?

 

[The Midnight]

kelly olynyk would be an interesting stretch 4 who can give up to get him?

To get him from the Celtics' ruthless negotiating GM we would probably need to give up at least a 1st rounder to even get him on the phone.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Kanter forced his hand that time iirc....

And The Benevolent Father took the opportunity to pass on Reggie Jackson to go for a rusty bucket of scraps.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The Jazz have nothing to offer (that they should be willing to trade) to a team overloaded with mediocre assets. But the Celtics are going to have an impossible time playing all of these players, and a hard time cashing those chips in for something bigger and shinier. While I think it makes sense to liquidate those bigs into future assets, the Celtics, again, shouldn't be too interested.

I like the idea in theory, I just have a tough time seeing it. I'm sure Ainge's thinking is teams can always use serviceable bigs, so having a lot of them makes them easy to throw in as sweeteners for something real sweet. I just don't know what that scenario would be for them.