@WojYahooNBA: Y! Sources (w/ @SpearsNBAYahoo): Celtics, Clippers discussing deal centered on Kevin Garnett for Bledsoe, Jordan. http://t.co/GhuSilfv
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Vinny Del Negro wants KG, willing to give Bledsoe/Jordan for him. Clips front office totally against the move. Front office has final say.</p>— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/302670198450819073">February 16, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>If Boston wants WGreen, RTuriaf & C Butler, sure the Clips front office will take KG, but not for Bled & Jordan.</p>— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/302670769832488960">February 16, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
if you're the celtics why wouldnt you pull the trigger. Del Negro is out of his mind. You dont find athletic bigs like Jordan everyday. KG won't put that team over the top any way. YOu think CP3 wants to stick around with Blake and an aging KG, Chauncey, Butler? He's gonna skip town.
Would be a awesome move for the Celtics, but then they would have Bradley, Rondo, and Bledso on the same team.
Clippers will become a serious contender with KG. They won't win a ring with Griffin and DeAndre front court because it's redundant. Both can't space the floor and are bad free throw shooters. Just imagine Chris Paul's options on offense with a KG/Griffin frontline. Pick and pop (w KG) and pick and roll (w Griffin) all day.
It's tough to lose young players like Bledsoe and DeAndre but the way the team is built now, they are ready to compete for a championship with KG instead. Billups can take on Bledsoe's role as back up PG. If Boston really wants the deal, if i was the Clips, i'll try to make them throw in Bradley or Fab Melo along with KG. If not, i'd still do the trade for KG alone.
Reasonable deal for both sides. The Clippers aren't built for the long term. Chris Paul is at his absolute prime for these two years, which is what KG gives them. The only team that should reject win-now trades is OKC. Otherwise, you never know what can happen in the future.
I think the C's are trying to do this deal and then trade Rondo to the Lakers and get Dwight. They would have a nice future core if they are somehow able to pull off both trade rumors. Bledsoe/Bradley Lee/Terry Pierce(whom they can trade for someone else) Jordan Howard I'm sure some of those role players will also be gone in either deal to match salaries.
I think the Clippers can easily make it to the Finals AS IS. They shouldn't trade Jordan. That is a terrible idea. This is kind of slimy by Broussard. He has tried to get Del Negro fired in the past and last month he tried to get D'antoni fired. Reporting this has potential to cause problems for him. He could have just said there is a division in the Clippers organization about it. I don't know what Del Negro is thinking though. KG isn't the athlete at his age compared to Jordan.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>When asked if there was any team or circumstance that he would drop his trade clause for, Kevin Garnett simply said: "No."</p>— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/302832388952698880">February 16, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>"If its up to me I will live and die green," KG said. When reminded its up to him, KG said: "OK then. So what are we talking about it?"</p>— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/302833167516180480">February 16, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Has Danny Ainge approached KG about a potential trade? "Not of recent, no," KG said. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Celtics">#Celtics</a></p>— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) <a href="https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/302833213057937408">February 16, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Trade Pierce and I think he would reconsider.
If the rumors are true, I think it really is a testament to KG that at this stage in his career he still holds the trade value he does.
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo Clippers confident they could change Kevin Garnett's mind about a trade if the Celtics tell him they want to do it, a source tells Y! sports
