I originally thought that too, but the only one that may end up being a really good pick is the 2026 Nets pick, which I'm sure we would protect. That trade is intriguing, but I don't think KPJ/Green/Murray could coexist. Also the appeal of a Murray trade would be to get the star before he explodes into a star - like the Harden 1.0 trade. That way we wouldn't have to pay a star price for him. I don't know if I'd give up 3 picks and Sengun, but it's intriguing for sure. Also, imagine doing this trade, getting 7th pick overall and Chet/Paolo/Smith are gone. That would be horrible.
Agreed. In a vacuum this is an overpay. But each team is paying a premium because their time to go for it is now.
Gordon absolutely deserves love from the fans and I think the fanbase that gets him will be pleasantly surprised on his impact during the playoffs
You're right about some of those. Miami and Phoenix both owe picks to OKC which I expect will be settled by the time their picks would be due to Houston but the Stepien rule does pose a problem. I got around Phoenix's 2023 pick by giving them a first in the 2022 draft. But their debt to OKC does seem to lock up their 2024 pick.
I'm a Jaylen stan so I wouldn't even wait until the offseason. Wood (Boston technically needs scoring in the front court), Gordon, our 2023 1st from Milwaukee and maybe another first. I'm not opposed to trading Green but if I'm sending Jalen to Boston it better be in a package for Tatum and not Brown.
I mean if you're going to assume that Boston would want Green to be paired up with Tatum why is it outlandish to think that they wouldn't want Green and Brown?
I'm thinking because they both play same position. Besides, its Brown rumored to want out of Boston, not Tatum.
Brown has played the 3 about half of the time he's on the court for most of his career so it wouldn't be a seismic change to move him to the SF spot and have Green at the 2. If we want to be technical the Celtics are playing without a real point guard right now anyways so anything is possible.
That isn’t how it works. You can’t guess that only ‘X’ years of protection will be needed instead of ‘Y’ years, and then trade subsequent years that might ultimately be required to settle a previously traded protected pick. Feel free to ignore me if you want, but I don’t believe any of those picks can be traded, because there are either Stepien issues (MIA 2022) or protection issues for picks that haven’t actually been conveyed by this trade deadline (MIA 2024, PHX 2023, PHX 2025). It seems like you’d put some effort into coming up with various interesting trade ideas for the benefit of the thread, and I was just trying to give a friendly heads up regarding the draft picks.
