Who says we're not? If I was betting man the trade that eventually comes through won't be quite as big as we might have hoped, but would have been impossible to predict in hindsight.
Despite the Ime thing, I have not heard much about a fruitful Celtics Rox trade relationship. In part also because Stone is not much of a trader himself.
i certainly would love brown and white. brings more color to our team. wish mike red was still playing
Again the media is so sad that their big summer story is 36 year old Durant for 1.5 picks. There is no chance they will trade their Finals MVP and only healthy star in Brown. Be realistic, put yourself in the GM and Coach's shoes. Tatum will be out next season and with the achilles injury he won't be fully himself till at MINIMUM 50% through the following season. So he's essentially not there for 1 year and he's not Jayson Tatum for 0.5 to 1 years. Even after all that, he was always shaky driving to the basket unless playing in a 5-out offense. What if he comes back and his driving ability is slightly worse than before? Then he's no longer better than Jaylen Brown who will have been sharpening his game for 1-2 years in the meantime. They're not trading Brown. They're unlikely to trade White unless it's for a major overpay - he's one of the most elite role players you have ever witnessed in your lifetime, you can put him on any legendary team and he will get 30+ minutes in the backcourt. Porzingis, Hauser, Pritchard, Holiday. Those are the available guys. I think there's some interesting options for us in there. I would prefer Holiday over FVV but doubt Udoka would be willing to make the switch. Porzingis would be nice to get if he can give us 50-60 games. I would love to swap Brooks for Porzingis - who's just as good a shooter as Brooks. As good as Brooks has been, I think we're overloaded at SF (Amen, Tari) and could use Porzingis' shooting and rim protection at the 4/5 to help Sengun and Bari. When Brooks moved to PF to replace Jabari, the starting lineup tanked defensively - we clearly need some length there and better rebounding than Brooks can provide. I would even be ok with bringing Porzingis off the bench if we prefer to start Jabari. Porzingis is not someone I see as a key cog, just a very good rotation player on limited minutes and load management. Pritchard and Hauser don't interest me much. Just one dimensional shooters with below average defense. They're a dime a dozen. Sheppard over Pritchard for me. Hauser for Landale and Whitmore maybe, but even then I'd almost rather take the outsider's chance on Whitmore.
