Hello all, neutral Nets fan here. I wanted to get your thoughts on a trade idea. The objective would be for both teams to retool with better fitting complementary players. Here's the proposal:
Smart/Richardson/Hernanogomez/R. Williams for Westbrook/Ellington/Bradley/Rondo
Boston would get an elite transition lead guard, who has the court vision to feed both Jayson and Jaylen in the half court.
LA would get a full-time C to take minutes off of Anthony and Lebron at that position. They also patch the defensive G role that Caruso left behind.
Any of the minimum contracts could work, if Boston wanted another bigman like Jordan instead of another guard. There IS a precedent of these bitter rivals trading, too, so what are your thoughts on this one? Yes or no, and why?
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Sure if Boston wants to do it. I can’t see them giving up Smart, who is the only player of any real value in that deal.



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AD+Bazemore for Tatum+Brown. Get it done !
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Is this even a question?!??? YES 100% YES. Get the most inefficient chucker in the league to my most hated team ever? Please I'll buy WestTrash's 1st class ticket to Boston if I have too.

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Only player I want from Celtics is Tatum
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Boston won't even pick up the phone. They probably think, as 29 other NBA teams except for the Lakers, that not having Westbrook is addition by subtraction.
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Kidding me? Yes, I’d do that trade in one second. Williams is perhaps the perfect C (yes at 6’9”) to put next to AD at the four. Smart, too?
If you remove Williams or Smart, then maybe they’ll listen. You still might have to include THT.
I would love to see the Celtics bite on a trade like that and do I think it’ll ever happen? No. Never.
If you remove Williams or Smart, then maybe they’ll listen. You still might have to include THT.
I would love to see the Celtics bite on a trade like that and do I think it’ll ever happen? No. Never.
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Boston would get an elite transition lead guard, who has the court vision to feed both Jayson and Jaylen in the half court.
Two words - elite and Westbrook have nothing common.

Two words - elite and Westbrook have nothing common.