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Summer 2025. Straight swap.

Celtics trade Porzingis' expiring contract for Grant who's under contract for the next three seasons. Celtics get to keep the championship window for a longer period of time. Grant back in Denver has proven himself to be a very solid role player for a very good team.

Blazers essentially do a (long-term) salary dump.

Jerami Grant is a terrible contract, Celtics are about to become the most expensive team ever, he plays the position with the least need on Celtics.
It's a terrible fit, on both the basketball and the financial side.

Celtics would be insane to do this, but PDX would salivate.

Even not taking the horrendously long and 8M per season overpaid contract - Grant fills literally no need for BOS.

Also, if BOS tries to move off a starter I think its Jrue.

Yeah this is obviously terrible for Boston.

How is this even a question?

Better player on a better contract.

What incentive is Portland providing to bridge the value gap?

ReggiesKnicks wrote:What incentive is Portland providing to bridge the value gap?

Oral

This is fairly one sided.

If Boston is willing to continue spending like drunken sailors they would just look to extend KP over trading him for Grant.

Your assumption and rationale is way off. How does this keep the window open longer? KP is younger and believe it or not plays in a similar number of games to Grant. KP makes less money per year.
No ways the Cs even consider this even if Portland attaches picks. It just doesn’t meet current needs or goals.

Blazers don’t even care if porzingis ever suits up, this is automatically a W

Celtics biggest reason for trading Porzingis would be to shed payroll. So bringing back a player who has 3 years left at $33 million per year makes zero sense. Celtics would just keep Porzingis at that cost because he is a better fit.

Porzingis for Grant has a less than 0% chance of happening

Porzingis for Grant plus Camara, 2025 PDX 1st if they move up into top 4 but not Cooper. Boston still probably says no.

Boston would have to then move Jrue and/or White into capspace to get their books under 2nd apron.

Celts17Pride wrote:Celtics biggest reason for trading Porzingis would be to shed payroll. So bringing back a player who has 3 years left at $33 million per year makes zero sense. Celtics would just keep Porzingis at that cost because he is a better fit.

Porzingis for Grant has a less than 0% chance of happening

redslastlaugh wrote:Porzingis for Grant plus Camara, 2025 PDX 1st if they move up into top 4 but not Cooper. Boston still probably says no.

Boston would have to then move Jrue and/or White into capspace to get their books under 2nd apron.

Celts17Pride wrote:Celtics biggest reason for trading Porzingis would be to shed payroll. So bringing back a player who has 3 years left at $33 million per year makes zero sense. Celtics would just keep Porzingis at that cost because he is a better fit.

Porzingis for Grant has a less than 0% chance of happening

Laughable.

No.

The original proposal was laughable. I made revisions that reduced greatly the original degree of laughability, while still maintaining an address inside the state of laughability.

redslastlaugh wrote:The original proposal was laughable. I made revisions that reduced greatly the original degree of laughability, while still maintaining an address inside the state of laughability.

Definitely still laughable.

JRoy wrote:

redslastlaugh wrote:The original proposal was laughable. I made revisions that reduced greatly the original degree of laughability, while still maintaining an address inside the state of laughability.

Definitely still laughable.

The Celtics can’t take on more salary per year so Grant/ KP just can’t legally happen.
If it could though, what assets would Portland be willing to attach. They get a younger player of equally durability and a cheaper contract.

brackdan70 wrote:

JRoy wrote:

redslastlaugh wrote:The original proposal was laughable. I made revisions that reduced greatly the original degree of laughability, while still maintaining an address inside the state of laughability.

Definitely still laughable.

The Celtics can’t take on more salary per year so Grant/ KP just can’t legally happen.
If it could though, what assets would Portland be willing to attach. They get a younger player of equally durability and a cheaper contract.

Not sure it would the cost.

A talented but injury prone big man in a blazers uniform?
The tradition continues
Frailblazers 4eva