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MN in Rasheed's retiring contract and Avery Bradley

BOS West and Koufos

MN gets a promising, young, defensive wing at the cost of pieces not in the plan anyway

BOS uses Rasheed's retirement to bring a quality guard (they keep West as a player) and necessary post depth with Perkin's injury and KG's age. They also get a 1.8 mil TPE by splitting the deals apart.

This deal obviously makes minutes a problem at the wing (more than before), maybe we should look for a pick instead? I am thinking of other moves (Brewer and Ellington) that might happen to solve this problem.

I like Bradley, or more specifically I like the idea of backing Rubio up with a more offensively gifted combo guard, but there is no room for him (or anyone else) here anymore. I don't know if Boston would just give him up like that either.

I seriously doubt Boston would move Bradley right now, but a Rasheed, Boston 2011 1st for West and Koufos would work

skorff26 wrote:I seriously doubt Boston would move Bradley right now, but a Rasheed, Boston 2011 1st for West and Koufos would work

Yah, fat chance in hell that the celtics would give up bradley for that. But that deal that skorff presented seems better

There seems to be a lot of discussion about signing Delonte West after we'd waive him on the BOS board

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1041037&start=60

.. with about half wanting him, and the other half saying he'd cause problems.

I think the key would come down to what kind of contract they think he'd sign with them. A $4.5 mil expiring might not be such a bad gamble, mainly because the price isn't bad, and with an expiring, they reduce their longterm risk. If they try to sign him, maybe even for less, he'd probably want three years, or be a frustrated teammate.

My original thought was for the pick rather than Bradley, but that just seems boring...