atlantabbq99 wrote:If the Celtics want a trade, then they have to start by offering the Nets' pick and then add on with additional players or picks. The Nets' pick is the bare minimum if you want the Hawks to sit at the table and listen to any offers.
Never happening.
An expiring, declining Al Horford, and one year of Jeff Teague, who is being replaced by a 22 year old for what should be a top 3 or 4 pick in a good draft..and more?
No one is offering the Hawks anything close to the value of the Brooklyn pick. If they were locked in to longer term deals, then yeah, the Brooklyn pick is potentially discussed- but if the Hawks really want to reset and rebuild etc, they aren't asking for any trade with Boston 'starting with the Brooklyn pick' ...
Because there is absolutely, positively, zero chance of that happening.
There's no point in discussing it further because the Celtics aren't giving up that pick for anything that the Hawks have. You could send Bazemore, Teague, Horford, Schroeder and the C's would say 'no thanks'.
If the Hawks owned Brooklyn's unprotected pick this year, would you trade it for a guy who would be a backup point guard (with only 1 year left) and an expiring Al Horford who can go to the highest bidder in 6 months? Maybe if you were Billy King.
Do you honestly believe you'll get a top 5 or 10 pick or equivalent player back in a trade for these 2 guys and their contract situations?
One day Marcus Smart will be defensive player of the year, mark my words.