Can Seattle be a trade partner, again?

campybatman · Post #1 » by **campybatman** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:01 am

I'm thinking... Seattle holds a few good opportunities for Ainge to help Boston.

There's an uncertainty of what Boston will do with their first round pick. Seattle owns four second round picks (thirty-second, forty-sixth, fiftieth and fifty-sixth). Seattle also owns a lower first round pick, twenty-fourth, say Boston wanted to trade up from the thirtieth pick.

Seattle currently has a roster with power/centers to spare a team for the right deal. Boston lacks depth behind their starting center. Ainge had an interest in Robert Swift in the past and he's set to become a free agent this summer if Seattle doesn't offer him the qualifying offer. Talk of Ainge possibly drafting Swift and recently he'd asked for the inclusion of Swift in the Ray Allen trade leave you to wonder: Does Ainge still have an interest in Swift as a player for the Celtics? Other big men on Seattle's roster include Chris Wilcox, Nick Collison, Mouhamed Sene and Johan Petro.

Trading for one of their big men will be a challenge. Still, I don't believe that Seattle will select a player with all six picks. One or two of those picks could be trade bait to facilitate other potential deals.

Ainge could put Boston's first round pick, Glen Davis, Brian Scalabrine ($6.6M; two years remaining) and Tony Allen (qualifying offer) on the table.

SonicYouth34 · Post #2 » by **SonicYouth34** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:34 am

Swift is done, he's had too many injuries to be effective. We could probably but their later pick and package that to move up some more, but I don't see that happening.

Post #3 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:03 am

We won the title. I thought for sure that would put away the Swift Talks.

I can't stand the guy, and he has done nothing wrong. He is an NBA Bust. OK. But I hate him because this is the 132nd trade idea involving him. Geez, enough with this guy. I am going to hate when this guy is a free agent and their will be 20 "sign swift if you want to win a championship" threads.

campybatman · Post #4 » by **campybatman** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:36 pm

Celtics_Champs wrote:But I hate him because this is the 132nd trade idea involving him. Geez, enough with this guy.

Where did I say that Ainge will trade for Swift or I'd offered an idea to acquire him? I never did so. Here's what I'd said, "Trading for one of their big men will be a challenge." All I'd talked about was that Ainge could still have an interest in him and he could be available to a team this summer. I never said either way if I wanted Swift. You must have misconstrued me when I'd said, "Does Ainge still have an interest in Swift as a player for the Celtics?" Still, it doesn't include the word trade anywhere in that sentence written by me. I actually listed all of Seattle's big men. I wouldn't mind Collison.