celticfan42487 wrote:SmartWentCrazy wrote:JHTruth wrote:Lamelo Ball told a couple people that he was going for a private workout at the Celtics facility yesterday. It was backtracked but I have no doubt he wasn't lying to people.
Chris Grenham
@chrisgrenham
Spoke with two separate sources today who chatted with LaMelo Ball at the Ritz Carlton in Boston. Ball told both sources that he was headed to the Celtics facility later today, however this report makes more sense considering the latest pre-draft timeline.
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Jonathan Givony
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Source says LaMelo Ball was in Boston for a meeting with sneaker company Puma, not the Celtics, as some online reports have indicated. In-person pre-draft workouts/meetings with teams are not permitted at the moment.
6:50 PM · Sep 16, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Seems like he'd be a perfect fit. We need more playmaking on this team bigtime. Not the same combo guards that we draft every year. We move Hayward for Wiggins and the 2nd? They get immediate All-Star help at the wing and a massive contract coming off their books next summer for FA. We get scoring help now who's only 25 and LaMelo.
LaMelo
Smart
Brown
Tatum
Rob
Wiggins
Grant
Romeo
Could go places..
Guessing it’d be Hayward/14 for Wiggins/2.
Edit: to expand, GS wants to have cap space in 21 to have the flexibility to pursue Giannis. Wiggins is an albatross. #2 also prevents this with the 9M cap hit. Theyre going to move this pick and aim to get a wing later on.
Dude.. Okay 2 thoughts.
Wiggins & the #2 is perfect here ONLY if the owners say yes we're willing to pay endless luxury tax over 2020 - 2030. Which they would say if we did that trade.
That trade opens up SO MUCH for us.
So Wiggins is *** on defense and that's a super big concern. But I'll be damned if he isn't at least the perfect 6th man off the bench. And he's always had the body to be a good switch wing defender. I'm very interested in him.
And go up to the #2 to get say a Haliburton or Hayes or Okongwu..
Playoff rotations are 8 maybe 9 deep. And that trade while it hurts our current starting lineup a bit... could make us 8 deep right away.
With Ball I'm concerned his passing won't matter. You can't be a playmaker if you can't either hit the 3 or be a threat to drive to the rim or even stop and pop a midrange J. You need to score in order to be a playmaker and I don't want for him to be Lonzo where he has to play off ball in the half court to open up the floor. I want SMART to be in that role for us, who is no Ball but if Smart is the off ball guard who's entire throught process is "killer pass" with his vision and complete disregard for what is right we'll see a ton of highlights where the playmaker does all the work, and then passes it to smart who will do instant tip passes to an open mid range for Theis or for a cutting Jaylen Brown.
I really think Smart has another level on offense that can only be unlocked playing next to a true playmaker and just let him be the well in soccer it'd be call the Trequarista role... but essentially the guy that's watching how everything is rotating in real time and playing on instincts and makes that killer pass. Maybe a full court to the side of the key, ect. I really think he could star in that role (yes it will come with it's fair share of turnovers but for open shot to turnover ratio I think we'd see a dramatic improvement)
lol he'd be our second most talented player. Assuming Hayward was dealt to acquire him he'd start at the 3. Why would you put your 2nd most talented player on the bench? Wiggins has never been in a good situation. If he came here or stays with the Warriors and they get healthy people will see how good he is.
