ddb wrote:SmartWentCrazy wrote:New idea:
Celtics trade: Hayward, Kanter, 26
Celtics receive: Seth Curry, Redick, Powell, 18
Mavs trades: Curry, Wright, Powell, 18, 31
Mavs receive: Hayward
NOP trades: Redick, Kanter
NOP receives: Wright, 26, 31
We get two of the best shooters in the league that carry immense gravity. They’ll bust any zone thrown our way. We also clear 8M in salary and get closer to the tax line. Dallas consolidates and clears cap space for next summer. NO gets two assets for someone who wont be there long term.
would you please for the love of God read what you just typed. Can you imagine if we had Redick, Scurry, Powell? You'd be wishfully thinking about trading them for Hayward/Kanter. It's just ludicrous some of the trade ideas that are floated. First of all, what the heck do you need Redick AND Curry for? They play the same position, neither plays defense, and neither can pass or rebound. Literally all they do is shoot. Powell is a RIM runner which we already have in TimeLord.
Common man! I get that trading Hayward is the hot topic, but at least let's come up with trade ideas where we are getting back something of substance that is fair in exchange for Hayward. Hayward averaged 17.5/6.7/4.1 on 50%/38%/85% as the FOURTH option!
The more I think about it the more I think we should bring him back and not trade him. His time in Boston has been tough. Obviously the injury in the first quarter of his first game cancelled his entire first year in Boston. Then in year 2 the team was dysfunctional and he was trying to find his confidence again. but this past year when he was healthy he was good. In the Heat series he was not good but we now know that he came back 2 weeks early to try to help the team win. The more I think about it the more I'm confident that we have yet to see the best of Hayward. Year #4 will be his best in Boston.
Only way I trade him is if there's a really good deal on the table. That's it. Boston has the leverage. NOT TRADING HIM for Seth Curry and Old Man Redick. GTFOOH
Shooting is key in this league and Miami just torched us due to their spacing making us incapable of defending Bam. Who the **** honestly argues against adding more elite shooters? Powell is deadweight salary that we use as trade filler in a year when his deal becomes more palatable [remember how everyone complained we couldnt make trades this year? Having no tradable salaries was a big reason why].
If you want to let Hayward walk for nothing next year, thats on you. I’m telling you that re-signing him is flat out untenable once we max Tatum. Letting him walk for nothing is just burning an asset because your too proud to get something less than your own misperceived value of the player.
