Trade/Free Agency Thread, part 7, 2023-24

[darrendaye]

Now trade talks are reportedly picking up around Pascal Siakam, with the Atlanta Hawks and others ramping up negotiations centred around the star forward. According to Sportsnet's Michael Grange, "there is persistent speculation" that Siakam could be dealt prior to the regular season or "perhaps much sooner" as the NBA's wild transaction market starts to cool off a bit over the coming weeks.

Grange added added that throughout a tumultuous 2022-23 campaign, VanVleet and Siakam grew "deeply frustrated" with their younger teammates throughout the course of the season, as losses to inferior opposition began mounting.

According to Grange, the Raptors' young stars did not take kindly to their patronizing older teammates, creating a divide in the locker room that Nurse and his staff could not bridge.

Hoping it's a non-center package going to Toronto. Hopefully this happens tonight.

[zoyathedestroya]

I'd be surprised if we use the TPE. Doing so means going over the 2nd apron. If we were willing to go over the 2nd apron in this, I think we'd just take Reggie Bullock back who's a very solid 3&D player on an expiring deal.

Seems like this was just us deciding it wasn't worth paying Grant. So we extracted some value out of it. Good job by Brad to hold out for such a high price from Dallas that it enabled us to get some assets and still be able to offload the salary we'd have to take back. But it does stink to lose a decent/good player for nothing. Not crippling though.

Celtics don’t have to use the MLE. The Celtics just got a $6.5 TPE

Again depends on other trades

Bullock also wasn't a salary match.

[Celts17Pride]

Bigger role for Hauser and Brissett.

for now

[djFan71]

I'd be surprised if we use the TPE. Doing so means going over the 2nd apron. If we were willing to go over the 2nd apron in this, I think we'd just take Reggie Bullock back who's a very solid 3&D player on an expiring deal.

Seems like this was just us deciding it wasn't worth paying Grant. So we extracted some value out of it. Good job by Brad to hold out for such a high price from Dallas that it enabled us to get some assets and still be able to offload the salary we'd have to take back. But it does stink to lose a decent/good player for nothing. Not crippling though.

If you send Pritchard out (maybe for a few more 2nds...) and replace with a min, you can use it pretty easily

[Bill Lumbergh]

Now trade talks are reportedly picking up around Pascal Siakam, with the Atlanta Hawks and others ramping up negotiations centred around the star forward. According to Sportsnet's Michael Grange, "there is persistent speculation" that Siakam could be dealt prior to the regular season or "perhaps much sooner" as the NBA's wild transaction market starts to cool off a bit over the coming weeks.

Grange added added that throughout a tumultuous 2022-23 campaign, VanVleet and Siakam grew "deeply frustrated" with their younger teammates throughout the course of the season, as losses to inferior opposition began mounting.

According to Grange, the Raptors' young stars did not take kindly to their patronizing older teammates, creating a divide in the locker room that Nurse and his staff could not bridge.

I saw something last night centered on DJM and Siakam. Makes a little sense. ATL could throw in extras.

[djFan71]

I'd be surprised if we use the TPE. Doing so means going over the 2nd apron. If we were willing to go over the 2nd apron in this, I think we'd just take Reggie Bullock back who's a very solid 3&D player on an expiring deal.

Seems like this was just us deciding it wasn't worth paying Grant. So we extracted some value out of it. Good job by Brad to hold out for such a high price from Dallas that it enabled us to get some assets and still be able to offload the salary we'd have to take back. But it does stink to lose a decent/good player for nothing. Not crippling though.

Celtics don’t have to use the MLE. The Celtics just got a $6.5 TPE

Again depends on other trades

Different uses tho. TPMLE (if we renounce TPE) to sign a guy.
TPE to trade for a guy without matching within 110%.

Even Pritchard out and a $6M guy back works now when it didn't before due to 110%.

[ThirtyFour]

Would be mildly amusing if the biggest reason we haven’t made a larger move was because of having to wait for Champagnie to become trade eligible on Friday.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

I think he's right that Brogdon will be next...

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[darrendaye]

Now trade talks are reportedly picking up around Pascal Siakam, with the Atlanta Hawks and others ramping up negotiations centred around the star forward. According to Sportsnet's Michael Grange, "there is persistent speculation" that Siakam could be dealt prior to the regular season or "perhaps much sooner" as the NBA's wild transaction market starts to cool off a bit over the coming weeks.

Grange added added that throughout a tumultuous 2022-23 campaign, VanVleet and Siakam grew "deeply frustrated" with their younger teammates throughout the course of the season, as losses to inferior opposition began mounting.

According to Grange, the Raptors' young stars did not take kindly to their patronizing older teammates, creating a divide in the locker room that Nurse and his staff could not bridge.

I saw something last night centered on DJM and Siakam. Makes a little sense. ATL could throw in extras.

If I'm Toronto I insist on one of Griffin or Johnson, Johnson a Masai Ujiri prototype.

[Bill Lumbergh]

Now trade talks are reportedly picking up around Pascal Siakam, with the Atlanta Hawks and others ramping up negotiations centred around the star forward. According to Sportsnet's Michael Grange, "there is persistent speculation" that Siakam could be dealt prior to the regular season or "perhaps much sooner" as the NBA's wild transaction market starts to cool off a bit over the coming weeks.

Grange added added that throughout a tumultuous 2022-23 campaign, VanVleet and Siakam grew "deeply frustrated" with their younger teammates throughout the course of the season, as losses to inferior opposition began mounting.

According to Grange, the Raptors' young stars did not take kindly to their patronizing older teammates, creating a divide in the locker room that Nurse and his staff could not bridge.

I saw something last night centered on DJM and Siakam. Makes a little sense. ATL could throw in extras.

If I'm Toronto I insist on one of Griffin or Johnson, Johnson a Masai Ujiri prototype.

Yeah, that'd make sense.

[KamikazeK]

I think he's right that Brogdon will be next...

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I don't get why people on twitter are acting like this is a surprise. Did we not hear right when the KP trade was being worked on that the KP trade means we're letting Grant go? Of course we let him go. The thing is we got some assets and a TPE out of it.

it was always smart and grant going out due to the KP trade basically. I thought we all knew that already.

[Celts17Pride]

Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
about 14 minutes ago

The longest tenured remaining Celtics... 1. Jaylen Brown 2. Jayson Tatum 3. Rob Williams 4. Payton Pritchard

[leper-con]

It’s a Dame life

OG is the new PP

Siakim rhymes with wack ‘em

[KamikazeK]

Also there's no reason to trade Brogdon unless you're getting some useful players back. The entire reason why Smart was traded was in place of Brogdon. We keep Brogdon for depth or trade him as part of a big deal.

[Andrew McCeltic]

White/Brogdon/PP/Banton/(Davison?)
Jaylen/???
Tatum/Hauser/Walsh
KP/Brissett
Rob/Al/(Luke?)

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[Celtics_Champs]

I love this remember when we used to get threads to 300 pages

[Andrew McCeltic]

They need a back-up wing, they need another big, and if they trade Brogdon to get those they need another point guard..

[Red2]

Hate to lose Grant after losing Smart. Tough

[Andrew McCeltic]

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drinking homer juice