Holy Offseason I Can’t Believe it’s July FA/Trade/Waiver Thread

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Brown to houston
For

Amen Thompson, Seegun and Parker and 4 firsts.

Simons/pritchard
White/scheierman
Thompson/hauser
Parker/niamg
Sengun/garza

Lots of capspace in offseason to add a player, get tatum back and probs a great pick.

Yeah. Celtics take that one.

Houston does not.

Why would they? Jaylen is a top tier player, but can't see Houston offering up that package. The price is too steep. Take Thompson out of the equation, and they might go for it. Would we, though?

[chakdaddy]

2nd apron in 2026/2027 is projected to be $230 million and the Celtics projected salary is about $185 million while keeping Tatum, Brown, White, Pritchard, Hauser, Scheierman, Garza, Queta and Gonzalez. Brad Stevens has $45 million to fill in the rest. Stevens working this off-season to perfection.

Bahahahaha

That's not bad, $45M for 5 players mostly at the bottom of your roster, say 1x $30M, 1x MLE, 3x minimum contracts.

Except there's no way to acquire the $30M guy except for sign and trade.

Paying the repeater tax is the price of operating over the cap. If we shed salary, we can only rebuild with draft picks and MLE, until we are at the tax and aprons again.

It's basically Simons or bust at this point, whether keeping him , trading him, or sign/trading him.

[Larry_Russell]

That's not bad, $45M for 5 players mostly at the bottom of your roster, say 1x $30M, 1x MLE, 3x minimum contracts.

That list already has 3 guys at the "bottom"

That list only has 3 starters and 2 legit bench pieces (one not playable in playoffs) and no fromt court.

They're not looking to go above their maxed out Jays and DWhite at the top. Rico will be a burgeoning star by then. PP and Sammy are proven. Hugo will be a bargain. Garza and Queta, Amari's backups.

Who tf is rico?

[CelticFaninLBC]

Need to trade 1 or 2 of these 3 point shooters for a big man..

[Larry_Russell]

After a quick glance at the free agency signings and trades (thank you, bisme37!) -- I like the off-season of Hawks, Rockets, and Nuggets so far. Knicks additions are okay for depth. And Magic improved with Bane for KCP swap.

All those teams are better than the celtics now.

Cavs
Hawks
Knicks
Magic
Philly (if healthy)

Possibly
Pistons
Raptors
Buck

In same tier as
Heat

Plus Brad has already screwed up the 26 and 27 drafts.

Plus JB is going to suffer a career ending injury.

Plus DW is actually 38 years old.

We're DOOMED.

Brad would probably would somehow screw up the 2026 #1 pick

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

That list already has 3 guys at the "bottom"

That list only has 3 starters and 2 legit bench pieces (one not playable in playoffs) and no fromt court.

They're not looking to go above their maxed out Jays and DWhite at the top. Rico will be a burgeoning star by then. PP and Sammy are proven. Hugo will be a bargain. Garza and Queta, Amari's backups.

Who tf is rico?

Rico Suave aka Rico Dorchester aka The One, The Only, The Living Legend, Baylor Sammartino...

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That list already has 3 guys at the "bottom"

That list only has 3 starters and 2 legit bench pieces (one not playable in playoffs) and no fromt court.

They're not looking to go above their maxed out Jays and DWhite at the top. Rico will be a burgeoning star by then. PP and Sammy are proven. Hugo will be a bargain. Garza and Queta, Amari's backups.

Who tf is rico?

Really? You post a lot on this forum, and yet you don't know who Rico is? FYI, Rico is Baylor Scheierman's nick name due to his resemblance to Uncle Rico (a character in the movie Napoleon Dynamite).

[Shak_Celts]

That list already has 3 guys at the "bottom"

That list only has 3 starters and 2 legit bench pieces (one not playable in playoffs) and no fromt court.

They're not looking to go above their maxed out Jays and DWhite at the top. Rico will be a burgeoning star by then. PP and Sammy are proven. Hugo will be a bargain. Garza and Queta, Amari's backups.

Who tf is rico?

We’ve been calling him Rico since he was drafted. Someone said he looks like uncle Rico from Napoleon dynamite, can’t unsee it!


Props to whoever said it! Sorry I can’t recall at the moment.

[cloverleaf]

Bahahahaha

That's not bad, $45M for 5 players mostly at the bottom of your roster, say 1x $30M, 1x MLE, 3x minimum contracts.

Except there's no way to acquire the $30M guy except for sign and trade.

Paying the repeater tax is the price of operating over the cap. If we shed salary, we can only rebuild with draft picks and MLE, until we are at the tax and aprons again.

It's basically Simons or bust at this point, whether keeping him , trading him, or sign/trading him.

SImons's contract will be expired by 2026/2027.

[chrisab123]

Yeah. Celtics take that one.

Houston does not.

Why would they? Jaylen is a top tier player, but can't see Houston offering up that package. The price is too steep. Take Thompson out of the equation, and they might go for it. Would we, though?

Deal doesn’t happen without Thompson.

[GreenBlooded]

Yeah. Celtics take that one.

Houston does not.

Why would they? Jaylen is a top tier player, but can't see Houston offering up that package. The price is too steep. Take Thompson out of the equation, and they might go for it. Would we, though?

IMO they'd have to consider it. Sengun was the #2 option on the 2nd best record in the West, is 8 yrs younger and is signed for 5 years with a contract that never exceed $40M. So a savings of $20-30M/yr for a younger legit #2 option plus 4 future firsts that can be used with Simons/Niangs contacts to get another stud before next season.

[themoneyteam2]

All those teams are better than the celtics now.

Cavs
Hawks
Knicks
Magic
Philly (if healthy)

Possibly
Pistons
Raptors
Buck

In same tier as
Heat

Plus Brad has already screwed up the 26 and 27 drafts.

Plus JB is going to suffer a career ending injury.

Plus DW is actually 38 years old.

We're DOOMED.

Brad would probably would somehow screw up the 2026 #1 pick

Did anyone else know that Felger has an account on here?

[chakdaddy]

They're not looking to go above their maxed out Jays and DWhite at the top. Rico will be a burgeoning star by then. PP and Sammy are proven. Hugo will be a bargain. Garza and Queta, Amari's backups.

Who tf is rico?

We’ve been calling him Rico since he was drafted. Someone said he looks like uncle Rico from Napoleon dynamite, can’t unsee it!


Props to whoever said it! Sorry I can’t recall at the moment.

It was me

[Celts17Pride]

Need to trade 1 or 2 of these 3 point shooters for a big man..

Simons to Chicago for Vucevic is such an obvious move. Not that I am a huge fan of Nikola Vucevic

[Celticlifer]

They're not looking to go above their maxed out Jays and DWhite at the top. Rico will be a burgeoning star by then. PP and Sammy are proven. Hugo will be a bargain. Garza and Queta, Amari's backups.

Who tf is rico?

Really? You post a lot on this forum, and yet you don't know who Rico is? FYI, Rico is Baylor Scheierman's nick name due to his resemblance to Uncle Rico (a character in the movie Napoleon Dynamite).

There's a lot about the Celtics he doesn't know, talent for one.

[Shak_Celts]

Who tf is rico?

Really? You post a lot on this forum, and yet you don't know who Rico is? FYI, Rico is Baylor Scheierman's nick name due to his resemblance to Uncle Rico (a character in the movie Napoleon Dynamite).

There's a lot about the Celtics he doesn't know, talent for one.

Don’t start. Please?

[CelticFaninLBC]

Need to trade 1 or 2 of these 3 point shooters for a big man..

Simons to Chicago for Vucevic is such an obvious move. Not that I am a huge fan of Nikola Vucevic

Not a fan of Vucevic either...

I still expect Hauser to get moved...

[Andre3822]

2nd apron in 2026/2027 is projected to be $230 million and the Celtics projected salary is about $185 million while keeping Tatum, Brown, White, Pritchard, Hauser, Scheierman, Garza, Queta and Gonzalez. Brad Stevens has $45 million to fill in the rest. Stevens working this off-season to perfection.

Bahahahaha

This is Houston's reaction to your ridiculous trade suggestion a few pages back.

You talk so much but you've offered zero logical ways forward for the Celtics

[jmr07019]

Houston does not.

Why would they? Jaylen is a top tier player, but can't see Houston offering up that package. The price is too steep. Take Thompson out of the equation, and they might go for it. Would we, though?

Deal doesn’t happen without Thompson.

You’re not getting all that for Brown. That’s a package you put together for Giannis or Joker, not Brown. Frankly I’m not sure either Sengun or Thompson are available for trade. Thompson probably is but not Sengun.

[BleedGreen1989]

Need to trade 1 or 2 of these 3 point shooters for a big man..

Simons to Chicago for Vucevic is such an obvious move. Not that I am a huge fan of Nikola Vucevic

I’d rather Simons.

MUCH easier to work with a crappy defender at guard than a crappy defender at center.