Free Agent/Trade Thread Offseason 2026, Part 9 (Brad, You are the Mayor of Shark City!)

[Larry_Russell]

Last season as a starter Pritchard averaged

16.8ppg
4.3rpg
5.3apg, 0.8spg
35.5% on 7.2-3pta

Have to assume his number, especially shooting, will improve with Tatum on the floor as Tatum certainly gets his team much easier looks than Brown.

Maybe he is the starter next season. Also I think you have to run Cenac as the primary backup PF. Need him to develop quickly and all reports show he is a tireless worker who never complains. So give him run, 15 mins a game all season.

Pritchard/Conley
White/Hugo/HarperJr
Tatum/Scheierman/Walsh
George/CenacJr/Hauser
Queta/Mitch/Garza

Hauser is not going to be on the team as a third-stringer.

I am ok with that. Send him

[leper-con]

What I’ve learned from afar with Brad Steven’s is that he doesn’t deal with conflict well , it’s what doe e him out of coaching and what constitutes this trade where he could have mended fences and traded him when desperate team reared its head

[Celticlifer]

Yeah you've learned that from afar, like pluto.

[GreenBlooded]

Hauser is not going to be on the team as a third-stringer.

Yea similar I think (barring more moves) it's like this:

Pritchard/Conley
White/Hugo/HarperJr
George/Hauser/Walsh
Tatum/Scheierman/CenacJr
Queta/Mitch/Garza

They've got tons of depth where they need it, behind George at SF. Thinnest depth as always is behind Tatum at PF.

Personal preference and 0.00012% chance of happening...

White / Pritchard / Conley
Hugo / Walsh / Harper, Jr.
George / Hauser
Tatum / Scheierman / Cenac
Queta / Mitch / Garza

Pritchard / Conley / Harper, Jr.
White / Scheierman
Hauser / Hugo
Tatum / Walsh / Cenac
Queta / Mitch / Garza

IR: George

[Fierce1]

Yeah you've learned that from afar, like pluto.

[Froob]

We'll be good. I think we cleared up lot of room for Hugo and Pritchard. Hopefully Conley doesn't play.

[bfchs123]

If this was truly an analytics move then we should be working way harder to get extensions for some of the key guys that actually contribute to the success. Mainly Queta, Pritchard, and to a certain extent Walsh.

If they break out and we have to give them all even larger extensions then you can kiss away any future cap flexibility from jettisoning PG

[Scarletfire81]

So I’m seeing the Celtics a going after Trey Murphy now? Who/what goes in that deal?

[Hal14]

Would you trade 4 firsts for trey3?

That ship has sailed.

Nah

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[Tyakack]

For those who think that Paul George is now going to outlast Brad Stevens here, please take a deep breath and a step back for a minute.

This deal was not made just for this year. It was made for NEXT year, when PG turns into a big fat expiring contract, we have a couple decent picks, and there is going to be elite players on the market to shop for.

Turn your vitriol towards the CBA, which every team has to deal with. It's made building dynasties very difficult, and maybe there is some merit to that, but it sucks for trying to keep a contender together for more than a few years.

8 different champions in 8 years. Well, maybe that's what the NBA wanted, but the pendulum allows needs to swing. The Celtics are now on the leading edge and will have more flexibility while some of the other top teams will move into the cap limits that the Celtics have been addressing.

Yeah, the new owners are focused on the bottom line and it sucks, but it's not like we haven't known that since the start of last season. The team and city are looking into a new arena and fielding a competitive team for the future.

And Jaysun Tatum will be just 30 in two years and very likely on that juicy extension, hopefully at full strength as a player. Paul George will be Paul George somewhere else, and we'll have a shiny new partner in green. There's no reason to assume JT is "out the door" as has been suggested.

Gotta let people have their crash out. Take the holiday weekend and blow some **** up.

I get it, JB was beloved by many here but I thought before the summer even started you’re either extending him the extra $140mill or trading him. People think the Celtics could have kept him and ignored the extension but that’s not really how the NBA works. He would be pissed.

Brad made his choice.

that's a crock of @#$# , it was an absolute loss of a trade by a longshot! IDC if your a JB fan or not, Celtics got fleeced and the new owners/Brad/staff all have fingerprints on this....Where's JT's response at?! Crickets....You think JB's sitting out game 7 last year? Hell to the NO. Lets see what Tatums made of now!

If I remember correctly....They took the decision out of Tatum's hands. They made him sit. He had no say so in the matter.

[pac213up]

**** Brad.

This was not Brad.

The Celtics saved no money. It was Brad.

If it was Brad then there is more coming that will likely make this more reasonable. He is a smart guy. He is not giving away JB for a bucket of chicken to a rival.

[ryan in Maine]

Gotta let people have their crash out. Take the holiday weekend and blow some **** up.

I get it, JB was beloved by many here but I thought before the summer even started you’re either extending him the extra $140mill or trading him. People think the Celtics could have kept him and ignored the extension but that’s not really how the NBA works. He would be pissed.

Brad made his choice.

that's a crock of @#$# , it was an absolute loss of a trade by a longshot! IDC if your a JB fan or not, Celtics got fleeced and the new owners/Brad/staff all have fingerprints on this....Where's JT's response at?! Crickets....You think JB's sitting out game 7 last year? Hell to the NO. Lets see what Tatums made of now!

If I remember correctly....They took the decision out of Tatum's hands. They made him sit. He had no say so in the matter.

Shrug when I said I wanted JT to sit the 2026 season out I was told nobody could tell him what to do lol.

[Larry_Russell]

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Stop it. I love PP, but he’s not on Brunsons level and I don’t care how much usage he gets.

Yeah, that’s a wild take.

He can increase his usage and soak up more offense but he’s not Brunson obviously.

Last season as a starter Pritchard averaged (32.7 mins)

17ppg on 13.9 (1.22 points per attempts)
4.1rpg
5.2apg, (0.16 assists per minutes)
0.8spg
36.6% on 7.2-3pta

Brunsons first season in New York he averaged (35 mins)
24ppg on 17.6 shots ( 1.36 points per attempt)
3.5rpg
6.2apg (0.18 assists per minute)
1spg
41% from 3 on 4.7-3pta


Its not unreasonable to expect a nice step forward from Pritchard.

He will not hit Brunsons scoring output (just not enough shots), but he can certainly be as efficient offensively as Brunson was especially now that he will play with Tatum who actually makes his teammates better than Brown does.

For example, if playing with Tatum improves his point per attempt up to 1.3 (from 1.22) his scoring output jumps to 18.1ppg. If he could match Brunsons 1st NYK season of 1.36 then he is a 19ppg scorer.

It isnt a stretch to think there is more there, cause with improve efficiency there is.


Even if he can just maintain the same level of efficienct from 2024-25 but on the shot attempts of 2025-26 his scoring jumps to
8.8 ppg from 3pt
13 ppg from 2pt
Total of 21.8ppg

[Larry_Russell]

Would you trade 4 firsts for trey3?

That ship has sailed.

Nah

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Yes please. I will also offer other players

Hauser for example and 3 firsts and a combination of seconds.

White
Murphy
Tatum
George
Queta/Robinson

I like that a LOOOOOT

[Larry_Russell]

So I’m seeing the Celtics a going after Trey Murphy now? Who/what goes in that deal?

Hauser and picks

Doubt they want George and picks for Murray and Murphy. But who knows, Its Dumars/

[2Mas]

Gotta let people have their crash out. Take the holiday weekend and blow some **** up.

I get it, JB was beloved by many here but I thought before the summer even started you’re either extending him the extra $140mill or trading him. People think the Celtics could have kept him and ignored the extension but that’s not really how the NBA works. He would be pissed.

Brad made his choice.

But why is this the only option? JB is signed for 3 more years. Why do we have to agree to an ext now for the 29/30 season?

We coulda easily pushed this back to next summer.

Next summer the timeline gets iffy yes. But just cause you can doesn't mean you have to. What's he gonna do not play for 3 seasons?

[cloverleaf]

If they're aiming to go deep in the playoffs, I think they still need a speedy guard to keep up with opponents' speedy guards.

Otherwise, they're in decent shape.

[cloverleaf]

Sure, Murphy's a good player. But I don't see them as deficient at the SF.

[Scarletfire81]

So I’m seeing the Celtics a going after Trey Murphy now? Who/what goes in that deal?

Hauser and picks

Doubt they want George and picks for Murray and Murphy. But who knows, Its Dumars/

The salaries don’t match though?

[Fierce1]

Would you trade 4 firsts for trey3?

That ship has sailed.

Nah

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I don't know.

Is Trey Murphy worth giving up 3 1st round picks?

The trade would have to be Paul George and 3 1st round picks for Dejounte Murray and Trey Murphy to Boston via TPE.

It's doable though.