Celts17Pride wrote:People can flame away but if I was Brad Stevens I would get rid of that Jrue Holiday contract as fast as I could if there was a market for him. You don't keep players for what they gave you but for what they can bring to your team in the future. I see a significant decline in soon to be 35 year old Jrue Holiday. Thank you for your help in winning a championship but it's time to go while the Celtics can still move him.
By the way, I don't think there is a real market for Holiday and Brad Stevens wouldn't move him even if there was a market.
Flame away.
I don't think this is flame worthy at all, but you hit the nail on the head with the fact that there isn't a market for him. Or more precisely there isn't a market for him which would yield a result that would make our team better for
this season.
If there is a cheaper player or players that we could get for Holiday that would make us better this season it begs the question, why would that team trade them to us? For distant firsts that we can attach to his contract? I can't imagine it. There's just not a team out there looking for a vet PG as it's final piece that would warrant taking on his contract
and giving up rotation level pieces.
I can see some avenues in the off-season if there's a team that's making a big play and wants to combine that with bringing in Jrue as a straw that stirs the drink in exchange for lesser roleplayers that give the C's some cheap depth and tax relief, but a) those deals aren't feasible now and b) it'll likely be an inevitable step back for us to some degree. Given that this team's payroll will necessitate a major shake up in the near future regardless of what we do this season, our best bet is to ride out what's left in the tank for Jrue and figure the rest out later because that's our best chance at going back to back anyway.
I think we gotta plow ahead but start managing minutes to keep guys fresh and try to develop some of the younger players for when we do have to move off Jrue and start getting more from the fringe players like Walsh/ Baylor/ Queta. Yeah we're going to lose some games in the process but at this juncture it seems like HCA in the Finals and East are slipping out of reach. We should prioritize health and fresh legs over that and hope we can turn it on when it matters (plus you've got the lottery ticket of a fringe guy flourishing or at least being more ready in case we get hit with a rash of injuries).
To that end I'm good with bringing in guys who we can match with Springer's contract and can be had for 2nds, even if they aren't likely to feature in the playoff rotation. As long as they can eat regular season minutes and not let us slip too far down the standings while managing the vets, that's all I think we need. Guys like Garrison Matthews, Seth Curry, Javonte, Lonnie etc. won't have an impact in the post-season but are both attainable and viable as regular season stand-ins. Of course a trade for a Walker Kessler or another guy who would genuinely be able to break into the top 9 guys would be great, but I just don't see it on the cards for us for lack of assets / matchable salary.
