2025 Offseason Trade and Free Agency Thread (Wow this is fun!)

[Celts17Pride]

Rob Williams, Matisse Thybulle and return Celtics 2029 1st to BOS
McCollum and #23 to PDX
Jrue Holiday to NOP

McCollum and #23 for Jrue Holiday.

I think I would do it. McCollum is expiring.

Send Jrue Holiday back to New Orleans.

I personally would rather keep McCollum, at least he can play. Who knows? maybe resign McCollum to a cheaper contract if he works out.

[GoCeltics123]

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Don't really care that he's a dollar store insider, KP you are a Phoenix Sun

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

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B Robb has been busy and has also Mocked the Celtics at 28 taking The Kalkmeister...

[playa-hater]

Don't know what is true but If the Raptors are indeed offering E Quickly, RJ Barrett, J Poeltl and their 9th pick, PHX has to do that IMO. Will another team offer a better package than that??

[GoCeltics123]

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[djFan71]

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lol. We got nothing, but click anyways - we'll throw stuff at the wall for you.

[yeleven11]

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The piece about the spurs monitoring JB over the years is interesting.

Is JB’s value high enough to get #2, #14, and devin vassell from the spurs?

Is there a world where you can then flip #14 and devin vassell for KD? It’s like the best of both worlds by getting KD for short-term and #2 for the long-term

[GoCeltics123]

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What does this even mean

The piece about the spurs monitoring JB over the years is interesting.

Is JB’s value high enough to get #2, #14, and devin vassell from the spurs?

Is there a world where you can then flip #14 and devin vassell for KD? It’s like the best of both worlds by getting KD for short-term and #2 for the long-term

Other than a potential trade for Giannis in the future, the Spurs have also monitored Jaylen Brown's status with the Boston Celtics through the years, sources said. Now that the Boston Celtics are primed to take a step back and are looking to cut costs, the 28-year-old Finals MVP is suddenly worth talking about.

As of right now, word surrounding Boston points in the direction of holding onto Brown and instead exploring trade avenues involving Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis.

The Celtics believe that moving off significant money and using the 2025-26 season as a “recovery year,” as one prominent source put it, offers upside to pursue more championships in 2027 and 2028 when both Brown and Jayson Tatum are healthy. To this point, the Celtics haven't signaled that they would seriously consider a trade involving Brown this offseason.

To be fair, the whole quote was different. I think if the Celtics could get #2, they'd do it, but they can't. Spurs are taking Harper

[fallguy]

Shams might be the worst writer in the history of basketball.

[Hal14]

Hmm, maybe some type of deal involving KD to spurs, KP to suns and the 14th pick from spurs to boston?

Obviously other players/assets would need to be involved.

But I'd love to get the 14th pick in exchange for KP..

Then maybe we package up the 14th pick, send it to Houston along with Hauser to move up to the 10th pick.

With those moves we save a lot of. $ and add a top 10 pick rookie.

[Fierce1]

It's premature to say 2026 is a recovery year.

If the Cs are in the playoffs and Tatum is back, who knows what happens in 2026.

[Fierce1]

One thing's for sure, if reports are true that the Cs are looking to get a PG then that's the right path.

Cs really need an explosive PG that can break down defenses.

The Spurs dominated 20 years ago because Tony Parker was close to unguardable.

He was the perfect complementary piece to Tim Duncan.

[brackdan70]

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What does this even mean

The piece about the spurs monitoring JB over the years is interesting.

Is JB’s value high enough to get #2, #14, and devin vassell from the spurs?

Is there a world where you can then flip #14 and devin vassell for KD? It’s like the best of both worlds by getting KD for short-term and #2 for the long-term

I don’t think he can get #2.
Vassell, Barnes, 14 and a couple future picks seems realistic. I don’t think the Celtics are trading him though.

[brackdan70]

It's premature to say 2026 is a recovery year.

If the Cs are in the playoffs and Tatum is back, who knows what happens in 2026.

Recovery year means only 53 wins instead of 60 something.

[Celts17Pride]

It's premature to say 2026 is a recovery year.

If the Cs are in the playoffs and Tatum is back, who knows what happens in 2026.

Recovery year means only 53 wins instead of 60 something.

Some people in this forum think losing Tatum means a 28 win year.

[Fierce1]

I believe the down time will help JT's mental toughness.

This is the biggest setback in his basketball career.

I think he comes back a wiser player.

[playa-hater]

I am starting to think KD is the first Domino that needs to fall. After that shet will start moving.. Someone do something already!

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What does this even mean

The piece about the spurs monitoring JB over the years is interesting.

Is JB’s value high enough to get #2, #14, and devin vassell from the spurs?

Is there a world where you can then flip #14 and devin vassell for KD? It’s like the best of both worlds by getting KD for short-term and #2 for the long-term

I don’t think he can get #2.
Vassell, Barnes, 14 and a couple future picks seems realistic. I don’t think the Celtics are trading him though.

The thing I miss about Dean on Draft is he would go hard on these top guys against other years. We really think Harper is that good we couldn’t get him for Jaylen Brown?

Like what if they traded Brown for him and he ends up being Jaylen Green? Franchise would be screwed.

[playa-hater]

The piece about the spurs monitoring JB over the years is interesting.

Is JB’s value high enough to get #2, #14, and devin vassell from the spurs?

Is there a world where you can then flip #14 and devin vassell for KD? It’s like the best of both worlds by getting KD for short-term and #2 for the long-term

I don’t think he can get #2.
Vassell, Barnes, 14 and a couple future picks seems realistic. I don’t think the Celtics are trading him though.

The thing I miss about Dean on Draft is he would go hard on these top guys against other years. We really think Harper is that good we couldn’t get him for Jaylen Brown?

Like what if they traded Brown for him and he ends up being Jaylen Green? Franchise would be screwed.

Problem is "what If" can be used in any direction.. What If we had a chance to get Harper but kept Brown and his knees become chronic and he never reaches another All NBA team while Harper becomes the next Cade Cunningham?

[brackdan70]

The piece about the spurs monitoring JB over the years is interesting.

Is JB’s value high enough to get #2, #14, and devin vassell from the spurs?

Is there a world where you can then flip #14 and devin vassell for KD? It’s like the best of both worlds by getting KD for short-term and #2 for the long-term

I don’t think he can get #2.
Vassell, Barnes, 14 and a couple future picks seems realistic. I don’t think the Celtics are trading him though.

The thing I miss about Dean on Draft is he would go hard on these top guys against other years. We really think Harper is that good we couldn’t get him for Jaylen Brown?

Like what if they traded Brown for him and he ends up being Jaylen Green? Franchise would be screwed.

He seems a lot better than Green to me but yeah that’s a fair point.
I think in a trade value scenario a cost controlled rookie as the 2nd best player in a really strong draft has a lot of value.
If you’re the Celtics though I don’t think you trade Brown….but if they are offering number two then you have to think hard about that.
I don’t think the Spurs would trade number two for anyone available…except maybe Giannis.