2025 Offseason Trade and Free Agency Thread (The Fun Never Stops Edition)

Post #1961 » by **djFan71** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 12:57 am

phincsfan wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Denver getting Cam and Bruce is now a legit threat to OKC.

It'll be interesting to see how Holmes comes back from his achilles tear.

Yeah, I was big on him during his draft.

playa-hater · Post #1962 » by **playa-hater** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 12:58 am

WeLikeOurGuys wrote:We replaced Luke with another Luke.

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Just remember when Kornet first signed with Boston almost everyone thought he was a scrub. Luka can at least hit 3 pointers. Might actually be a real sleeper in that regard.

phincsfan · Post #1963 » by **phincsfan** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:01 am

C's worked him out for the 21' draft. I'm sure Stevens has been keeping tabs since.

Post #1964 » by **165bows** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:01 am

Where’s reload this Houston situation seems too weird.

Curmudgeon · Post #1965 » by **Curmudgeon** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:01 am

Fierce1 wrote:
Udoka mediocre on offense will have trouble against Denver and OKC.

Didn't they just pick up that Durant guy?

Post #1966 » by **djFan71** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:02 am

How much does BOS have to add pick-wise to a Simons & Tillman for Anthony Black, Isaac, Jett Howard deal?

Another (injury prone) big, and a young defensive PG to try to grow.
ORL could still use some scoring and are more all-in this year.

phincsfan · Post #1967 » by **phincsfan** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:02 am

165bows wrote:Where’s reload this Houston situation seems too weird.

Sheppard's gonna get his shot this year for sure.

jmr07019 · Post #1968 » by **jmr07019** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:03 am

flintsky21 wrote:For Brad's sake, I pray Kalkbrenner and Raynaud big time suck.

Hugo has to outplay Fleming too

Fierce1 · Post #1969 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:03 am

Curmudgeon wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:
Udoka mediocre on offense will have trouble against Denver and OKC.

Didn't they just pick up that Durant guy?

Yeah, and what Udoka will do is just give the ball to KD every single time.

We've seen that Udoka offense in 2022.

It's stale and predictable.

phincsfan · Post #1970 » by **phincsfan** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:03 am

djFan71 wrote:How much does BOS have to add pick-wise to a Simons & Tillman for Anthony Black, Isaac, Jett Howard deal?

Another (injury prone) big, and a young defensive PG to try to grow.
ORL could still use some scoring and are more all-in this year.

Black is too good for Orlando to trade him.

Fierce1 · Post #1971 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:04 am

djFan71 wrote:How much does BOS have to add pick-wise to a Simons & Tillman for Anthony Black, Isaac, Jett Howard deal?

Another (injury prone) big, and a young defensive PG to try to grow.
ORL could still use some scoring and are more all-in this year.

Bad deal for the Cs.

Hopefully that trade does not happen.

Post #1972 » by **djFan71** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:06 am

phincsfan wrote:
djFan71 wrote:How much does BOS have to add pick-wise to a Simons & Tillman for Anthony Black, Isaac, Jett Howard deal?

Another (injury prone) big, and a young defensive PG to try to grow.
ORL could still use some scoring and are more all-in this year.

Black is too good for Orlando to trade him.

Yeah, it'd be an overpay to make them do it thing, which I don't love. But, he's a guy I feel like can break out. Just gonna be tougher there with Suggs and Bane.

Post #1973 » by **djFan71** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:08 am

Fierce1 wrote:
djFan71 wrote:How much does BOS have to add pick-wise to a Simons & Tillman for Anthony Black, Isaac, Jett Howard deal?

Another (injury prone) big, and a young defensive PG to try to grow.
ORL could still use some scoring and are more all-in this year.

Bad deal for the Cs.

Hopefully that trade does not happen.

Not a fan of Black, or just really wanna see Simons?

Fierce1 · Post #1974 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:17 am

djFan71 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:
djFan71 wrote:How much does BOS have to add pick-wise to a Simons & Tillman for Anthony Black, Isaac, Jett Howard deal?

Another (injury prone) big, and a young defensive PG to try to grow.
ORL could still use some scoring and are more all-in this year.

Bad deal for the Cs.

Hopefully that trade does not happen.

Not a fan of Black, or just really wanna see Simons?

To put it this way, if the Cs still had KP, I would prefer Black because Black is a better overall player than Simons.

But right now the Cs really need that dynamic scoring guard.

There's just too much offense lost with JT, KP, and Jrue not there.

Right now the Cs really need offense, especially now that the Cs don't have a rim protector.

chrisab123 · Post #1975 » by **chrisab123** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:17 am

I do have a feeling you’ll see Horford leaving. Going to need to keep the culture somewhat intact. It’s a pretty big roster upheaval though.

Post #1976 » by **djFan71** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:20 am

Fierce1 wrote:
djFan71 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:Bad deal for the Cs.

Hopefully that trade does not happen.

Not a fan of Black, or just really wanna see Simons?

To put it this way, if the Cs still had KP, I would prefer Black because Black is a better overall player than Simons.

But right now the Cs really need that dynamic scoring guard.

There's just too much offense lost with JT, KP, and Jrue not there.

Right now the Cs really need offense, especially now that the Cs don't have a rim protector.

What about next year with Tatum? That's really where I'm focused.

Post #1977 » by **Shak_Celts** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:21 am

Don’t cry, dry your eyes…

Gant · Post #1978 » by **Gant** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:21 am

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Adding Luka Garza, brings Boston to about $2M from the second apron with one open roster spot.

More moves coming for the Celtics.

Gant · Post #1979 » by **Gant** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:23 am

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Al Horford has received interest from several contending teams since the start of free agency, including the Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Los Angeles Lakers, league sources told
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Fierce1 · Post #1980 » by **Fierce1** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 1:23 am

djFan71 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:
djFan71 wrote:Not a fan of Black, or just really wanna see Simons?

To put it this way, if the Cs still had KP, I would prefer Black because Black is a better overall player than Simons.

But right now the Cs really need that dynamic scoring guard.

There's just too much offense lost with JT, KP, and Jrue not there.

Right now the Cs really need offense, especially now that the Cs don't have a rim protector.

What about next year with Tatum? That's really where I'm focused.

Here's the thing, both Simons and Niang are expiring contracts, the Cs will have options next season because they also have that 22m TPE from the KP trade.

Besides, if the season does not go as expected, Cs can make moves at trade deadline.