Free Agent/Trade/Waiver Thread, 2025-26, part 2

[Hal14]

If the Suns want to get out of Grayson Allen's contract then maybe Simons for Grayson and Richards is possible.

Suns are spending 80-90m for Booker and Jalen Green.
Maybe Grayson Allen is available.

Grayson looks like a good fit with the Cs.

Pass. No goons until we are a good team again.

Allen to Portland
Simons to Phoenix
Williams III to Boston

No thanks to the guy who's knees are trash and can never stay healthy. I'd rather keep Simons..

Love Rob though and wish him the best!

[keevsnick1]

Pass. No goons until we are a good team again.

Allen to Portland
Simons to Phoenix
Williams III to Boston

No thanks to the guy who's knees are trash and can never stay healthy. I'd rather keep Simons..

How about this:

Boston (saves 11.8 million)
Out: Anfernee Simons, Luka Garza
In: Robert Williams, Nick Richards

Portland:
Out: Robert Williams
In: Grayson Allen

Phoenix
Out: Nick Richards, Grayson Allen
In: Anfernee Simons, Luka Garza

Its works in the fan spo trade machine.

Celtics save a bunch of money, add both a solid backup center in Richards and a fan favorite in Williams. Suns open up more playing time for their young bigs in Malawach and Mark Williams, take on money this year but move off future money in Grayson Allens contract. Blazers get a pretty solid SG at decent money.

Maybe needs to be draft picks involved, probably going to Phoenix? But it both saves Boston money this year and maybe even makes them better the rest of the year. Robert Williams III would be center depth instead of being relied upon. They could take him and Richards into the Porzingis TPE and generate a new 27.6-million-dollar TPE from the Simons contract. They get rid of both Simons and Garza in one go.

Note: Garza can't be traded until December 15th.

[redslastlaugh]

Keevs is Cookin'! Sign Me up!!

Allen to Portland
Simons to Phoenix
Williams III to Boston

No thanks to the guy who's knees are trash and can never stay healthy. I'd rather keep Simons..

How about this:

Boston (saves 9.4 million)
Out: Anfernee Simons, Luka Garza
In: Robert Williams, Nick Richards

Portland:
Out: Robert Williams
In: Grayson Allen

Phoenix
Out: Nick Richards, Grayson Allen
In: Anfernee Simons, Luka Garza

Its works in the fan spo trade machine.

Celtics save a bunch of money, add both a solid backup center in Richards and a fan favorite in Williams. Suns open up more playing time for their young bigs in Malawach and Mark Williams, take on money this year but move off future money in Grayson Allens contract. Blazers get a pretty solid SG at decent money.

Maybe needs to be draft picks involved, probably going to Phoenix? But it both saves Boston money this year and maybe even makes them better the rest of the year. Robert Williams III would be center depth instead of being relied upon. They could take him and Richards into the Porzingis TPE and generate a new 27.6-million-dollar TPE from the Simons contract. They get rid of both Simons and Garza in one go

[keevsnick1]

Keevs is Cookin'! Sign Me up!!

No thanks to the guy who's knees are trash and can never stay healthy. I'd rather keep Simons..

How about this:

Boston (saves 9.4 million)
Out: Anfernee Simons, Luka Garza
In: Robert Williams, Nick Richards

Portland:
Out: Robert Williams
In: Grayson Allen

Phoenix
Out: Nick Richards, Grayson Allen
In: Anfernee Simons, Luka Garza

Its works in the fan spo trade machine.

Celtics save a bunch of money, add both a solid backup center in Richards and a fan favorite in Williams. Suns open up more playing time for their young bigs in Malawach and Mark Williams, take on money this year but move off future money in Grayson Allens contract. Blazers get a pretty solid SG at decent money.

Maybe needs to be draft picks involved, probably going to Phoenix? But it both saves Boston money this year and maybe even makes them better the rest of the year. Robert Williams III would be center depth instead of being relied upon. They could take him and Richards into the Porzingis TPE and generate a new 27.6-million-dollar TPE from the Simons contract. They get rid of both Simons and Garza in one go

Dogen's idea, just added Richards and Garza to make it even better for the Celtics (and to make the money work).

Its actually even better than I thought, it saves 11.8 million dollars which gets the C's VERY close (about 300K) from getting under the tax.

Unfortunately i don't think it works, the trade machine I used doesn't have the updates Suns roster which is right at the tax line, so they likely have no appetite for adding more money.

Its a huge problem for making trades, like 2/3's of the league is right at some tax/apron level which makes moving a guy making 27 million like Simons and taking back less money pretty hard.

[Fierce1]

The Spurs need a shooter like Hauser.

I wonder if the Spurs would trade Dylan Harper for Sam and 2 1st round picks.

Sam would fill a need.

There's really no place for Harper with the Spurs because it's going to be Fox and Castle for a while.

[Hal14]

The Spurs need a shooter like Hauser.

I wonder if the Spurs would trade Dylan Harper for Sam and 2 1st round picks.

Sam would fill a need.

There's really no place for Harper with the Spurs because it's going to be Fox and Castle for a while.

If the Spurs trade anyone, it's Fox.

They just drafted Harper with the 2nd pick. They wouldn't have done that if they didn't think there was any place for him there.

You can play all 3 of them at the same time (Harper and Castle are wing sized) and rotate them in and out if the lineup to keep them all fresh.

Spurs already have a few other wings who are somewhat like Hauser (Champagnie, Barnes, Vassell)..they would laugh at Brad for that offer.

[Fierce1]

The Spurs need a shooter like Hauser.

I wonder if the Spurs would trade Dylan Harper for Sam and 2 1st round picks.

Sam would fill a need.

There's really no place for Harper with the Spurs because it's going to be Fox and Castle for a while.

If the Spurs trade anyone, it's Fox.

They just drafted Harper with the 2nd pick. They wouldn't have done that if they didn't think there was any place for him there.

You can play all 3 of them at the same time (Harper and Castle are wing sized) and rotate them in and out if the lineup to keep them all fresh.

Spurs already have a few other wings who are somewhat like Hauser (Champagnie, Barnes, Vassell)..they would laugh at Brad for that offer.

Fox's new contract makes him untradable.
Unless it's for guys like JB and Giannis, the Spurs are stuck with Fox for a couple of seasons.

I was watching the last 2 Spurs game and it's very clear they need Fox as a closer.
Spurs are in "win now" mode and Castle, Fox, and Vassell are all they need at the Guard spots.

Maybe 3 1st round picks as long as it's 2027, 2029, and 2031.

Doesn't matter, what's more urgent is what the Cs get for Simons.

[Parliament10]

The Spurs need a shooter like Hauser.

I wonder if the Spurs would trade Dylan Harper for Sam and 2 1st round picks.

Sam would fill a need.

There's really no place for Harper with the Spurs because it's going to be Fox and Castle for a while.

If the Spurs trade anyone, it's Fox.

They just drafted Harper with the 2nd pick. They wouldn't have done that if they didn't think there was any place for him there.

You can play all 3 of them at the same time (Harper and Castle are wing sized) and rotate them in and out if the lineup to keep them all fresh.

Spurs already have a few other wings who are somewhat like Hauser (Champagnie, Barnes, Vassell)..they would laugh at Brad for that offer.

Fox's new contract makes him untradable.
Unless it's for guys like JB and Giannis, the Spurs are stuck with Fox for a couple of seasons.

I was watching the last 2 Spurs game and it's very clear they need Fox as a closer.
Spurs are in "win now" mode and Castle, Fox, and Vassell are all they need at the Guard spots.

Maybe 3 1st round picks as long as it's 2027, 2029, and 2031.

Doesn't matter, what's more urgent is what the Cs get for Simons.

I used to be in the Camp that wanted to Trade Simons' contract.
But now, I'd like to keep him, for far less going forward.

[NotAKnicksFan]

Sign me up for morant

Because talent wins in this league and we need a pg

And most importantly his value is devalued, he should come cheap in comparison

White, + hauser + future 1st 2028
For
Ja morant
the risks you take

Ja morant - pritchard
Simons - gonzo
Brown - walsh
Tatum - minott
Queeta - boucher - garza

I think you can build this team

Maybe get a good deal for simons in the offseason but i like it. Its something to look into if im brad stevens.

Morant showed he can be great when focused

[Fierce1]

Sign me up for morant

Because talent wins in this league and we need a pg

And most importantly his value is devalued, he should come cheap in comparison

White, + hauser + future 1st 2028
For
Ja morant
the risks you take

Ja morant - pritchard
Simons - gonzo
Brown - walsh
Tatum - minott
Queeta - boucher - garza

I think you can build this team

Maybe get a good deal for simons in the offseason but i like it. Its something to look into if im brad stevens.

Morant showed he can be great when focused

Not happening.

Celtics are not trading for players with questionable character.