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

[celtxman]

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.

I hope Hauser is still tradeable.

[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.

I hope Hauser is still tradeable.

He is.

Sam is a specialist with a team friendly contract.

[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.

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.

The Spurs don't *need* to trade any of them. The depth is proving to be valuable. Fox was injured for the first part of the season. Now Fox is healthy but now Harper is injured for awhile. They need the depth.

Especially with 1 rookie (Harper) and 1 2nd year player (Castle)..they need to rotate them in and out and not overload these guys so early in their careers.

Again, if it was an issue they wouldn't have drafted Harper in the 1st place.

And no player is untradable - unless they have a trade restriction or no trade clause. People thought Ben Simmons contract and Bradley Beal's contract were so bad they wouldn't be able to be moved - they were. So was Duncan Robinson's bad contract..we were able to move Time Lord's contract and Brogdon and Jrue and KP and Gallinari..

If the Spurs want to move Fox they will but I expect them to try out Fox/Castle/Harper together for 2 years or so and see how it's working and maybe at that point make a change, if necessary. But Harper (being the highest draft pick and the guy they most recently acquired and has the most amount of time before he needs to get paid on an expensive extension so meantime he has a cheap rookie deal) is the least likely one to get moved..

Fox is most likely to get moved, followed by Castle, then Harper. But guys like Sochan, Barnes, Keldon Johnson and Vassell are more likely to get traded than anyone else there..

[djFan71]

I wouldn't mind swooping into the inevitable Mavs sell off and getting Gafford + filler for Simons somehow. Adding a 2026 2nd is about as high as I go, though.

[bfchs123]

New swing for the fences idea:

Celtics out:
- White
- Simons
- Celtics '26 first

Celtics in:
- Davis

Mavericks out:
- Davis

Mavericks in:
- Simons
- Van Vleet
- Smith Jr.
- Celtics '26 first
- Rockets '28 first

Rockets out:
- Van Vleet
- Smith Jr.
- Rockets '28 first

Rockets in:
- White

Mavs get a nice young prospect in Smith Jr. plus two firsts. SImons is an expiring and Van Vleet the next year. Rockets get the missing piece in White, and we get a legit center.

- PP
- JB
- Hauser
- JT [future]
- AD

+ Queta, Minott, Boucher, Hugo, Garza, Walsh

[Fierce1]

For the Celtics to have continued success until the 2030s, the Celtics must only have 2 players getting 50m per year.

Adding a 3rd 50m player would bring the Cs back to the 2nd apron problem that forced Brad to trade or let go of a number of players who helped the Cs get Banner 18.

[Fierce1]

For those who are curious, if the Cs are to trade for Ja Morant, it would have to be Simons, Sam, and Baylor to make salaries work.

[bisme37]

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[djFan71]

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Too bad this wasn't an obvious need for them in the summer.... they could have executed a well-designed plan if they had known.

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Too bad this wasn't an obvious need for them in the summer.... they could have executed a well-designed plan if they had known.

Kings, Pelicans and Suns continue to be worst front offices in the league, Bulls in the mix too.

I kind of feel bad for their fans lol.

[redslastlaugh]

I'm gearing up for a rebuild myself and plan to explore trades for my dirty undies

lol

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Too bad this wasn't an obvious need for them in the summer.... they could have executed a well-designed plan if they had known.

[He_Got_Game]

From where I'm sitting it should be Pritchard and Hauser on the way out instead of Simons. Both players are extremely overrated. At least Simons can actually score the basketball.

[Fierce1]

From where I'm sitting it should be Pritchard and Hauser on the way out instead of Simons. Both players are extremely overrated. At least Simons can actually score the basketball.

You're not wrong, but kicking them out is over the top.

[Fierce1]

Simons for DeRozan?

DeRozan has 1 year left on his contract after this season.

Still playing at a high level, maybe worth the risk.

[redslastlaugh]

TRADE IDEA:

Boston Celtics trade Simons, Queta, Hauser, & Celtics 2026 1st to LA Clippers for Ivica Zubac, Bogdan Bogdanovich, Kobe Brown

Celtics give up their 2026 first, Queta, Hauser and to get Ivica Zubac top-10 center (age 28) and Clips reorganize after their nightmare season. Perhaps Celtic protect the pick top 3.

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.

I hope Hauser is still tradeable.

[Fierce1]

TRADE IDEA:

Boston Celtics trade Simons, Queta, Hauser, & Celtics 2026 1st to LA Clippers for Ivica Zubac, Bogdan Bogdanovich, Kobe Brown

Celtics give up their 2026 first, Queta, Hauser and to get Ivica Zubac top-10 center (age 28) and Clips reorganize after their nightmare season. Perhaps Celtic protect the pick top 3.

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.

I hope Hauser is still tradeable.

Zubac is not worth that.

Queta is getting better.
He just needs more experience.

That's an overpay for a Center who's not even All-Star caliber.

Celtics better off going after Gafford.

[Fierce1]

If we're going after a big man that will be a game changer, might as well go for AD.

It's looking like Dallas will be rebuilding around Flagg.

Cs can trade White, Simons, and draft picks for AD.

But Brad has to do his due diligence on AD's health.

When healthy, AD's an elite 2-way big man.

Cs can use him as a 4 or a 5.

[GoCeltics123]

It's a small sample size but...if Walsh/Minott/Hugo all keep this up, and you want to keep all 3 long-term, I wonder if the Celtics consider trading Hauser. It sounds kinda blasphemous now, but so far those three guys have fit this system better than Sam.

Way too early to make that call though

[darrendaye]

It's a small sample size but...if Walsh/Minott/Hugo all keep this up, and you want to keep all 3 long-term, I wonder if the Celtics consider trading Hauser. It sounds kinda blasphemous now, but so far those three guys have fit this system better than Sam.

Way too early to make that call though

It's hard when Tatum and Brown never got to over 40% 3pt shooter tier. I was/am someone who actually likes Gonzalez's shot. I'm hoping they can devise a plan to get him in-game volume. It is not easy to try to work multiple shooting non-threats onto multiple 5 man units as they're stuck doing now.

[playa-hater]

It's a small sample size but...if Walsh/Minott/Hugo all keep this up, and you want to keep all 3 long-term, I wonder if the Celtics consider trading Hauser. It sounds kinda blasphemous now, but so far those three guys have fit this system better than Sam.

Way too early to make that call though

Hauser, for all his value (higher when Tatum and Brown are playing) is actually getting in the way of Minott-Hugo-Walsh's development. That and as currently constructed, the young players are actually more productive from an impact point of view.

Even trading Hauser for a mere 2nd rder is a step forward IMO.