Post#158 » by BostonCouchGM » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:54 pm
The team needs a MAJOR rehaul and to build through the draft. Unfortunately Danny is drafting. But let's pretend I'm drafting. Let's also pretend I'm the G.M. and I get to make trades and have a viable suitor with a decent return.
1) Trade Kemba Walker. It was a disastrous signing and very few teams if any would want him at his current salary. I'd accept a late 1st but would be open to just getting a scrub/or conditional 1st or even second just to get him off the books.
Possible Suitors that have a) Need b) Cap space c) picks and/or players to trade
Bulls-They've got the #5 pick and likely take PG but if not PG will be a need
Knicks-They have the #8 pick and might use it on a PG but if not, might be open to trading the #27 pick and/or player (Ntilikina, DSJ, Knox)
Lakers-Rondo will test FA and Caruso is a role player. They have the #28 to offer. Would give them a "Big Three". Kemba would flourish as a C&S next to Lebron and he'd have defensive minded SG to protect him.
Utah-If Conley opts out (doubtful) they could see Kemba as his replacement. They badly need offense to take pressure off of Mitchell. They have the #23 pick to offer and have shown they'll move that type of pick in the past when they sent #23, Crowder, Allen to MEM for Conley.
MIA-they don't have a PG on the roster and the #20 pick to offer.
for this exercise, I'm going to pretend the Lakers are sending us the #28 pick as it gives them the Big Three plus they know the league will ensure veterans round out their roster on the cheap so they can return to at minimum the WCF.
2) Trade Hayward. He's too good and too expensive to be playing 4th fiddle like he did last season. I think he and the team are ready to move on. There should be A LOT of interest in him whether it's as a one year rental or him extending with the new team. The return should be a pick just outside the lottery and future pick(s) and/or players.
Possible Suitors that have a) Need b) Cap space c) picks and/or players to trade
Knicks-they badly need a calming veteran presence with high BBIQ. They have plenty of ammo and Hayward's presence (should he extend) would give them someone that could help recruit for the 2021 FA
ATL-they also badly need a veteran with high BBIQ.
CHI-If Porter opts out (doubtful), they could replace him with Hayward and use the #5 on a PG. This is a really good fit
MN-might be open to trading back but I'm not sure quite that far back. But if they manage to trade back to mid-late lottery, they could still get Okongwu and then would be open to trading their #17 for Hayward.
DLO
Culver
Hayward
Okongwu
K.A.T.
that's what's up
POR-desperately need someone like Hayward. Have the #16, Simons (blocked), Little, and Collins for ammo and Ariza to make $ work
IND-no 1st rounders so no way to address the 3/4 through the draft. Have Oladipo (3 way trade) for salary and Miles Turner to dangle. Hayward is from IND so likely open to extending with them.
for this exercise, I'm going to pretend the Pacers are sending us Turner, Oladipo (he wants out) and Robert Williams and picks go to DET and Pacers get Hayward. DET gets a young big in Robert Williams to see if he can blossom with playing time, they get Oladipo who might like returning to his high usage ways and get paid by the Pistons. Should he return to form, and Blake gets healthy, they're a developed Sekou Doumbouya away from having a Big Three with an outside shot at making the playoffs, depending on what they do in the draft and FA. And if not, they'll move Oladipo and Blake at the deadline for picks if he won't sign an extension with them and embrace the rebuild.
Rose
Oladipo
Sekou
Griffin
TimeLord
and they have the #7 pick (Okongwu, Precious, Bey, Vassell, Avdija, Woodard, Mane). Things could turn around quick for DET with a healthy Oladipo extending with them. I know it's a long shot but it's what DET, IND, and us should do
This is all I want on the Celtics prior to FA and the draft.
Smart-Langford
Brown
Williams
Tatum
Turner-Theis
We'd have what,$40-47 million in cap space? And we'd have #14, #26, #28, #30 picks in upcoming draft. The 2020 FA class is weak so maybe we want to save some for the following season. But one guy I wouldn't be opposed to spending $15-18 million on is Jerami Grant. He has worked hard and steadily improved as a player and is now a starting caliber, two way wing. Then with our draft picks I choose:
#14 (Mane, Lewis, Precious, Woodard)
#17 (whoever is still left from the above)
#26 (Tyler Bey)
#28 (Paul Reed)
#30 (Zeke Naji)
Celtics with BostonCouchGM running the show
Kira Lewis Jr-Smart
Jaylen Brown-Langford
Jerami Grant-Woodard
Jayson Tatum-Njaji-Williams
Miles Turner-Theis-Reed
set for a decade. You're welcome.
Now if we don't make any trades and are stuck with Kemba Walker and Hayward on a one year rental. We can still draft brilliantly, improve our bench dramatically and set us up for the future. It just takes someone who knows how to draft.
If we let all the scrubs on our bench leave and draft three of the following, and there's zero excuse not to as some combination of these three should be available to us, we'd still be set up well for the future:
Mane, Hall, Woodard, Bey (either), Reed, Lewis, Precious, Poku, Nnaji, Pritchard, Green, Hampton
