24istheLAW wrote:fallguy wrote:I mean... if you don't have serious reservations about James Harden, I don't know what to tell you. This would not be trading for Anthony Davis. This is very Kyrie-esque. And Kyrie didn't have the baggage Harden does when we got him.
Here's the thing. The baggage is why you have a chance to you get him. Since 2015, James Harden has averaged 31.6 PPG, while maintaining a TS% of .614 as a guard. If we weren't a gigantic b!tch... he wouldn't be going anywhere.
I get why one would be worried. And we've been burned recently by Kyrie. But where else are you going to get a player of that caliber? Is the goal to position the Celtics to be a FA destination for a disgruntled MVP-type in a few years, who wants to team up with Tatum? Develop Brown and Tatum and trade one? There's no perfect plan - the Celts are going to have to take risks. It's a matter of judging the risk/reward involved.
Well put. Everything is a risk. Before the season started it seemed like to include Brown or not in an offer was a really close call. Browns play so far this year has, in my opinion at least, made things a lot easier.
Has anyone dreamed up any scenarios where Kemba goes to Miami and Harden comes here? In my mind a Harden trade is extremely unlikely as I suspect Ainge wouldn't give Tatum, Brown or Smart. Assuming Hou doesn't want Kemba, a 3rd team would be needed. Probably nothing there, just spitballing.
