When you have multiple reports from different respected reporters talking about how the rest of the league is "shocked" that Indiana took this offer or that they were texted by scouts who just said "LOL" or the crying laughing emoticon, I am not sure you can make sweeping conclusions about the league wide value of Crowder and Bradley.This is where I am as well. Crowder himself is flotsam as a role player without any upside and Bradley a rental who would cost you more than Oladipo in another year. Neither have much trade value.....an expiring contract who will be getting paid and a limited skilled veteran albeit on a nice contract. I like the OKC return slightly better than the two Celtics mentioned in the deal, Sabonis > Crowder, so the pick would have to be very high to push me over to the Boston side.
I just really hope this "second best team in east" theme isn't overplayed all summer.......we were a Rondo injury away from losing in the first round and quite possibly being swept. Zizic is going to make an impact at some point I'm just not sure it will be right out of the gate while Isaiah likely won't even see the floor until 2018 and there is a decent chance he's a shell of himself.
This is a very odd trade by the Pacers. It seems like it was driven by pettiness and geography more than the actual talent return