Cleveland sends IT4 + Shump + Frye + BRK pick for Kemba + MKG. Hornets package IT4 to Celtics (use their DPE) for BOS 1st rounder.
Cavs add a prime All-Star, a young defence first player (MKG) and unload expiring contracts. IT4 defence is getting exposed in Cleveland.
Hornets reduce salary, add 2 first rounders and they go into a tailspin ASAP thus landing a top-five with their own pick
Celtics get scoring from their bench and video tributes galore.
I would be lying if I said I hadn't thought of a scenario where the Cavs go after Kemba Walker and send IT the other way where Danny can swoop in and pick him up. When you think about it, short of finding an affordable, efficient scoring wing who is available - and none of those truly exist - Thomas coming off the bench for the C's fixes a lot of ills. He is still capable of being an efficient volume scorer, his defensive flaws wouldn't be as exposed running with the second unit and if anyone knows how to maximize his skill-set while hiding him, its Brad Stevens. More to the point, just about any other team than Cleveland would trade him to Boston for a fair price.
That said, I know a lot of folks in this forum are done with Thomas but, as some here have surmised, I am not. I would love to see him as the Celtics sixth man and I think he could be sold on it, especially given the complaints about him coming out of the Cavs camp earlier this week.
It won't happen though and my other dream of Lou Williams is now dead given that he has turned into a supernova this season. Instead, we may have to buy into the Tyreke Evans market at the highs. I fear, however, that his career high three point improvement is due for a regression and it would suck hard if it happened when the C's are heading into the playoffs.