Wow, this is insane. Okafor is not an NBA player. Bradley is a really good NBA player.
Celtics Trade Deadline Game Thread
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Plus Bradley's contract isn't up until after next year. A year and a half of Bradley on an incredibly reasonable contract is really valuable (to a team that's competing, I don't really get it for the Pacers/Bulls/etc if they're going rebuild).
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Sam AmickVerified account@sam_amick 2m2 minutes ago
These kinds of things can change, but that is the strong Paul George message being sent around the NBA regarding how he sees his situation.
Why is that insane? How many games as AB missed this year and look at the C's record. I'm more inclined to think the C's would have been better with Okafor over Bradley in those games. The C's big men are super garbage, and Okafor is at least still coachable, and may respond to a winning environment instead of Philly loserville.
So, it's okay not to overpay for PG13 and/or Butler and keep the picks, Jaylen, Smart, Bradley, and the two big men stashed in Europe, right? (In other words, I don't get why Ainge has to sell out this year to go 6 games vs Cavs and maybe 5 vs GS.)
It seems pretty obvious that any deal for George that includes a Brooklyn pick is only happening if he agrees to sign an extention to stay in Boston.
It is insane because Okafor is the worst regular NBA player in the league (or second worst, I guess, but we're splitting hairs at that point).
Edit- Actually considering your comment about Philly loserville I'm honestly not sure if you've been watching or paying attention to the NBA this year and are just coming in here to recycle old hot takes.
Someone from IND called Amick as soon as he sent that first tweet, telling him to stop f'ing around with their assets.
You say this like it will be easy, or a given he will come to Boston, which is definitely not so. If that were the case today would be stress free.
Oh wait, you also said you would trade Bradley for Okafor.
Are you drunk? Just trolling?
Yeah, hard to see a deal with Philly that includes AB that makes sense for the C's without Embiid, Simmons, or Philly's 1st rounder coming this way -- which of course is not going to happen.
On the plus side, Philly probably wasn't asking about AB for themselves -- he'll be expensive or gone before the Sixers are respectable. They likely see AB as an asset they could flip for a lottery pick or a solid young player. That's obviously good for us.
I am coming around to this idea of bringing George in and convincing him Boston is the place to sign long-term.
Sam AmickVerified account@sam_amick 48s48 seconds ago
If you're Celtics, I think you let it ride w/ Paul George & trust that, by summer 2018, you convince him to be Celtics legend. Denver? Dicey
Sam AmickVerified account@sam_amick 48s48 seconds ago
If you're Celtics, I think you let it ride w/ Paul George & trust that, by summer 2018, you convince him to be Celtics legend. Denver? Dicey
It would behoove Paul George to stay in Indiana so that he can keep the option open to sign a massive extension with the DPE. Same reason Demarcus wanted to stay in Sacramento. It's all posturing.
Umm because one is an excellent NBA player and the other is pure garbage. Even if the decision is to trade Bradley you don't dump him for garbage, you package him for a star or you move him for someone who is actually a basketball player.
Considering it was rumored to include neither Jokic nor Murray it was a "monster deal" in quantity not quality. It screams leak to tell fans we tried real hard to do something, but really was never something the other team even would consider.
Seems like to me teams are asking for a lot more from the celtics and then trading guys for nothing to other teams which really sucks
Now I'm just conflicted ... although the card doesn't specify where PG is traded
The same is being reported about Okafor, much to the consternation of the Lakers.
Exactly, which as a Nugget fan, I'm fine with. I wouldn't trade Jokic or Murray for George as he doesn't put them into serious contention and Jokic and Murray are the future. I would trade any other combination, though, but I don't think there's enough there to entice Indy.
The idea was if was for them--that he would guard the opposition's PG but Simmons would play PG on offense.
Given that the C's bigs are garbage, their swingmen can't shoot, and their PG is hero ball ISO specialist, I'm surprised they've managed to play .350 ball, nevermind the .650 they have actually played. Stevens must be one hell of a coach.
No George.
Adrian WojnarowskiVerified account@WojVerticalNBA 4s5 seconds ago
Indiana has passed on trade offers for Paul George and All-Star forward will remain with the Pacers, league sources tell @TheVertical.
Adrian WojnarowskiVerified account@WojVerticalNBA 4s5 seconds ago
Indiana has passed on trade offers for Paul George and All-Star forward will remain with the Pacers, league sources tell @TheVertical.
Where's his posse?!?
The watch in that emoji reads 4:00 o'clock, WHAT DOES IT MEAN??
I think you're forgetting about the four months of imaginary trade scenarios to come between now and draft night...
