I'm sure Hayward will be Plan A but wouldn't be surprised if Butler is Plan B. Still way more data points needed before we can start to answer this question. If we beat Washington but get handled by Cleveland, I would strongly consider a Butler trade if it's something like Jaylen/Brooklyn 2018/lesser assets. He's 27 and fits right into what we need.
I think the upside on Jackson is high enough (including his KG like intensity) that I don't believe that Ainge moves 2-4 + Brown for Butler anymore. I think he might have at the deadline, but IMO he sees too much in Brown at this point.
With the 7 million hit for a number 1 pick, if they want to sign Hayward, they'll probably need to trade Smart or Bradley anyway.
Millsap turns 33 next season and Hayward just turned 27. While I agree that the upgrade is the largest at PF, you have to go with the younger guy to start.
Yup.
Unless they want to go small for whole games, or trade down in the draft to grab a forward, I think a Bradley deal is all but certain.
Millsap showed some signs of age-related decline this year. That said, if Hayward doesn't come to the Celtics (my guess), he's worth consideration. Millsap's player option is for 1/$20M so that's his salary floor. I don't know if he'd take it, but the most I'd like to see the Celtics go at that rate is 3 years.
I don't think that's a next year problem.
I think Atlanta is seriously considering it, or at least matching whatever offers he gets. I really feel like you're going to have to offer the max to lure him away, but I could be wrong.
I wonder if the Wolves or NO would trade their 2018 first round pick for AB or Marcus Smart.
Possibly a heavily-protected pick, which if everything breaks well would give you the equivalent of Terry Rozier today in 3-4 years. Which is not for nothing -- sure would be nice to have a cost-controlled player earning rotation minutes just as JB and Fultz are beginning to get expensive, and as IT's next contract is starting to become an albatross.
It will take some impressive maneuvering for the Celtics to keep Kelly under contract while clearing out space for Hayward, though. And of course, Kelly can't really be a forward. That's the first problem with pursuing Hayward in FA.
I was referencing extending Kelly if we strike out on Hayward and other max players rather than take a flyer on Favors. This is the year to use the cap space, if not, it will be gone. So its either a big FA or I can see them sticking with Kelly in that spot using that money, plus a Dwayne Deadmon from last off-season signing. (meaning a cheap under the radar big)
To me it seems they another guy here. They need to address the rebounding deficit if they are going to take a leap. I wonder how ready Y and Z are to take on that problem.
Yeah, if they strike out on Hayward, I think the Celtics will -- for reasons of necessity more than anything else -- hold serve and develop their young guys.
I'd see if there's any way to get Memphis to move JaMychal Green. He's a pending RFA so about to get a lot more expensive, but rebounds well and can shoot a bit. I don't know what Memphis would want for him, but I'd at least kick the tires.
If they strike out on Hayward, they also might be more inclined to hold on to some of the current bigs for depth and potentially ballast for a future trade.
I've been beating this drum for a while. He'd be near the top of my target list, especially if they strike out on Hayward.
I think JaMychal Green is going to be this year's winner of the Allen Crabbe/Tyler Johnson Memorial and earn a huge contract from Brooklyn. I think he gets something like 20 mil per year
It really wouldn't, as has been discussed elsewhere at length. The single biggest cap space clearance move they can make is not relinquishing Olynyk but trading Bradley. This also resolves some of the roster crunch at the wing positions since bringing in Hayward and Fultz means adding 2 wings to a roster that is already tight on playing time for all the guys who deserve it (especially assuming continued improvement from Brown and Rozier). Trading Bradley also has the benefit of the value he would bring back, probably a protected first. Bradley, in a vacuum, is definitely a better player than Olynyk, so I get why people are hung up on this point, but the Celtics roster is not a vacuum. He's the guy getting shipped out if Hayward is interested in Boston, not Olynyk. (Rozier and Jackson are likely also guys who would need to get sent out the door.)
Under this scenario, would the team getting Avery for a pick need to have a TPE?
No. It's the off-season. Anyone with cap room can trade for Bradley without sending back dollars. He's a better deal than anything available in FA.
This list is wrong. Houston, for example, can easily create sufficient cap room by renouncing it's cap hold for Nene and a few others that really don't matter. I don't know every team's cap picture, so I cannot comment more comprehensively.
Dieng's fantastic, I can't imagine they're looking to move him. And I'm not sure where you're seeing that contract info-- they signed him to an extension at ~16mil/year for 4 years last fall I believe.
Everything I've heard from KD says he's really happy in GS. he's a pretty loyal guy, I'd be surprised if he bucks his team twice. I don't think he's going anywhere.
