Isaiah 41:10 - Al Will Strengthen You and Help You: Official 2016-17 Boston Celtics Season Thread
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With the Celtics owning the third overall pick now, they are hopeful of trading it to the Bulls in a package for Butler and then sign Gordon Hayward in free agency while also keeping Isaiah Thomas and Marcus Smart. The Celtics also pursued a trade for Butler last offseason.
Celtics Hope To Trade No. 3 To Bulls For Jimmy Butler - RealGM Wiretap
Celtics Hope To Trade No. 3 To Bulls For Jimmy Butler - RealGM Wiretap
The key takeaways
Here’s the most important stuff to know:
Explaining the Celtics-76ers trade's unique future NBA Draft pick protections
Here’s the most important stuff to know:
- No players were traded in this deal.
- The Celtics get two picks from the 76ers total: No. 3 this year and a pick in either 2018 or 2019.
- The Celtics only gave up the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. Nothing else.
- The 76ers cannot lose out on a No. 1 overall pick in this trade, the way the Brooklyn Nets did this year.
- If the Lakers, 76ers and Kings all make rapid improvements — or if the Lakers simply win next year’s lottery — this trade could look pretty bad for the Celtics when all is said and done.
Explaining the Celtics-76ers trade's unique future NBA Draft pick protections
William Heavy
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In order for this to work, not only would we have to give up the 3rd pick, we'd have to give up players that match Jimmy's 19 million contract so the salaries match. It's a sideways move. And what happens if Hayward doesn't come? We'd be fukked. Like i said before, Jimmy is good, but how he played against us in the playoffs did not wow me.
Check what the owner thinks. I agree we should keep our pick and try and sign a free agent. Wyc said this when we won the lottery so ignore the No 1 pick part.
Grousbeck: Celtics keeping No. 1 pick unless blown away by trade offer
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Hopefully there is a trade in the works because I don't think Jimmy would be enough to make us bonafide contenders. Frankly, I don't think PG-13 would be any better for us (especially if we consider how he went out against the Cavs in the playoffs).
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False alarm.
Honestly im over the butler talk. Let it go
William Heavy
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Holy shyt, I was already looking to see what players we were giving up in the deal.
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Please let me have this Danny A. Give me a player who can get buckets this one time and you draft nikkas who cant shoot for the next decade.
Watch Ainge draft Johnathan Isaac.
