2016 Boston Celtics Offseason Thread

I think Hernangomez is a guy that will continue to rise up draft boards. I've seen him as high as 15 to Denver.

I'd love to grab Malik Beasley at 23 if he's still there. I'm still not on board with the Dunn pick, but honestly I think Danny is just maximizing the trade value of that pick. There isn't a highly ranked guy not named Ingram or Simmons that I haven't heard that the Celtics are in on at some point, and there are definitely teams that really covet Dunn at least from what I'm hearing. Some team will (hopefully) talk themselves into falling in love with one of Dunn, Murray, Chriss or Bender and decide they need to move up, and even if we move down to the 4-7 range, a couple of those guys will still be there, plus we pick up other assets. Honestly though, I think that first pick has to be used on upside and preferably size/shot-blocking unless we move down for Hield, because I think he's an immediate difference maker based on his shooting and ability to create for himself at least. Adding more players to the backcourt mix isn't ideal to me because I think it would be great if we could get hunter and rozier a few minutes and smart needs more time on the ball if he's ever going to really develop offensively

No, he'd play the opposing PG on D (which is what really matters in terms of positions) and Smart guards the best of the wings (he can go up against SFs).

Yea but there clearly isn't a defined best player. Maybe Dunn would be the best player this year (maybe) but I wouldn't bet on him being the best player 2-3 years from now. It's not even about a roster crunch. He effectively duplicates Smart's skill set, likely without having the same upside if you compare their college performances and remember that they're pretty much the same age. I don't think anyone is suggesting that you dump valuable pieces for nothing, but you also do have to consider fit because we're not a typical lottery team. We need someone ideally who actually brings something we don't currently have to the table, and another non-shooter pg is definitely not that.

I'm going for upside and fit, which is why I'd take Chriss. The guy has only been playing basketball for 4 years, he's an athletic freak and he's shown impressive skills for someone that raw. There is also no one on our roster who has anything like his set of skills, except maybe Jordan Mickey, who doesn't have the same size or perimeter skills, and probably isn't as good of an athlete either. 

I think this team has reached it's potential with IT as a starter. The issue I see with having better players surrounding him is: he needs high usage to be maximized. If he's the 3rd or 4th option, he is marginalized and his defensive limitations start to take over.

I'm not sure what he would fetch in a trade but I think he's the guy to move if they are going to trade a 'core' piece. He is clearly essential to the roster as constructed, but the roster as constructed isn't going anywhere.


The more I think about it, the more Boston should probably sit out the FA market (again) and wait until the trade deadline to better assess everything. I don't think this is the summer of fireworks either and I'm ok with it.

I'm not sure I agree- I think it really depends on what kind of players you pair him with. A really good big would probably be quite functional- he put up 20 a game playing with Cousins, who actually needs the ball a good amount to be effective, in Sacramento. I also think that if you stagger minutes and have another guy around that is capable of running the offense at a relatively high level, you could play him as the top scoring option with bench-heavy lineups. Still, he is signed for another two seasons at a total of $13ish mil so his trade value should theoretically be high, but it doesn't seem like the front office has even considered trading him- everything seems to indicate they seem him as a building block and not just an asset

Less than I thought he'd fetch, seems a little light on the return

Bird said somewhere that he wanted to scrap the slow pace, grind it out style and play up tempo, which in my mind makes the Teague deal a solid gamble and Young should fit well on a team like that

Just saw this on Hoopshype, if it's true I kinda love it:
One of the trade scenarios, a source said, is packaging Khris Middleton with veteran center Greg Monroe, whom the Bucks have been seriously shopping. It is known the Celtics have had interest in Monroe for a long time. In return for Middleton and Monroe, the Bucks could possibly acquire two first-round picks from the Celtics in today’s draft: Nos. 16 and 23, along with another player. 9 mins ago – via Woelfel's Press Box

Never heard of Woelfel's press box though

In all likelihood, they're going to make some kind of trade anyway. I'd say Bradley is the most likely to go given his contract and the fact that he's an excellent perimeter defender who's not an offensive liability, and personally I'd love to open up a starting spot for Smart. Couldn't do that without either notable offensive improvement from Smart or adding shooting this offseason though

Yes and no. The immediate impact is the Nets are worse, but the move clears cap space (I think I saw that they have 55 mil now), so they can spend this summer and get better. Time will tell.