2016 Boston Celtics Offseason Thread

I don't think that Nets will be worst team. Sixers and Lakers were bad on purpose to get good picks, Nets have no incentive to be bad. Rondo would be a big upgrade over what they have.

While they don't have incentive to tank, they do have incentive to trade their best players in an attempt to recoup some 1st round picks. That's why we saw the Young trade and why we very well could see BLOPEZ go next.

Of course, that doesn't preclude them from signing free agents (they'll have space, obviously) but it remains to be seen what kind of players they'll get. Money does talk but there will be a lot of teams trying to have a conversation.

Then again, you could see then sign free agents and then move the best ones at the deadline to, again, gain more assets.

Yea, I just don't see that front office out there with the Sixers gone. Sacramento could but they are so dysfunctional I don't think they can pull it off. The Pelicans are desperate to show Davis they can win. I don't know why, it's this attitude that has them making bad moves for the long term while he's so young. Also, the Nets may not be incentivized to be bad for lottery picks their actions seem like they are stripping it down to build back up from the bottom, which bodes well for the Celtics. They probably will sign a couple second rate young free agents that could bust out so we will see.

Obviously, a lot of offseason left but the early signs are good for the Celtics is all.

Sure on paper right now Nets have worst talent level in league, but they have been clearing cap space for years.  So I expect them to add a bunch of players this offseason.  Players like Rondo to help then win now.  They have also done a great job adding young talent in my opinion with very few picks.  Hollis-Jefferson, McCullough, Bogdanovic, Whitehead and LeVert.

See I think Sixers and Lakers aren't going to be much better than last year unless they add free agents and if I was GM I would let young players play at least one more year before I did that.  Sixers still seem lost, why in the world did they not take a pg like Murray, Ulis, or Jackson?  Lakers you lose Kobe and add Ingram, don't see that improving team next year.

We really won't be able to gauge who the bad teams are till after free agency and even then a couple injuries can ruin a teams season.

I expect the Lakers to add some good free agents - unless they plan on tanking there is no motivation for them to be bad. Also, Kobe wasn't good last year. But we will see.

Yea I really don't see the Nets being capable of drawing any real players in free agency. And we shouldn't forget that Rondo has done nothing to help the last two teams he's played for despite good-looking numbers last year, and while the Nets have added some good young talent, none of those guys look like quality starters in the NBA today. They all have tools and some valuable skills, but they also have some serious question marks. And there is a quite substantial incentive to trade Lopez given his injury history that could leave them paying him something like $20m to sit on the bench in street clothes and lose any possibility of recouping some value for him. That pick swap should give us another top-5 pick next year barring some highly unexpected developments.

Also, for what it's worth, the Celtics appear to be slated to get a meeting with Durant, which is good for us whether he signs or not, because it means he (and hopefully others around the league) has actually taken notice of how well-run this team is. The longer the process drags out, the better the chances we could actually make a serious run are, because we could fit Horford/Whiteside and him under the cap and retain flexibility, both to add role players in free agency and to cut deals given that we're still pretty asset laden at present. I don't think anywhere else can offer him the combo of the easier road to the finals, present talent, top-flight management and flexibility and ability to continue to add talent that we can. I don't like the odds, but I don't think it's quite as unlikely as it once seemed either

Yeah, they stashed "the other" Marcus Thornton in Australia last year.

I'm not sure how much stock I put in that.

Yea but do they actually keep his rights

I think BKN is in prime position to sign or absorb players on 1-2 year deals. It wouldn't hurt their rebuild at all.

Example: If the Spurs want to create salary space for a big signing and see Parker as the guy to move, the Nets would be a logical landing spot.

I think the Nets roster could look much different and better than it currently is. Which isn't saying much, it's really bad right now.

And has a much less impressive nucleus of young talent than any of the other teams in a similar situation, though I think Philly remains terrible next year, and Sacramento could easily drop into the bottom 3. The lakers, nuggets, suns, wolves and Pelicans should all be significantly better in my view, even without accounting for possible additions over the rest of the offseason. If I had to pick the 3 worst records in the league for next season, I think it's Philly at the bottom, and the two other best bets are Brooklyn and the Kings