Boston Celtics 2016-17 Season Discussion

I think he reads these boards, because he's been a beast on the boards so far.  Hope he keeps it up.

Bradley looks great and I was also surprised that he's only 25, I feel like he's been around forever. But let's not go overboard, let's see if he can maintain his rebounding and assist increases over a full season and not just 5 games.

Butler is a much more complete player that can create offense and gets to the line at a very high rate. Bradley is still not getting to the foul line. In the playoffs when the pace slows, you need players that can create offense. Bradley still can't do that, Butler can.

As to Griffin always thought it was a pipe dream you could sign him as free agent. He's on a title contender, with two great stars and a great coach. Horford was on a good team, but never a true title contender. That's why a trade is still the best bet for us to get the star we need.

Sure, if the price is right.  He's know for rebounding and D.  Two things we could really use.  The big question is what do they want?  I'm think they want to win now, so they want player or players that can help them now.  So we might not be a good match.

I think Rozier might do it, but i'm not sure I would do that. Rozier is putting up better numbers this year than Willie, after really not playing last year. Willie has saw his playing time decrease and his numbers go down. Willies playing for a defensive coach, so that worries me. Is he really good defensively? We don't need a project and if he can't help Kings, I'm not sure he can help us. I would take a gamble on him, but only for a very low cost. I really like Rozier and his skill set.

Why even bother? The NBA is such a joke! This season is going to be the third season in a row with the same Finals match up. For the Cavaliers their road to the finals hasn't even been competitive since LeBron James came back. Warriors have had one team Threaten to eliminate them from the western conference and they pretty much ended that by killing two birds with one stone by taking that teams best player and adding him to their team. The Warriors and the Cavaliers will face each other in the finals this year and next year.

Some guys I would look into trading for Tyson Chandler and Kenneth Farried. I know people will hate this because of there contracts. I just like the players and given their contracts and the current contracts you could move them in offseason if you needed to sign free agent.

Other guys on expiring deals Noel, Boguts, Alex Len and Zach Randolph. My sleeper pick is Alex Len. I really like him and don't understand why Suns don't play him more. With two rookie bigs, they might move him to get the rookies more playing time.

Only way Casspi makes sense for me is if your trading like Rozier and let's say Green for Willie Cauley-Stein and Casspi.  Don't think that works salary cap wise, but something like that.

That way you get your big and Casspi can replace Rozier.  Casspi would add 3 point shooting.  Not sure how I feel about that, but it does make sense.

I wouldn't like that deal BUT recognize you probably have to do it if that's on the table. Reasons I don't like it:

1. Obviously, Cousins scares us all. Is he Corey Dillon (a headache only because he hates losing and will turn it around once he's in a stable/winning environment) or just a problem child?

2. I think Jaylen can be a star in this league. Contributing early even though he really doesn't know how to play yet.

3. I still think that Brooklyn pick is going to be very good (particularly because I think Brooklyn will trade Lopez eventually).

4. The ability to add top level talent (via those Brooklyn picks) might enable Danny to extend the window (assuming all things work out). As some of the good/cheap players come up for extensions, you could trade them for future assets (assuming you can replace them for cheaper with those added youngsters). It's last on this list because it requires EVERYTHING to work out perfectly (for example, if Dennis Smith is the man that you get this year and Rozier steps up as hoped, would that let Ainge trade Isaiah for future assets???). Unlikely but part of my (pipe)dream scenario.

Again, despite all of these, I still think getting Cousins would be the right move. I wonder if it would require all of that but, even if it does, gotta consider it.

The Thompson rumor was all Scalls being duped by a fake rumor site. He and the cohost then came up with the pieces.

So ridiculous for a "professional" to fall for that.

Agreed Thank you Lin... please trade Lopez soon.

Man I thought it was a good time, as they were playing one of the best teams in league.  As long as they can't beat the weaker teams were good.  The Clippers took a win for granted and it came back to bite them.  The Nets young SG isn't going to have many games like he just had, he was a heck of a find though coming from D league.

After last nights performance I am wondering how much we can expect out of Horford. Certainly like the idea of him putting up 15+ shots a game.