2018 Boston Celtics offseason

Yea, this team has championship aspirations next year so keeping Morris and not trying to “get value” before he becomes a free agent makes the most sense.

I don’t think Smart can reject the QO and become a free agent. I think the QO allows us to match (or not) any other offers he gets. If he doesn’t get any then he basically has to come back and play on the one year deal. I just don’t think there is any way there’s a big contract waiting for him. He has MLE written all over him.

Who says no?

Yeah, this off-season is more about who the Celtics can keep from this year's team.

The only piece I see leaving is Rozier realistically. Everyone else I see the Celtics keeping. Maybe Baynes' market gets better, but I doubt it.

I say no thank you to that trade, even without the pick going. In fact, I'm not all that excited about a Kawhi trade. I want to keep Jaylen and Tatum and watch them grow. The exceptions for that would be AD (I don't think there's much of a chance he's dealt) or KAT.

Draft- Unless a bunch of player withdraw this is a very deep class. A crap load of guys that could be elite defenders at Guard and Small Forward, plus a lot of interesting bigs. So at the minimum I'd love to buy or trade for a second round pick.

Smart- You give him the QO, not sure you match any contract though. All depends what the Celtics are willing to spend down the road. Very hard decision on him.

Rozier- He's a starting level guard. Would love to keep him, but again will Celtics go crazy over the cap? If you won't pay him, you almost have to trade him. Teams are going to want him, one game won't come close to killing his value. I wouldn't just give him away, but is it worth turning down a lottery pick or a package close to that more one year? I want to keep him, but that's on the owner.

Morris- All depends on what the options are frankly. If you plan on keeping the players above and you can get some real draft value for Morris trade him. He won't get many shots next year and you won't want him taking shots from Tatum, Brown, and Hayward. Semi can take his place and might be a better fit for next years team. I have to believe Semi has some offensive upside.

Larkin- It all depends on the moves above. Wouldn't mind him that's for sure.

Baynes- Want him back, he exceeded my expectations. Has his limits, but he is a great defensive player. Can we afford him? Sure, but I don't know if I give him full mid-level money and some team might.

Bird and Allen- End of roster depth, don't really care either way.

Monroe- Vet minimum and I'm interested, otherwise no. He'll help you against certain teams, but can't play against other ones. He'll likely go to a team that can offer him more minutes.

Yeah Marcus isn't worth that. I love what he does, but not at that price.

While I agree he’s not worth that this doesn’t change anything. He was always going to highest bidder and him wanting 20m doesn’t mean he’s getting it. JD Martinez wanted 30m

He might also be valuable to a rebuilding team who is looking for guys to set the tone and culture of the team and don't have anything better to spend their cap space on. Think the Kings or the Bulls or the Suns. A team like that might sign him to a big-money, short-term deal (say, two/$36M) knowing that he'll add defense and toughness to the team and will be an expiring contract in a year. 

Smart is the kind of player every championship caliber team needs, but usually have it at his current price if they are going to succeed.

I think backup ballhandler is really the biggest question, given the status of Smart/Rozier/Larkin. The draft pick is too late to even hope for a day 1 backup, though I suppose they could use one of next years picks to move up. Hitting on another Larkin type and making the right call on Smart vs Rozier vs both/neither will go a long way to establishing depth especially early in the season and for the playoffs.

Smart is valuable to the c's and that is obvious but to other teams he is almost a luxury. As has been said can teams justify throwing big bucks at a guy whose greatest strength is something that can't be measured? In this free agent class he is barely top 20, which means he should be back.
Rozier should be on the block. He won't get many minutes and has proven himself to be a starting level player so he has too much value to let sit there and leave via FA for nothing. Danny has shown that he has no problem selling high and doing whats best for the team, he will explore what teams are willing to give.

While I'm not terribly confident he comes back I wouldn't call Marcus Smart leaving town a slam dunk. It sounds like he wants to stay and the Celtics plan on him being here next year.

This is a team that came within one game of NBA finals, and that team as is very young and getting better. You're effectively adding two all-star level players to that team in Hayward and Kyrie. With a better bill of health, this team is the team to beat next year.

You still have some good depth beyond those guys filling out the roster and we might be at a point where we can attract some highly productive vet min role players off the bench chasing a title.

On top of all that we still have a ton of picks over the next couple years with at least two of them having a good chance to be lottery picks. We're going to have to consolidate at some point. I'd love to see if we could get into the top 4-6 of this draft.