smackeddog wrote:How about, if we trade Lee and cut Noah, we target Khris Middleton and Terry Rozier as our PG- doubt the celtics can afford to match a big offer for him as they'll be paying too much salary once they re-sign Irving.
Many of the scenarios here in this thread would require Lee to be in a sign and trade scenario with another team.
Lee for Walker in some kind of sign and trade ( it would need other things to round it out, I'm not looking at rough numbers now) would be unlikely but it would be one methodology of trying to make the money work a little better. Trading for Lee is not a great idea for any team ( he's useful but overpaid, he won't seem so to many because they don't see the market correction happening regarding the two giant cap leaps without the smoothing) but Michael Jordan is a complete and total idiot. He's an idiot. (How's Frank Kaminsky and the ghost of Adam Morrison doing?)
( The 30 For 30 you'll never see is the total ****heads some of these guys are and then their kids are another piece of total work. People don't truly understand what a blessing Steph Curry is on the NBA. He's a generally decent guy. He's far outnumbered by idiots and dips like Jordan's kid, Magic's kid, the list goes on and on. )
Folks may have to calibrate expectations. I know fans want a contender. But the most realistic pathway might just be a very good team that makes the playoffs, plays fun and competitive team ball and gets bounced after a long 2nd round battle year after year. This Warriors run could last a real long time. Be just fun and competitive is not the worst thing in the world.
