BRIGGS wrote:I’m not advocating but thoughts?

I'd jump on it, but they'd laugh and hang up or maybe hang up and laugh. I think we might be able to to out right buy some picks given the current landscape tho.

Panos wrote:The draft is always quality over quantity.
I'll take the higher pick over multiple end of round picks every day of the week and twice on Thursdays.

Yeah, but I'm sure the ratings most teams have of players 8-14 are pretty similar. Boston doesn't really have a glaring need to address except overall depth.

BRIGGS wrote:I’m not advocating but thoughts?

From what I'm hearing, the Celtics are going to need to swing and miss on Greek Freak first before Hayward is available to anyone else. Bucks will want Tatum, Boston will offer a package around Jaylen Brown and Hayward would be involved to help the Bucks shed/offset some of the other bigger veteran contracts.

Both Philly and Boston are gunning for Greek Freak and trying to use the other team as a third wheel in a trade. LOL.

Embiid being the major piece moving from the 76ers. Teams are all swarming the phone lines in Philly, each trying to get in line first to **** over Elton Brand for either Simmons or Embiid. How the 76ers could **** up so badly after Hinkie ( the two Colangelos and Brand) is kind of staggering.

Ainge is apparently trying to initiate a possible 5 team trade in the offseason. Annoying ****er but huge balls on that guy.

Knicks might be able to get 30 for 38 plus cash

Clean wrote:I don't know what to do. I did not want us to play for big Free agents because we will never get them. It is now obvious that we can't even go for the draft because if there is a chance we can drop it will happen. I think I am just resigned to us always getting the short end of the stick.

It's pointless the NBA has made it virtually impossible for bad teams to get better. If they really wanted to help bad teams they should average the last 3 years of the draft for position. It's ridiculous that the Warriors have the 2nd pick

the thought brings flashbacks to when we had three firsts and John Wallace. If we had a history of killing it with our picks i'd think differently but it's been a long time since we've found true diamonds in the rough

Jmpasq wrote:

Clean wrote:I don't know what to do. I did not want us to play for big Free agents because we will never get them. It is now obvious that we can't even go for the draft because if there is a chance we can drop it will happen. I think I am just resigned to us always getting the short end of the stick.

It's pointless the NBA has made it virtually impossible for bad teams to get better. If they really wanted to help bad teams they should average the last 3 years of the draft for position. It's ridiculous that the Warriors have the 2nd pick

Agree 100%. I've been saying this for a while. One fluke bad year due to injuries should not supercede continuous suckitude

The thinking here is that Brad Stephens could work his magic and turn Dennis Smith Jr into useful player. Kemba Walker will likely become a albatross due to his declining health and size, which might make a gamble like Smith worthwhile for them. At the very least, DSJr should be an improvement over Brad Wannermaker and is more a facsimile to Walker's style of play (nuclear athlete, attacking guard that can facilitate). Admittedly, I'd prefer to draft a Kira Lewis Jr and Tyrese Maxey at 14, if I'm the Celtics but I'm biased against DSJr which might jade my judgment of him.

The idea of flopping the latter picks is to save the Celtics money on the periphery. They are set to become hellaciously expensive, so every dollar counts. Like TripleThreat and others have mentioned numerous times, the talent becomes fairly similar in this range of the draft, which makes me think that cost become more of a focus than any one particular player especially with the Celtics needing bench depth at every position.