Two Boston Celtics teammates swapped for each other in proposed trade.
The Ringer’s Zach KramJ came up with a mock trade proposal involving two former Boston Celtics teammates during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris, that’d send the former to the Philadelphia 76ers and the latter to the Charlotte Hornets along with Robert Covington and two second-round picks.
“…compared to the likes of Siakam or Alex Caruso (if the Bulls begrudgingly decide to trade him), Hayward could probably be obtained for a much lighter return,” Kram prefaced before saying, “He might even be a buyout candidate if Charlotte can’t strike a deal by the deadline. In this proposal, he’d fetch two second-round picks for the Hornets, which is more than they’d get by just buying him out. Morris and Covington—both of whom joined the 76ers in the James Harden trade—have expiring contracts and rank ninth and 10th, respectively, on the 76ers in minutes, so they’re easy inclusions to match Hayward’s salary.”
Such a deal could be seen as an overpay for the Sixers considering the lack of significant needle-moving it does in the short-term, but it’s the kind of overpay one makes to go all-in on a roster that may not be able to be kept together much longer due to how much it’ll cost this coming offseason.
Gordon Hayward and Jayson Tatum agree: 2018-19 Boston Celtics dynamic was ‘terrible’
Hayward and Jayson Tatum both agreed that the dynamic in the 2018-19 locker room was not conducive to winning — though they went about their descriptions of that team with wildly diverging methods.
“We all had too many agendas,” Hayward told Paul George on the “Podcast P” show (h/t NESN). “The agenda to win the whole thing was not the main one. Not to blame anyone, either. It’s all human nature. There was too many of us in the exact same position. We all needed the ball. We all rocked with the ball.”
“That (expletive) was terrible,” Tatum said (h/t MassLive), per The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach. “You guys saw it. We’ve all talked about it. It didn’t work out how we wanted it to, and we were a very talented team but it just didn’t mesh the way we wanted it to. And that’s all right. Guys learned and everybody’s moved on from it.
“But what Gordon said was kind of right. Guys would come back from injury, guys were trying to prove themselves, like myself. I was trying to be better than I was last year, and it was just kind of a tough year.”
Good thing two members of the 2018-19 Boston Celtics were being traded for each other, and not to the same team.
Boston Celtics top favorites to trade for both Bogdanovic’s, but both are unrealistic
Boston Celtics top favorites to trade for both Bogdanovic’s, but both are unrealistic
The Boston Celtics were listed as top betting favorites for both Detroit Pistons forward Bojan Bogdanovic and Atlanta Hawks wing Bogdan Bogdanovic, but as Inside The Celtics’ Bobby Krivitsky pointed out, neither are unrealistic options at the trade deadline.
“Either would represent a fantastic addition, but the cost it will take makes the prospect of a Bogdanovic joining the Celtics before the trade deadline passes unrealistic,” Krivitsky wrote.
As Krivitsky points out, sending away Al Horford’s contract as well as several other vital bench pieces would be necessary — and that’s a price Celtics President of Basketball Operations would be hesitant to pay.
“As much as either player could help Boston’s quest for Banner 18, the idea of the Celtics reconfiguring their top six or parting with Al Horford and reconstructing their second unit to do so is highly unlikely to happen,” Krivitsky wrote.
Boston Celtics unlikely to add a game-changer at trade deadline
As NBC Sports Boston’s Jordan Daly reports, the Celtics are unlikely to add a game-changer at the February 8 deadline; likely writing off the addition of either career 15-point-per-game scorer in the next few weeks.
“With most of the minutes already claimed in Boston’s nightly rotation, the Celtics aren’t looking to bring in a game-changing player — their main rotation is set and proven to work,” Daly prefaced before saying, “Boston’s bench — which was seen as a weak point before the season — has slowly proven its ability to play meaningful minutes, playing team-first basketball with the goal of getting wins over individual accomplishments. With that in mind, it can still never hurt to add more depth.”
Given the amount of playing time available, Bogdanovic or Bogdanovic wouldn’t be able to give the Celtics their contract’s worth. The same role is available to either as would be a Grant Williams TPE-eligible contract. That’d be a better way to spend money and cede assets, though anyone making $6.2 million or less would cost a fraction of the price either Bogdanovic would.
Analyst implies ex-Boston Celtics guard may have regrets over 2022 deadline trade
Analyst implies ex-Boston Celtics guard may have regrets over 2022 deadline trade
By Andrew Hughes
MassLive’s Brian Robb implied that former Boston Celtics guard Dennis Schroder likely has regrets for how his split from the Cs has gone for him considering how close to Banner 18 the team has been since trading Schroder (and Enes Freedom) to the Houston Rockets at the 2022 deadline for Daniel Theis — and how far away Schroder has been during that time, with his closest call coming in a Western Conference Finals sweep this past postseason to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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