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[its....JOHN B]

It would double our chances of grabbing the 1st seed next but who am I to say they would even do that, they draft Fultz Avery is most def the odd man out, if Evan Turner got 17 he's getting 20-25 mil with ease

 

[BlackAX410]

It would double our chances of grabbing the 1st seed next but who am I to say they would even do that, they draft Fultz Avery is most def the odd man out, if Evan Turner got 17 he's getting 20-25 mil with ease

I'd rather get smart outta here at the expense of fultz

 

[its....JOHN B]

It's hard to defend Smart right now but everytime he plays good it's "we got to keep him" and everytimr he plays bad it's "we got to trade him", just got to take the bad with the good with him and some of that goes on Brad imo, during the season you can give him some leeway and let him learn to play through a rut but in the playoffs not so much, we weren't winning last night regardless, we need to go back to Amir in the starting lineup and someone needs to light a fire under his ass, he's plenty rested so that's not an excuse but starting small against this team isn't going to work the way it did against Chicago, Al can't do it by himself and I never liked the idea of Crowder at the 4, he's strong but not the most athletic and he's only 6'6, to me if there's one player of value who has become more expendable to me it's him, overall solid player, great teammate and locker room presence and on the best contract in the league but his defense isn't other worldly like people tend to believe, his shot is extremely streaky when it matters, doesn't help out the boards enough imo doesn't create his own shot very well doesn't create for others, if the pick and Crowder gets us Jimmy I think we should do that and keep Avery around, then find a way to get Gasol

 

[BlackAX410]

This is smart's 3rd year he's STILL shooting below 40% from the field and 30 from 3. He struggles with guarding quick guys and his finishing around the basket is despicable. If fultz is available we HAVE to choose him. If rozier got the leeway that smart did (30mpg is too much for a liability ) he'd have better numbers I'm DONE with smart

 

[its....JOHN B]

They could draft Fultz, they could trade for Jimmy, they could trade down grab a good player and more assets I'd be fine with it all, but we need to get a bigger, an interior defender that would fit the system perfect, and that's Marc Gasol, I just have a gut feeling Memphis will listen to offers this summer but we'll probably end up with Millsap or some shit, I'd rather Marc who is under contract till 2019 than to give Millsap a 4 year max deal, or they just roll with Zizic and Olynyk

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

They could draft Fultz, they could trade for Jimmy, they could trade down grab a good player and more assets I'd be fine with it all, but we need to get a bigger, an interior defender that would fit the system perfect, and that's Marc Gasol, I just have a gut feeling Memphis will listen to offers this summer but we'll probably end up with Millsap or some shit, I'd rather Marc who is under contract till 2019 than to give Millsap a 4 year max deal, or they just roll with Zizic and Olynyk

Yea Gasol would be a perfect fit especially now he splashin 3's he shot 39% from 3's this season.

Only issue is he's 32 and not a strong rebounder and kind of injury prone.If I was boston I'd definitely try to get gasol this summer from treadmill declining memphis.Offer brown and the '18 nets pick then draft Josh jackson(will be better than brown) this year.

 

[its....JOHN B]

They could draft Fultz, they could trade for Jimmy, they could trade down grab a good player and more assets I'd be fine with it all, but we need to get a bigger, an interior defender that would fit the system perfect, and that's Marc Gasol, I just have a gut feeling Memphis will listen to offers this summer but we'll probably end up with Millsap or some shit, I'd rather Marc who is under contract till 2019 than to give Millsap a 4 year max deal, or they just roll with Zizic and Olynyk

Yea Gasol would be a perfect fit especially now he splashin 3's he shot 39% from 3's this season.

Only issue is he's 32 and not a strong rebounder and kind of injury prone.If I was boston I'd definitely try to get gasol this summer from treadmill declining memphis.Offer brown and the '18 nets pick then draft Josh jackson(will be better than brown) this year.

Damn you're willing to give up more than me lol, aight this is my personal dream scenario that's not completely out of the realms

We land the 1st pick and Chicago decides to part ways with Jimmy, we trade the 1st pick and Crowder for Jimmy

Memphis is willing to part ways with Gasol and value Zizic as a lottery talent and a successor to Gasol, along with their 2019 pick back and that protected Clippers pick, Zellers contract, Smart (Vince retiring and TA possibly leaving), and maybe another throw in like Yabu

We go into next year looking like this

Gasol

Horford

Jimmy

Avery

IT

Jaylen

KO

Rozier

and we can work on the bench in other ways and we still keep the 2018 Brooklyn pick, we're real contenders with that roster and we're still set for the future

 

[its....JOHN B]

I didn't even realize I was quoting Tommy with that post

 

[its....JOHN B]

If KO in a sign and trade or Rozier were needed to get Marc I would pull the trigger

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

They could draft Fultz, they could trade for Jimmy, they could trade down grab a good player and more assets I'd be fine with it all, but we need to get a bigger, an interior defender that would fit the system perfect, and that's Marc Gasol, I just have a gut feeling Memphis will listen to offers this summer but we'll probably end up with Millsap or some shit, I'd rather Marc who is under contract till 2019 than to give Millsap a 4 year max deal, or they just roll with Zizic and Olynyk

Yea Gasol would be a perfect fit especially now he splashin 3's he shot 39% from 3's this season.

Only issue is he's 32 and not a strong rebounder and kind of injury prone.If I was boston I'd definitely try to get gasol this summer from treadmill declining memphis.Offer brown and the '18 nets pick then draft Josh jackson(will be better than brown) this year.

Damn you're willing to give up more than me lol, aight this is my personal dream scenario that's not completely out of the realms

We land the 1st pick and Chicago decides to part ways with Jimmy, we trade the 1st pick and Crowder for Jimmy

Memphis is willing to part ways with Gasol and value Zizic as a lottery talent and a successor to Gasol, along with their 2019 pick back and that protected Clippers pick, Zellers contract, Smart (Vince retiring and TA possibly leaving), and maybe another throw in like Yabu

We go into next year looking like this

Gasol

Horford

Jimmy

Avery

IT

Jaylen

KO

Rozier

and we can work on the bench in other ways and we still keep the 2018 Brooklyn pick, we're real contenders with that roster and we're still set for the future

If boston got the 1st pick and were willing to trade the #1 pick & crowder for jimmy,guarantee jimmy will be rocking celtic green next season.I don't think ainge will do it tho.

I forgot about zizic yea that aint a bad haul for memphis it's not like gasol is 26-28 he'll be 33 next season.That's a good idea and makes boston a title team.It's basically up to the grizzlies and bulls fo's to accept the state of their franchises and do somethin different instead of the status quo.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Also at the bulls season ending front office pc,A reporter asked a direct question "If y'all don't plan on building around jimmy with shooters or another star why not just start somethin new & blow it up" Paxsons response" We have these discussions all the time but the opportunity has to be right ". Basically to any teams listening make a good reasonable offer and it's a done deal.Crowder,#1-2 pick maybe one more throw in it probably will happen.

This is why I hope hayward stays it benefits the bulls.

 

[its....JOHN B]

I actually think we have a better chance of Durant opting out after winning one and signing with us than we do Hayward signing here, I'll be shocked if he turns that money down to be the man in Utah when they are already in a similar situation that we are in, taking less money to be second fiddle to a 5'9 point guard and then he probably thinks they'll want him to take on the defensive assignment that Avery takes on, I don't see it I'll be surprised

 

[its....JOHN B]

There's two seven footers projected at the top of that 18 draft

 

[BedStuy]

yo, word is bond son. Porzingis for this and next year's Nets/Celtics picks. Y'all can have oquinn too but y'all gotta take joakim.

lets do this B

 

[its....JOHN B]

yo, word is bond son. Porzingis for this and next year's Nets/Celtics picks. Y'all can have oquinn too but y'all gotta take joakim.

lets do this B

If we landed the 2nd pick and nothing else came to fruition I wouldn't be mad at trading for Porzingis, if it took both Brooklyn picks it's not happening though

 

[BedStuy]

yo, word is bond son. Porzingis for this and next year's Nets/Celtics picks. Y'all can have oquinn too but y'all gotta take joakim.

lets do this B

If we landed the 2nd pick and nothing else came to fruition I wouldn't be mad at trading for Porzingis, if it took both Brooklyn picks it's not happening though

I would be cool with this as long as y'all take noah.

 

[its....JOHN B]

yo, word is bond son. Porzingis for this and next year's Nets/Celtics picks. Y'all can have oquinn too but y'all gotta take joakim.

lets do this B

If we landed the 2nd pick and nothing else came to fruition I wouldn't be mad at trading for Porzingis, if it took both Brooklyn picks it's not happening though

I would be cool with this as long as y'all take noah.

The 2nd pick for Porzingis? The steal of the century right there, take Zeller with it

 

[BlackAX410]

I don't want Marcus smart on this team next year and Jae crowder needs to come off the bench

 

[its....JOHN B]

ping pong balls Thursday

 

[Beta]

ping pong balls Thursday

It'll be the only thing Celtic fans can watch at that point