I think the proposed Celtics-Clippers trade - Adrian Woj reports it will come down to Garnett plus Doc Rivers for DeAndre Jordan and 2 first round picks - is one of the craziest trade proposals in a long time.
The Clips get an aging veteran who will play with a team that will not be a substantial advance over the Boston team of the past 5 years. The Celtics will take a monkeyballer who can't hit a free throw and who is grossly overpaid to replace their defensive stalwart and for what? No opening up of salary cap space or addition of any future talent except for two mostly end-of-the-first-round picks.
Craziest trade in a while for me.
If it really ends up playing out as DJ + 2 picks for Doc + KG, the Clippers will have pulled off a Laker-esque rape trade, tbh
Doc, KG, and (eventually) Pierce make the Clippers a lot better than they were last year, and there would STILL be assets left for another big trade, tbh....
I just hope this trade gets done soon....
What a steal for the Clippers.
rondo might as well ask for a trade then....makes no sense for him to stay back on a team of scrubs...pacers are in need of a PG, maybe to them...
Celtics get raped in this trade. BUT an old KG and Pierce doesn't really make them that much better.
Yeah that's exactly what the Pacers need,a non-shooting,assist-padding PG who doesn't feed the post
Son,is Pierce sure to get waived and off to the Clips? If then,that's a great trade..Otherwise,it doesn't put you over the top..Maybe gets you to the WCF,but that's your ceiling imo.If it really ends up playing out as DJ + 2 picks for Doc + KG, the Clippers will have pulled off a Laker-esque rape trade, tbh
Doc, KG, and (eventually) Pierce make the Clippers a lot better than they were last year, and there would STILL be assets left for another big trade, tbh....
I just hope this trade gets done soon....
KG and pierce to the west on any of them top 10 western teams could be favorites to come out west...
From all the reports, it seems the Celtics will either waive him themselves or trade him to another team who will waive him, then he heads to LA to join Doc and KG....
how much can LAC offer PP? MLE?
Yeah, I actually don't think the trade is nearly as bad as the first reported trade was. Then one where they were talking about trading Griffin and for KG and Doc. I mean come on, Blake is a lot better than KG now + younger.
Then it was Bledsoe, Jordan, and maybe a pick. Which was dumb 'cause you don't wanna dump Bledsoe. . .
Now it's Jordan and a couple late 1st rounders for KG and Doc. That's actually really solid for the Clipps. Sucks to lose two first rounders and take back a lot of salary, but the talent they get for it is definitely good.
Clippers pick in 2015 could be lottery one. Rivers seems to be overrated, and KG is old. All depends on landing Paul, but probably this whole trade idea is widely consulted with him.
lol what happens if PP doesnt sign with them and joins another team instead? okc, spurs?
Monkeyball is overrated and far from being indispensable for his team but the Clippers can surely get more from him than a 37yr old KG + a top10 draft flop named Rivers, imho. They can even brew a deal with the Lakers to get DH
Finally a voice of reason
KG has been in the NBA since 1995 & is so banged up he can barely trot…Doc seems burned out & needs a couple seasons off…Plus 1s round draft picks?…Celtics should jump on this deal…
Solid trade.... i can see the celts rebuilding a defensive powerhouse on the fly. Grab Iggy in FA. draft one of these young 2 guards in this deep draft. Maybe grab robinson, worst come to worst trade for granger. they can make some things happen.
Paul Pierce comes as a great package deal tbhFinally a voice of reason
KG has been in the NBA since 1995 & is so banged up he can barely trot…Doc seems burned out & needs a couple seasons off…Plus 1s round draft picks?…Celtics should jump on this deal…
Good trade for Boston. DJ is a solid athletic Center who has room for improvement
DJ was a "monkeyballer" when he was on the Clippers, now he's "solid, athletic, and improving" when he might be going to the Celtics.... funny how tunes change, tbh.....
What he really is, is overpaid garbage.... can't wait until he's not on the Clippers anymore tbh....
If Jordan wasn't such a horrible FT shooter he wouldn't be too bad of a player, but giving up KG for him?
Still, just getting rid of a loser like Deandre makes this trade a home run for the Clippers. But even with this trade they're a 2nd round exit next year unless they can flip Bledsoe/Griffin for Bible Kemp tbh.
Garnett finally arrives in LA, 5 years later.
If DJ wasn't a horrible free throw shooter, he'd still have zero offensive game, be clueless on defense, and have one of the worst contracts in the league....If Jordan wasn't such a horrible FT shooter he wouldn't be too bad of a player, but giving up KG for him?
Of course the Clippers were dumb enough to give such a contract.
Do you even know that the Rivers in question is the father and not the son?
Clipper Nation, IMO on second thought is right. This looks like a great win for the effing Clippers. Unless, the C's are doing what Doctor J cautions about - selling a KG who is done a la Bynum. In which case the Clips get nothing for the monkeyballer.
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