Celtics: Trade Jeff Green to Memphis; Brandan Wright to Suns

[Raven]

Memphis gets better without Rudy Gay, they then trade for Rudy Gay's twin in Jeff Green.

obviously, they weren't better without him...

[Mr Bones]

Likely not as good as it first appears on paper.

"Potentially" is an important word there as I would guess several of those picks are conditional/protected first round picks for a number of years. And I would also guess that several of those picks end up being mid to late first round picks. Would be more impressive if it were 11 guaranteed lottery picks. Then we could talk about how that is how you rebuild. People on these boards laugh about the Lakers giving all those picks to Phoenix for Nash. So far, who did Phoenix draft with those picks anyway? Nemanja Nedovic, Alex Oriakhi?

First round picks may or may not be valuable. Depends what the team does with them and how good their scouting and drafting people are.

Any way you look at it, 11 picks is two years is a great thing for a GM to have. It gives Ainge a whole bunch of options.

[Axl Rose]

It's not a move that'll put the Suns into top-3, but this is a huge answer to their most glaring need, increases frontcourt depth, and for a team with an inordinate amount of close losses, shoring up their defense near the basket, improving rebounding, and getting a crafty finisher near the rim could provide the 4-5 points per game that takes Phoenix from 7-9 to 4-6.

They have shooting, guard play, midrange, perimeter, depth, but were young up front, prone to foul trouble, so Wright adds increased, more savvy Defense, and allows Plumlee to be more of the athletic hustle bum he truly is.

Spurs, Clippers, Rockets, they all have enough issues and the Suns the Suns can now compete with them until they get their together, if they get their together.

And for as overrated as Green can be, his all-around game, size, and versatility really complement this current Memphis squad. Adds quite a bit without losing much.

good luck expecting defense out of brandan wright

[JamStone]

Any way you look at it, 11 picks is two years is a great thing for a GM to have. It gives Ainge a whole bunch of options.

Yeah, I'd be more inclined to agree that would be.

But it's not two years. It's four years. And again, it's not guaranteed, as some of those picks are conditional/protected and some can turn into second round picks.

[Splits]

I don't understand what in hollinger the Grizz are thinking giving up so much for Jeff ing Green

[phxspurfan]

Not sure why the Pelicans are willing to help out the Grizzlies just to get Q-Pon.

lol "Q-Pon"


puns for daysss

[phxspurfan]

I don't understand what in hollinger the Grizz are thinking giving up so much for Jeff ing Green

He's their new Rudy Gay, without the drama

[Malik Hairston]

Jeff Green isn't even half the player Rudy Gay is, tbh, and I say that as a hater of Gay's game..

Green is one of the most overrated players of my generation, I've been saying it for years..like many others, he gets really overrated because of the way he looks..he's tall, athletic and has a nice wingspan, so he "looks" better than he actually is..see: Chandler Parsons, Nic Batum, etc(although both of those players are better than him)..

[Pelicans78]

Thank goodness Rivers is finally gone. Hated the draft pick from day one.

[Malik Hairston]

Pelicans win the trade by finally removing one of the worst players in NBA history from their roster..

I wonder how long the "Tom Rivers's son card" will allow him to remain on NBA rosters..

[timtonymanu]

is Boston trying to get Tom Rivers back by trading for his son?

[BatManu20]

[LakerHater]

Rivers to Clippers!

[apalisoc_9]

They finally get rid of rivers..

They should prioritize getting rid of evans tbh..A huge cancer and a detriment to the best player in the world.

[LakerHater]

[BatManu20]

Not even Doc wants him on his team

[BatManu20]

[BatManu20]

[djohn2oo8]

Clipper Nation

[Franklin]

Now even the Suns have strengthened their paint... when the are we gonna sign Jermaine, tbh?

[HemisfairArena]

Ainge setting up another coup to trade for a run. He traded all kinds of picks to get Garnett and Allen. He's not gonna sit on all these 1st rounders and wait for a rebuild,,,he's gonna use them for trade bait to land talent.

[BatManu20]

[LakerHater]

[TheCultOfPersonality]

I don't get the love for QPon? Is he anything special? Am i missing something

No he sucks.

He had one fluke series against the Spurs in the WCF (which got him paid imo) and since then he's been garbage.

I think the Grizzlies were hoping he would be a 3 and D guy for them, but he can't shoot and he's not a defensive stopper. TBH I don't think he excels at anything.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

I don't understand what in hollinger the Grizz are thinking giving up so much for Jeff ing Green

WTF! The Grizzlies gave up Quincy Pondexter and Tayshaun Prince. Two 3rd string caliber scrubs who wouldn't be rotation players on any Western Conference playoff team outside of Memphis. How was that giving up to much?