Topics merged. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (High54Life @ Jun 21 2007, 09:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I believe it was Greg Dickerson that said "The Celtics will not draft at 5, they just won't. I guarantee it!" Idiot, that looks like it's gonna happen. </div> It's still possible that he's right.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Jun 21 2007, 10:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Topics merged.It's still possible that he's right.</div>Unless we can bring JO to Boston, were keeping the 5th pick and selecting Yi or Green.
KG is officially an idiot.KG and Pierce rule the East and go to the finals multiple times..where they will have at least 2 of the best 3 players on the court..and probably win a title if they added another piece or two.I really think KG should take more heat for wanting to stay in a losing situation and stopping a trade to go to somewhere he could win...then Kobe wanting to go to a situation where the team wants to win now instead of in 4 seasons.
Well as of right now, KG is infatuated with going to play in Phoenix with Nash. He's stated that he wants to stay in the West, and his best chance to win a championship is not Boston, but may be Phoenix.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (joemagoo362 @ Jun 22 2007, 12:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well as of right now, KG is infatuated with going to play in Phoenix with Nash. He's stated that he wants to stay in the West, and his best chance to win a championship is not Boston, but may be Phoenix.</div>Well why would he want to stay in the difficult west, when he could have come East and destroyed the competition?The suns are idiots if they give Amare for KG anyway.I think KG is a sissy.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Combs @ Jun 22 2007, 12:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well why would he want to stay in the difficult west, when he could have come East and destroyed the competition?The suns are idiots if they give Amare for KG anyway.I think KG is a sissy.</div>Why do you think that?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (High54Life @ Jun 22 2007, 12:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Unless we can bring JO to Boston, were keeping the 5th pick and selecting Yi or Green.</div> No, not necessarily. We could still trade down (#5 for a decent veteran and a lower lottery pick, something to that effect).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Chad Ford:The rumblings this afternoon are that Kevin Garnett might back off his "no trade to Boston" demand if the Timberwolves can't work out a deal with the Suns.The bad news ... if he doesn't, the clock is ticking on the Paul Pierce time bomb. His agent, Jeff Schwartz, told me that Pierce would love to play with KG and is still hoping that the Celtics find a way to bring in a star. However, if he can't, Schwartz said he thinks Paul will ask for a trade from Danny Ainge, the Celtics executive director of basketball operations."Danny's got to make a decision," Schwartz said. "It just won't make sense to keep Paul if the Celtics can't compete for a championship. They should trade him and get young players that can help them rebuild."If KG says no and Shawn Marion says no -- who else is out there? The Celtics could revist a Pau Gasol trade. An offer of the No. 5 pick, Delonte West and the expiring contract of Theo Ratliff may be enough to get it done. That way the Celtics keep Al Jefferson and don't give up much of their core.</div>
Again, we have to at least explore the possibility of dealing Pierce over the next 5 days. Make some calls, see what kind of deal you could get or how high of a pick. A deal to Chicago could make sense (although they'd need a 3rd party to match salaries). Maybe a 3-way? Something needs to be explored, because if we do end up trading Pierce, I want another pick in this draft.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Jun 23 2007, 01:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Again, we have to at least explore the possibility of dealing Pierce over the next 5 days. Make some calls, see what kind of deal you could get or how high of a pick. A deal to Chicago could make sense (although they'd need a 3rd party to match salaries). Maybe a 3-way? Something needs to be explored, because if we do end up trading Pierce, I want another pick in this draft.</div>3-way's are incredibly complicated to create. If they can get Gasol for #5, Theo, and someone else do it ASAP!As for Pierce, well I'd hold off on dealing him unless it becomes clear they can't being anyone else in at all. That's worst case scenario emergency plan because without him this team is way too young to not have a franchise guy taking the lead.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Living_Legend33 @ Jun 23 2007, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>3-way's are incredibly complicated to create. If they can get Gasol for #5, Theo, and someone else do it ASAP!As for Pierce, well I'd hold off on dealing him unless it becomes clear they can't being anyone else in at all. That's worst case scenario emergency plan because without him this team is way too young to not have a franchise guy taking the lead.</div>SI LinkHow KG-to-Suns deal might workPosted: Monday June 25, 2007 08:29AM ET<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>All the particulars aren't established, but the basics are the Suns get Kevin Garnett, the Celtics get Shawn Marion and the Timberwolves get the No. 5 pick, the Hawks' unprotected first-round pick for next season, which the Suns hold, the Suns' two firsts this year (No. 24 and 29) and the expiring contracts of Kurt Thomas and Theo Ratliff.</div>
