LyleLanley
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Could trade Clarkson for AD too.
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Could trade Clarkson for AD too.
#sixers officially announce the Markelle Fultz workout for 6 pm tonight.
smd Ainge
RIP Celtics vs Lakers rivalry of the 2020s
smd Ainge
RIP Celtics vs Lakers rivalry of the 2020s
LyleLanley
Banned
Unlikely, Lakers would need to include mozgov and magics not that dumb.
Cornbread78
Member
Fuck off Danny.
If you do this shit without bringing in proven NBA all-star talent to boost the team you're a fucking moron and should go for a long walk off a short pier in Nantucket, you fucking asset clown.
If you do this shit without bringing in proven NBA all-star talent to boost the team you're a fucking moron and should go for a long walk off a short pier in Nantucket, you fucking asset clown.
silver.tongue
Member
Thats seems to be the case... the trade isnt good for Boston unless they dont really want Fultz and feel like they cn get their guy (Jackson) at #3.
It looks worse than it is because we are all assuming Fultz is gonna shine in the league.
Personally, I look at him and I see Dlo... not much else.
Cornbread78
Member
No, it's still pretty bad if he's just trying to stockpile more assets. Danny has a hard on for assets. So many assets that not a single one of them has become a star as of yet. He will keep trying for that SA/GS luck, but it's not gonna happen.
darkwing-buck
Member
I don't think anyone is really good at drafting in that range. The Warriors hit 2 players huge in that area, but sandwiched in there were plenty of Ike Diogu, Patrick O'Bryant, Ekpe Udoh and Anthony Randolphs in that exact range. Ainge's record in that area (given he's only made one lottery pick outside the top 3) stands up pretty well.
I'm more in favor of staying put and taking Fultz, and I don't think the Celts make this deal to acquire more future picks - it just doesn't make sense for them. If it happens I expect Danny to have deals in place for established veterans.
silver.tongue
Member
"Trust The Process https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/876138789378433024/photo/1" - @JoelEmbiid
Kill me.
I want this to happen but I still say its not going to.
darkwing-buck
Member
The deal isn't totally set in stone yet right? Ainge still has time to pull out of the deal?
I just had a flash of GM Shawn Kemp.
It now sounds like they might wait until draft night to make sure the Lakers don't take Jackson at 2.
darkwing-buck
Member
Is Jackson's defense and rebounding a real edge to Fultz's scoring output and offensive skills?
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Man... Fultz, Simmons, and Embiid on the same squad in their prime is scary to think about. Just sign some 3 and D vets at the 2/3 spots and that team is an instant contender.
if they are healthy...
They just faxed me the signed contracts. Sorry. Wait, actually, it just says "Okafor for #1 draft pick".
Jackson isn't a very good defensive rebounder, so it's not really a feather in his cap either way.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Trading Fultz for nothing but picks seems really dumb.
Trading Pierce and KG for late round draft picks seems really dumb
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Washed up vets =/= young stud
darkwing-buck
Member
I mean Ainge has to know something about Fultz that we don't know.
Right?
The point is that trade looked terrible when it happened too. If the picks they got from trading down turned into top 3 picks then Danny looks like a genius again.
The fear was more that the trio they traded weren't already that washed up and not known commodities anymore, plus not being able to draw anyone later after they all sort of imploded at once. This isn't really the same concept at all. It's perhaps the same concept in that Fultz could suck so it's a play on expectations in that regard, but otherwise, these would be different things as everyone you draft can end up sucking.
Dude is bad
Ayyyyy, wanna start a "Josh Jackson maybe probably doesn't have an easy road at all to being that good" fan club? You can be a founding member with me.
All of these guys have some part of them that's worrying and that will make you say now "No way can he be an all star". It's a crap shoot unless you have someone like LeBron available.
SwipeLeftHoney
Banned
All you people criticizing Ainge don't realize how much he's fleecing the Sixers here. I think it's Fultz's attitude that turns Ainge off of him. Probably worried he won't fit in with what the Celtics want to do.
I want a transferable skill other than Marcus Smart intangibles. At least if had some type of physical advantage it would be an easier pill to swallow.
Hindsight will tell us what was/should have been the correct decision for sure. I have faith that he hasn't lost it but I wonder what he has planned if he doesn't want Fultz.
Talent trumps all imo. Also, Jackson has had off the court issues so I don't think that argument works lol.
SwipeLeftHoney
Banned
It's all about scheme. You have a guard like Fultz who's a gunner and he might not fit well with the Celts scheme. Plus inheriting either the Sixers 1st next year or the one the Sixers have from the Lakers which is unprotected is too good of a deal to refuse to compliment Jackson. Y'all don't see the bigger picture I tell you... Ainge has made the Celts a contender and you guys crucifying him here...
People sleep on Fultz passing due to some sort of narrative about him just being a scorer. If anything the thing the Celtics are missing is a top player and Fultz is probably their best shot at that.
We didn't watch the same playoffs if you think the Celtics are contenders.
Frozenprince
Banned
Danny wants to get bodied by the Dubs 2-3 times instead of Bron.
Good strategy! (it's a horrible strategy)
Good strategy! (it's a horrible strategy)
SwipeLeftHoney
Banned
It was their first playoff run in awhile. They're a young team and will learn and improve from that.
What do you mean "you guys"? What are you trying to say?
Lauri is the light in the darkness if you've been here, so watch yourself.
Sounds great
The Celtics core is older than the Warriors core and that doesn't really fix the star issue unless you think Brown is that guy and even then his timeline doesn't match up well with your best players. To contend theses days you need someone on the level of Curry and LeBron.
They don't know anything about basketball in general.
friskykillface
Banned
At least get Jamill Okafor or some shit
2020+ pick, that's dumb af
Ainge you dummy
2020+ pick, that's dumb af
Ainge you dummy