Only included him because it's the easiest way to match salary on an Ed/Vonleh/Collins for Brown/filler deal (which is essentially what any POR big for BOS wing would have to be). Only other way I see is:
Certainly a plus in my book, yes, but I'm also trying to find ways to make the salaries match while keeping the deal relatively balanced. How 'bout this Semi-excluding deal? As an added bonus for Boston, it sends the Celtics every player on our roster that grew up in the Boston area.
Probably. But if we could get the #3 pick from last year's draft--who happens to fill a position of need (IMO)--shouldn't they at least consider it?
In the current NBA, big for small is not really that big a deal anymore. And I believe that Brown very well could be a game-changer, at least much moreso than Collins, given our present depth charts at the 3 and 5 spots.
Likely he wouldn't. IMO the only way he would would be for a package like what I created--a big who can improve the team immediately while also being an expiring contract, and two young front-court lottery prospects who can solidify the team's future rotation. From the Celtics' standpoint, with Hayward and Tatum in house for at least the next 4 years, who would project to be of greater value to them over the long-haul: Brown or Vonleh/Collins?
I'm basing this on the majority opinion that Harkless at the 3 is the biggest gap in our starting lineup. Not everyone is as high on him as you are.
Agreed--which is why my first post contained the caveat:
Depends on your perspective. He rebounds, he defends, and he can score a little. What more do we really need from the PF spot given what surrounds him at 1/2/5? Clearly they're not quite the same caliber of player, but would anyone have called Buck Williams the weak spot in the '90 team's starting lineup? Vonleh's an offensive-efficiency-uptick away from being a very similar player, and is only 21 (until tomorrow).
Like I said, not the same level of player or talent, but I'm not really comparing the player (especially since one was in his prime and the other is barely old enough to have graduated college) so much as the role. Buck's role on those early 90's squads is very similar to Vonleh's role on this team, and honestly I think he's very close to being able to fill that role nearly as well as Buck did.
Agreed! I'd take even "bitter beer face" vs. Mild LeoTARD dumbass I hate ur face any day!
I think that Boston will sign Tony Allen, then maybe would could entice them with a trade of Ed Davis for Marcus Smart and BOS's right to Swap 1sts with us in 2018.
