Celtics/NBA Off-Season/Draft - Celtics complete sign-and-trade, send Gordon Hayward to Hornets

[DangleCity]

He is in his late 20's, but he's also only been in the NBA for 3 seasons and I've seen improvement in each one. I think it's still within his reach to hit another level.

He definitely is what is he at this point. He's played professional basketball for 10 years. Im not really sure you are going to get anymore out of him at this point. He has a nice role on this team. It would be diminishing returns from him with more minutes or a larger role

 

[Gator Mike]

 

[Gator Mike]

 

[CDJ]

Gotta be honest, the hornets may be the most brain dead franchise ever. With or W/o a S + T

 

[Smitty93]

Basically 4 years/$147M for Hayward. Yikes.

 

[Gator Mike]

 

[Gator Mike]

 

[BostonBob]

Ainge has one full year to use this TPE.

 

[CDJ]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyy


Good stuff

a year of wild rumors

 

[N o o d l e s]

28.5m now available to add help. Danny has no excuses now. I don’t care if we don’t pick in the first round the next five years

 

[McGarnagle]

Which megastars will be available to get with that trade exception?

 

[CDJ]

Which megastars will be available to get with that trade exception?

Myles Turner

 

[Smitty93]

Myles Turner

 

[08SeaBass08]

Yep. Danny's certainly clueless. Totally mismanaged that into the largest trade exception in league history.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Can this trade exception only be used for a one year deal? Or can you sign a FA to a multi year deal at that salary?

 

[Troublesome 85]

Have heard Demar Derozan wants out of SA. Wonder if they could swing a trade for him or would he be redundant?

 

[CDJ]

Can this trade exception only be used for a one year deal? Or can you sign a FA to a multi year deal at that salary?

I believe they could use it for a S + T next offseason if they so choose, or they can use it to absorb $28.5 mill worth of salary in a deal without having to match salaries (which is huge for us because that means we don’t need to give up a guy like Smart to improve the team)

Edit: altho maybe we can’t use it in a sign and trade next offseason, idk cap rules be crazy

So let’s say Oladipo plays well at the beginning of next year and Indy brass has soured on him a little like there have been whispers about- the Celtics would hypothetically be able to do something like Langford and 2 1sts without having to worry about matching salaries


I bet it’s used next offseason. Either to upgrade or hold a team trying to clear cap for Giannis over a barrel