Still A Chance For Celtics Trades or Transactions

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Still a chance for Celtics trades or transactions

By Jeff Clark  @celticsblog  on Sep 4 2014, 10:30p  19  





 
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Maybe not big fireworks, but perhaps a bottle rocket or at least a sprinkler.


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The days creep by and the possibility of a big trade to bring in help for Rondo seems pretty far fetched at this point.  Unless Ainge steps in to make an unexpected play for Eric Bledsoe or Greg Monroe, or goes in the other direction and deals Rondo himself it seems like we've mostly got the team we'll start the season with.

With that said, there's a couple of notes I'd like to make.  First, here we are more than a month later and we STILL haven't gotten official word of Evan Turner's signing.  Second, we've got too many players and too much salary at the moment.  Third, it may interest you to know that on September 10th Danny Ainge will have the ability to package Marcus Thornton in trades if he so chooses.




Dates of note: Trade restrictions, traded player exceptions, etc. - CelticsBlog


There's also a timeline restriction on Marcus Thornton and Tyler Zeller.  Either one can be sent out in a trade by themselves at any time.  However, if the Celtics wish to package them in a trade, they'll have to wait until Sept. 10th (two months after the trade from the Nets was made official) to do so.



Before we get fired up for fireworks it is worth noting that the Celtics were paid a first rounder just to take Thornton's salary.  That salary could be used for matching up numbers in a larger trade package or it might just be an expiring contract that the Celtics allow to expire after the season.

Still, even if the Celtics don't make a larger deal, there's a better than good chance that they'll pull of some kind of small, cleaning-up-the-books deal as camp approaches.


Why hasn't Evan Turner been officially signed yet? Here are some theories - CelticsBlog


Ainge frequently finds creative ways to waive players without actually having to waive them.  Last year around this time he traded Fab Melo (and cash) for Donte Greene and waived Greene him a few days later. In other deals Ainge has traded Luke Harangody, Semih Erden, Marquis Daniels, Sam Cassell, and Patrick O'Bryant in separate deals that netted us several heavily protected 2nd round picks that are still listed in our "picks owed" but will never be exercised.  Usually there's some kind of (minor) cap rationale for these deals but the bottom line is that if Ainge can save some room under the cap by making a trade instead of simply cutting someone, he'll do it.



So we've got that to look forward to.

Yay?




bob
MY NOTE:  We know Danny's trying to create roster space. At this point, however, I think we're hoping to be the bridesmaid, not the bride. Team A trades with Team B and they need Danny to throw some players into the deal to make the numbers work. He has Bogans in his hip pocket for that, as well as the much smaller unguaranteed contracts of Chris Johnson and Chris Babb. Whether something happens or not, we can still sign Evan Turner if we release those 3 players.



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well my Phoenix- Knicks- Celtics deal can't happen til Sept10th.

I've had the feeling, since the Zeller deal, that Danny's not through for the summer. He has a reason, besides having enough bodies for training camp, for such a large roster. (He doesn't need nearly that many for camp; in fact, it could create a preseason traffic jam.)

Along with minor deals to reduce the roster size, it would be nice if at least one of his transactions could include receiving a rotation player. But, as I see it, he's dealing from only one position of strength now. All those crap shoot picks. I'd love to see some of them traded for known value.

Sam

kdp59 wrote:well my Phoenix- Knicks- Celtics deal can't happen til Sept10th.

Only 5 more days, maybe we see some deals go down then!!