19 Mar 2021 02:34:58
Magic/Boston

Magic get Romeo Langford Aaron Nesmith Payton Pritchard Tristan Thompson Javonte Green(release) 2021 first round pick(unprotected).via Boston 2023 first round pick(unprotected).via Boston 2021 second round pick.via Boston 2022 second round pick.via Boston

Boston get Nikola Vucevic Terrance Ross Dwayne Bacon

Magic receive veteran player + three young players + three draft picks

Boston receive three veterans players

Magic going to release Javonte Green & Gary Clark

19 Mar 2021 09:53:59
Boston is not interested in Vucevic. He doesn't address their needs but rather prevents them from doing so.

19 Mar 2021 12:26:56
If you’re not interested in an all star at a position of weakness, you’re doing it wrong.

19 Mar 2021 15:01:54
Center is not a weak spot for Boston. They need a wing and depth. This should be well known.

19 Mar 2021 15:48:20
Rank Boston’s starting center among all centers. 20th? 25th? It’s certainly not a strength.

Take out the “position of weakness then”. If you’re not interested at all in an all star at a position you don’t have an all star at, you’re doing it wrong.

19 Mar 2021 17:01:45
They have 3 centers who play around equal minutes and do a fine job. They are very thin in other places, and a trade for Vucevic would leave them even more thin. Boston trading for that player is a ridiculous idea.

19 Mar 2021 18:10:26
I kinda get what Nightcap is trying to say. The Celtics do not need a "scoring" center that needs basketball "touches" as much as they need a defensive, rebounding center. Why "overpay" for a center that your team is not going to using everything that he can provide?

I think Boston would be way more interested in sending a young player + 1 first for, let's say, Capela then sending a young player + 2 firsts for Vucevic.

19 Mar 2021 19:31:55
While I get that thought process, if it’s the difference of one first, give me the vastly superior player over the one that fits a bit better.

19 Mar 2021 20:51:43
The center position has been very good for Boston this year with Robert Williams emerging. They are absolutely desperate for a starting caliber forward and bench help. You hurt yourself there even more if you make this trade and you lose the TPE and your assets. Take a look at the 3 centers for Boston combined and remember that Vucevics scoring will go down. I keep seeing you guys say he's an all star center. So what? It's not like he's perennial all NBA.

Would he be an all star on Boston with 3 other guys taking a lot of shots? They'd be paying for one though. With the TPE, their own picks, and tradable players, they could add 2-4 good players and fill all of their holes. If they trade for Vucevic, that's it, and that's not enough. If that's not enough, the trade is not worthwhile. It's a lateral move at best for the present, and a hurtful move going forward. If you watch all of the team's games and really think about it, it doesn't make any sense.

20 Mar 2021 01:15:54
I don't know why, but I keep seeing Vucevic as a Pelican for Adams, Hart + 2 Lakers firsts being the best offer Orlando gets.

Plus, I don't see Danny Ainge ever "overpaying" for a player.