The Kristaps Porzingis trade took the NBA by storm last night, with the Boston Celtics sending Marcus Smart to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for two first round picks, and the Washington Wizards receiving Tyus Jones in the trade.
The fact that it had to be a Marcus Smart trade is sure to leave Celtics fans in shambles, but I truthfully don’t think you should be too upset about what you got for him. Porzingis is gonna do a lot for Boston, and his playmaking ability is actually a perfect fit alongside Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. See the Boston Celtics trade away such an important piece of the core is sad, but this might be what the Celtics need to get over the hump.
And I’m sure not too many people care, BUT after the Bradley Beal trade and now the Kristaps Porzingis trade and getting Tyus Jones in return, I think the Wizards are doing a fantastic job of kickstarting their rebuild.
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37 Comments
Who do you think won the trade?
very good trade for Boston i think
Defensive Liability and a black hole on offense. C's did not improve.
This reminds me of Kyrie to dallas but they gave up way less (for boston)
I still dont see them winning the chip next season π€·
The most underuitilized talent in the NBA. He can be as good as Jokic playing high post and pick and roll. He inly needs a coach who usnersysnd basic bashetball dynamics.
what a week for the family, a big trade and dad tried to take over Russia.
really wished the brogdon trade went through because id flourish more with marcus smart than brogdon imo
he will average 12 ppg while playing 50% of games trash trade
You know as soon as Ja comes back Smart is going to act like heβs the star and he WILL tell you how great he thinks he is.
So Galinari ate up a year's salary, did nothing, and now he's moving on. Must be nice to be a pro athlete.
It was time to move on from Smart
Thanks
Yβall bout to trick yβall selves into him being the piece . Buddy is bout to be more than a headache . Yβall have zero zero! Idea and yβall traded Marcus lmao
Thats a terrible trade
Grizzlies won the trade
Gingus pingus ftw
Boston needs to stop playing iso ball thats their biggest problem
Scott Dissick
I just hope Tatum and Brown can finally grow a sack
Porzingas will do nothing to improve this team.
Really excellent analysis. I would like to hear your best case scenario of the new look Dubs and how Chris Paul will fit.
Iβd say a W trade for Boston.
But losing Smarts leadership will take a hit to the team and Brown / Tatum arenβt vocal guys
Problem with him has been injuries… If he can stay on the court Celts will be better offensively
8 of the 10 top post scorers are international players..
We now have a post player scorer
Smart was overrated DOESNT mean he was bad he was just way to hyped up he was no star just a decent player this is a win for Boston
Now they need to make the Dame for Jalen trade. This will give them an elite point, wing and big.
Especially jb
Boston going big like Denver.
Good breakdown!
trade is shit he is pron to injuries and he is inconsistent as fuck , but i hope everything works out
Its not even make sense at all..π
Why the Chris Paul trade was actually genius?
all that very well said, except their coach was ime udoka back in 2021, and now they're coached by an idiot called mazzula who only tells players to shoot 3's
It's all speculation. We will see…
Best dou