Source: https://streamable.com/pej83f
Full transcript:
> KOC: I mean the Celtics are the interesting one there because, whether it means anything or not, BetOnline has them as the favorites… The odds makers’ favorites to land Dame behind Miami. And I don’t think that necessarily matters a whole lot here, but it’s at least interesting considering the fact that, you know, Spears reported earlier in the Summer that Tatum was recruiting Dame.
> KOC: I’ve been saying that Boston should go after him since those rumors started in July. They can put together an interesting offer at the least.
> KOC: The Celtics can trade up to four first round picks, two in ’24, one in ’26, one in 2030. They have eight second round picks they can deal in the future. It’s tough to come up with the money, but they could do it. Brogdon, Robert Williams, Payton Pritchard, Luke Kornet, Sam Hauser, Jordan Walsh. Walsh was just an early second round draft pick that some teams had ranked as a first rounder. So really like five first round picks, plus a young guy in Robert Williams. Maybe you flip him to Phoenix in the Ayton situation. I don’t think the offer is better than what the Raptors could do or what some other teams can do, but I do think it’s better than what the Heat could do. And that’s the interesting thing here.
> GUEST: Well, there’s no better player than Herro in that deal.
> KOC: But it’s not about how a player is valued in a vacuum. It’s about how they’re valued to the Portland Trail Blazers. Herro does not have a lot of value to the Blazers. They are invested in Shaedon Sharpe. They have young players in that backcourt. Herro just doesn’t make sense for that team. He’s redundant. That’s why they’re so adamant about trying to flip him elsewhere. By the way, if Herro had a lot of value league-wide, he would have been flipped for multiple first-round draft picks. Teams don’t see the value in Herro at this point. He’s been a Dud in the playoffs other than his bubble series against the Celtics. He has not produced. They went to the finals without him.
> GUEST: Well in fairness, he didn’t play.
> KOC: They didn’t want him back! Because they were better off without him! He has been a Dud in the playoffs since the bubble his rookie year.
> GUEST: Hold on. Now, did they not want him back or they didn’t want him back if they could get Damian Lillard? There’s a big difference.
> KOC: No, I’m saying in the Finals… In the Finals, they did not want him back.
I decided to work the trade machine to see how a Phoenix/Portland/Boston trade would work under these parameters and this is what I came with:
Boston receives:
* Damian Lillard
* Nassir Little
Phoenix receives:
* Jusuf Nurkic
* Robert Williams III
* Payton Pritchard
* Luke Kornet
Portland receives:
* Deandre Ayton
* Jordan Walsh
* Al Horford
* Malcolm Brogdon
* 4 first round picks from BOS
* 4 second round picks from BOS
Boston gets another big name to pair with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis while managing to have Nassir Little and Derrick White with them. Bench gets kinda rough though.
Phoenix gets to re-tool their center rotation with 3 capable guys (Nurkic, Williams III, Eubanks) and gets a young backup PG.
Portland gets a young center, a young 6’7 wing, two veterans they can get mentorship from and flip later, and an insane amount of draft capital.
by UnbiasedNBAFan_
2 Comments
Who’s playing center for Celtics ? Bill Simmons ?
I’d take the Boston deal immediately foh lmao.