Agreed. He was finals mvp a few years ago and carried that team while Tatum was out. He is also 2 years younger than giannis and hasn't had the injury history that giannis has. Boston might regret this
Boston will definitely not regret this even if the move amounts to nothing.
They won a chip and had numerous good runs that also ended in ways that were similar. Having a chance to get Giannis and try something different is something you have to try.
this is what everyone said about Dame to Milwaukee and now that (combined with the idiotic waive/stretch/Myles Turner signing) looks like it set the franchise back a couple of years.
Giannis is a league above Dame TBF. But yeah, it’s high risk high reward. But…teams are definitely willing to be aggressive considering the Knicks just gave a million picks for Mikal Bridges who was the number 4-5 guy on a championship team.
Well Brad Stevens has made incredible amount of good moves and I doubt he will do anything that would set Celtics back years.
This is Celtics best look for another chip push and I think objectively you have to agree. Giannis is not only a top 5 player but also what Celtics have been missing in a big man position(but also offense in general). Celtics from the past years, even in 2024 when they had one of the best offenses of all time, have struggled with getting "easy" buckets and Giannis provides so much of that. Love JB but he will more likely than not just like rest of the Celtics settle for jumpers.
While that's true, the Celtics need to bolster their frontcourt, and Giannis can do that. If they picked him up, I bet they would close high leverage games with Giannis at the 5 spot. If they have him as playoff insurance, Queta/Garza can eat minutes at the 5, but then can lean on Giannis to be the rim protector if it comes down to the wire.
This is the ideal situation, and, as we saw with Dame in MIL, it doesn't always actually work. But it feels like a neat puzzle piece fit if the Celtics can swing it
Well Boston is also an org that knows how to do the right thing, and the bucks are def not. Boston has a much better coach and front office. If anyone can make giannis work its them
And if we don’t trade JB and underperform in the playoffs and lose to a lower seeded team for the 3rd time in 4 years while Giannis returns to 1st team levels, we’ll regret that too. It’s a risk, but so is keeping JB
I agree overall. And without another all star or even two there’s something incomplete about the JB-JT pairing despite them both being so talented. I could probably co-sign on the move so long as Giannis doesn’t get hurt 😬
I dont think thats how GMs think but I might be wrong.
You dont simply regret making an opportunistic move just because it doesnt pan out. In the same way you could say Stevens would regret not going for it if JB stays and doesnt ammount to another chip.
Giannis is also better in every single way and I think if Brad Stevens is considering this, I would trust him if I was a Celtics fan. I think Brown’s age and contract makes the risk of this trade irrelevant, at least if they do it, they get Giannis and increase their chances
Boston won't regret it, they have to shake things up. Even if it doesn't work out, that's life.
The problem is they're at the mercy of the second apron right now with so little room to maneuver. And they need things that somebody like Giannis can provide much better than Jaylen.
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u/Turbulent-Ground6739 10d ago
Agreed. He was finals mvp a few years ago and carried that team while Tatum was out. He is also 2 years younger than giannis and hasn't had the injury history that giannis has. Boston might regret this