Celtics open to trading the 25th pick
The Boston Celtics will think about moving out of the first round of tonight’s NBA Draft. (ESPN)
The Boston Celtics are taking a hard look at Marquette’s Jimmy Butler and Boston College’s Reggie Jackson with the 25th pick in the draft. But there’s another potential option for Boston.
The Celtics are open to moving out of the draft altogether if they can trade their pick for a young player. The Celtics have a $2.4 million trade exception that would allow them to take back a young player without having to send anything in return other than the 25th pick.
Sadly, trading the 25th pick in this (weak) draft will not fetch any good, cheap, young player (unless David Kahn’s in a giving mood). If the Celtics do trade the 25th pick, their prerogative would likely be to save themselves money and a roster spot rather than to find any useful, young talent. The Celtics could package the pick with something else, of course, but if they are trading the pick by itself, it won’t return much value. I see the Celtics trading the choice only if they feel nobody left on the board will help them next season.
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Celtics Blog, Draft Central | Jay King | June 23, 2011
Oh Jesus, this is what I was worried about. JUST DON’T MAKE ANY MOVES, DANNY. You’ve made enough ‘bold’ (as Jay so sweetly put it) moves for a while.
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Make the move Danny, make the move!!! Move up not backwards. Be bold, be aggressive, and make another statement move. Find us a great rebounder and a true Celtics first player that buys into team and not ‘I’, as we all know (except Davis) there is no ‘I’ in team. Go Cs….
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Why don’t we just trade for a young player from another team that has been in the NBA a few years? It seems more logical than to trade up.
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