Westbrook to the Celtics?
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A real possibility... I don't think BOS has enough talent to pull it off though.
If I were OKC I would at least look at high 1st in next year's draft.. and don't think BOS has 1.
If I were OKC I would at least look at high 1st in next year's draft.. and don't think BOS has 1.
Talent as in FO talent or tradeable assets?
They certainly have both.
Jaylen Brown is looking very good in Summer League, like a powerhouse SF who could play 4 in modern lineups.
Marcus Smart, while I'm not a fan, is at least a defensive specialist who is still young enough to be considered to have offensive potential.
Outside of that they are talent thing on the rookie contract spectrum, but they have those 2 Brookyln picks, those trump all.
Tradeable assets... Ainge is probably the shrewdest GM there is.
I thought they already used that on Brown?
Cappy_Smurf
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I think it will happen, and it will be less than what you might expect, since there is a very real possibility he bolts next year. Celt's have the right to swap picks with the Nets next year. They also have Nets 2018 1st, as well as 2019 1sts from clips and grizzlies.
Ainge will gamble that the team will be good enough to convince RW to stay.
Ainge will gamble that the team will be good enough to convince RW to stay.
OK with those many picks I think it could happen too, didn't know they have that many.
The Lakers already have D'Angelo Russell though.. but yeah they could probably trade him for another piece if Westbrook signs with them.
A little off topic, but my 13-year-old son and his friends went to the Jazz-Sixers summer league game and Boston played the other game. Jaylen Brown signed autographs and mingled with all of the kids for a long time. They couldn't say enough good things about Jaylen. Ben Simmons wanted nothing to do with anyone, didn't sign any autographs, and didn't even look at the kids hoping to meet him. Boston probably just won over some fans due to Jaylen. Two of my son's friends are among the best in the state at basketball and probably a lock for college scholarships. Afterwards we talked and their dissapointment with Simmons was pretty strong. The experience probably brought home the importance of respecting the fans and the game.
Simmons has a long history of this.
Thankfully there are more players like Jaylen than there are players like Ben.
To keep stuff in perspective: Simmons job description isn't signing autographs, it's playing (and winning) basketball games. Some players might like to spend the last 60 min before a game in solitude as it helps them gain focus, deal with tension/expectations.
Others may take a different approach and try to stay loose, distract themselves.
Did they try again after the game was over?
Obviously, but being negatively polarizing can also be a quality asset from a marketing standpoint as it helps outline the positives of others, when we're talking about it like this.
In a vacuum it's probably not good.
I also think it's ****ty to completely stop any interaction with fans(especially younger ones), but at the same time I realize that the last hour before tip off can be a time reserved for focus. If he doesn't perform because he isn't focused, then he'll get no NBA paychecks no matter how good he is with kids and writing his signature on different surfaces. Athlete first, entertainer second.
Well just because someone feels mistreated doesn't always mean a 3rd person observer would come to that conclusion as well. There surely are officials Sixers events where the players are required to write signatures for an hour. Just because a player doesn't want to do it in a certain 30 min time frame doesn't mean he's generally like that, despite it being quite possible as indicated here that Simmons in particular has a history of neglecting fans.