It seems clear that today's announcement by Rich Paul and Klutch Sports is designed to short-circuit Boston's bid to land AD. With the restrictions on Boston's ability to trade for both Kyrie and Davis due to league rules, the C's face the prospect of missing out for good on a player they've been plotting to land for years now.
Do desperate times call for desperate measures? The Pels main interest from the Celts is Jayson Tatum and multiple draft picks + some supporting pieces. So, to get Davis as the anchor of your franchise possibly for the next decade, the Celtics need to get creative.
Trade Kyrie, Tatum and Brown or Smart + 3 first rounders to the Pels for Davis + Hill (trade machine approved!). The Pels get the key guy they want in a trade + picks. The C's perhaps sacrifice this season to get Davis on board.
The key is at the end of the season Kyrie opts out of his deal and heads back to Boson, either as a free agent or in a sign-and-trade. Obviously all this is predicated on Kyrie wanting to resign with Boston. But the Celtics whole plan is predicated on that foundation. If Kyrie doesn't want to resign with Boston, trading him now makes no difference. If he does want to play with Davis in Boston, then he's going to resign with them in the offseason. Doesn't seem like that much of a risk for Boston, other than disrupting this year's team. But, again, if Boston wants to get Davis, they may need to get creative and you'd still be adding AD to a squad that made it to the Eastern Conference finals last year (minus Tatum, of course).
I'm sure there is a big flaw in here somewhere. Tell me why this isn't a viable gambit.
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Originally Posted by msusousaphone
