Proposed Trade: Rasheed Wallace and C’s 2 picks in 2010, for Elton Brand and the #2 pick in the draft. Philly is desperate to dump Brand’s contract, and Wallace is likely to retire. The C’s can get a quality big to put on the bench and backup Perkins as he returns from knee surgery without adding too much to the payroll. Wallace was slated for 6 million next year. You combine Wallace’s salary with Scalabrine’s salary, and it’s not that big a hit, especially considering you would be able to draft a high impact player like Evan Turner. ‘Sheed is a Philly guy, so he would get a chance to retire in Philly, and Boston could reduce the number of technicals the team absorbed this year. Where the Celtics aren’t in the market for a max contract free agent, this is a way to add a big splash.
Why this won’t work: The Celtic’s won’t want to add salary for an aging former all-star. The Sixers won’t want to give up the #2 pick just to dump salary and draft a couple of projects.
Why this could work: The Celtics must know that they’ll need another big man with Rasheed possibly retiring and Perkins having knee surgery. They don’t have max player salary space, so they can’t bid for Boozer or Bosh. Philly could combine the picks to move back up into the draft to get a stronger player and still dump the bad contract. Analysts are calling this a balanced and deep draft, so they could probably find someone around 10 (Indiana?) to deal with.
Proposed Trade #2: Reports are surfacing that Minnesota is willing to trade Al Jefferson to balance their team for the triangle offense they will be running under Rambis. How about a Ray Allen sign and trade for Al Jefferson.
Why it won’t work: Ray Allen really isn’t the prototypical wing player needed for the triangle. Ray Allen probably wouldn’t want to end his career trying to get the Wolves to the playoffs. The Celtics would probably prefer to try and retain Ray Allen themselves.
Why this could work: If it is the biggest contract Ray could get, he might take it, as it is the last contract he’ll get. Combining the shooting ability of Ray Allen with the solid point guard play and low post scoring in Minnesota should make the offense click and provide a veteran presence. Besides, at least then Minnesota could claim they netted Ray Allen for Kevin Garnett (eventually.) The Celtics could have theoretically gotten their shooting guard of the future in Evan Turner, so retaining Allen wouldn’t be quite so important.
Resulting Lineup (assuming some re-signing)
Perkins Brand
Garnett Davis
Pierce Finley
Turner T. Allen
Rondo Robinson
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