Just Win Baby said:
Suppose the trade is #1 to PHI for #3 and 2018 Lakers 1st.
If I haven't missed something, I think that means BOS owns the following:
2017 #3
2017 #37
2017 #53
2017 #56
2018 Nets 1st
2018 Lakers 1st
2018 Celtics 1st
2019 Celtics 1st
2019 Memphis 1st
2019 Clippers 1st
2019 Pistons 2nd
2020 Celtics 1st
2020 Heat 2nd
2020 Celtics 2nd
That is a lot of draft capital. Assuming they use the #3 pick this year, what would it take as a combo of picks and players for them to trade for Butler?
Could they sign Hayward, draft at #3, and still fit Butler and their redshirt Euro players under the cap rules? What players would they have to drop/move to do that?
If not, would trading back to #4 or #5 make a difference?
I can't find a better source than this thread for assimilating all of the possibilities.
I think this is what their cap situation is if they renounce everybody and cut all unguaranteed contracts:
Al Horford $27,734,405.00
Avery Bradley $8,808,989.00
Jae Crowder $6,796,117.00
Isaiah Thomas $6,261,395.00
Jaylen Brown $4,956,480.00
Marcus Smart $4,538,020.00
Terry Rozier $1,988,520.00
Demetrius Jackson $1,384,750.00
#3 Pick $5,645,400.00
Min Salary Cap Hold $815,615.00
Min Salary Cap Hold $815,615.00
Min Salary Cap Hold $815,615.00
Total Salary $70,560,921.00
Approx Cap Space $30,439,079.00
That would leave them juuuuuust enough to offer Hayward a max contract. After they signed Hayward they could trade for Butler, but they would need to include about $13.7million in salaries (Bradley and Crowder mostly likely). That leaves them without a power forward (unless they draft one), or much in the way of backups outside of their guards. I'm sure they could get creative and do something more complex than what I have, but I think that Butler and Hayward would leave them little chance of having a respectable front court rotation.