The Brooklyn Nets are pursuing a blockbuster deal with the Boston Celtics to acquire future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
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Celtics better not be the reason this doesn't work. Obviously getting the inferior players but this isn't 2005 anymore and they get 3 1st rounders.Comment -
If I'm the celtics I would make this trade in a heartbeat, especially if Garnett is okay with it. Wallace and Humpries are decent pieces and lets not forget they still have Rondo to build around. Considering how deep next years draft is projected to be nothing wrong with sucking for a year to be better in the longterm.Comment -
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Terry tooComment -
If you get D. Will Johnson Pierce Garnett on 1 team that team is the 2nd favorite in the east easily.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
deal sounds like its gonna go downComment -
tanking for WigginsComment -
as a nets fan i dont want those players
by the playoffs in 2014 they will be washed up and dealing with tons of injuriesComment -
How much do these dinosaurs have left? Both near 40 after logging tons of minutes in reg and post season over the years. Both of these guys would be better served swallowing some pride and taking more of a reserve roll like Ray Allen did with the Heat. These guys cannot give you 38/43 good quality minutes every night and still have enough left to get thru a post season anymore. Pierce's game has always worked despite being slow and ugly but it will only get worse with time and watching him brick enough jump shots to build a new gym this post season my optimism if I were a Nets fan would not be strong.Comment -
yeah i dont know how this would be a blockbuster... maybe 5 years agoComment -
you guys don't understand. Pierce has always been the first option on the Celts. Always. KG has been the first option for most of his career til he joined PP.
D will is the superstar on the team, JJ is an all star. You have to now understand tthat Pierce is gonna have a huge load taken off him. He's the third option on the team.... that's uncanny for a guy like him.
Plus, if they can keep Lopez...man, as a miami fan, i'm worried. i'm very worried.
All this talk about Tony Parker and best pg's in the league changing every 5 minutes for these analysts. For me, the 2 best PGs in the league for the past 5 years have been Chris Paul and then Derron Williams and everyone else is a notch below.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
Celts need to do the deal, fire Ainge after season and bring Larry Legend in to run team in summer of 2014. He'll utilize the picks to build a championship caliber squad.
Ainge sucks more dick than rifelman.Comment -
Deron top 2 pg in nba? You are a moron.Originally posted by Goat MilkComment -
Game 2 2012 East Finals. Rondo takes a shit on anything Paul or Williams has ever done. Don't give a penetrate about regular season.Originally posted by Goat MilkComment -
As a Nets fan I'm fine with it....We don't have the cap room to make anything better happen, might as well go for it all
KG and Pierce are still good players but there will only be like a 2 year windowComment -
Agree..this is the only real shot at making noise in the east...otherwise they be just like the hawks: always stuck somewhere between the 4-6 seed and lucky to make it out the first round come playoff time.Originally posted by MoneyLineDawgComment -
Nets get KG, Pierce, and Terry.. Celtics get Reggie Evans, Gerald Wallace, and a few future picks.
GG celtics.Comment -
when does kidd sign a 10 day contract to be player coach and ultimately end up being their first pg off the benchComment -
Chris Paul is the most overrated pos in the nba.Comment -
Unreal. Terrible move by both sides. A new coach with veteran players almost his age is not going to end well. When this team struggles, the finger pointing will begin. What a fukking circus in NJ!Comment -
BK gueyOriginally posted by The Kraken
they left nj krakkerComment -
take it in boysComment -
Kevin Garnett only playing 27-28 minutes a game will be very effective and be fresh come playoff time. Nets lose Reggie Evans but draft Mason Plumlee to do basically the same thing. Marshon Brooks and Jason Terry off the bench. This team is deep and versatile.Comment -
Excited to see this. The only way it could not take place is if the idiot Garnett doesn't waive his no-trade clause. Guy has couple years left at best, why piss it away in Boston, rather than go try to make one last run at a ring.Comment -
How not top 2. Best offensive PG by a long stretch in my eyes. Only reason Paul is ahead of him is because what he does on both ends. Williams is a 6'3 220 pound PG with the best 3 point shot for a pg in the nba, you do realize that? 2nd or 3rd best ball handler after CP3 and then maybe Kyrie.Originally posted by Grits n' Gravy
Guy is flat out unstoppable. He took the worst jazz teams to the playoffs every year, WCF a couple years I think? Guy played with no one. No one.
Just look at his numbers. 18 and 9 dimes for a career. Guy is just getting warmed up too. He's gonna average close to 20 and 10 for a CAREER when it's all said and done.
Paul is at 19 and close to 10 dimes I think with 2.5 steals. Next thing your gonna say Paul won't go down as one of the best pg's of all time which is obvious that he will.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
Nets are effin' stupid. Garnett and Pierce are over the hill. 3 first round draft picks are gold. Within 2 years they will be worthless for the next decade.Comment -
Dude you realize Rondo has seen single coverage his entire career because of the big 3 in Boston?? We'll see if the guy ever wins another ring. He has no jump shot to speak of. Sucks on defense. He's a steals guy, nothing more. Rondo's stats for his career are not even worthy of discussing his presence in the top 2 right now.Originally posted by greenhippo
You comparing Rondo to Paul is simply laughable. Overall, in eight career starts against the Hornets (one game without Paul), Rondo is averaging 11.4 points, 6.1 assists, and 3.6 rebounds over 33.4 minutes per game. His offensive game seems to pick up a bit as he's shot 50 percent (39 of 78) in that span. As for Paul against Boston, in 11 career matchups, he's averaging 16.3 points, 8.9 assists, and 5 rebounds over 35.3 minutes per game.
And that's when Paul was on the shitty Hornets where Boston would probably double team him every chance they got.
Thanks.
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No Thank YouOriginally posted by Goat MilkComment -
good post, I'm sick Williams getting no recognition. Guy is a great scorer and distributor of the ball and he is stuck with a bad rep for supposedly getting Sloan fired. You can clearly make a case that he is the 2nd best PG in the league besides Paul and Paul doesn't have any playoff success either and is getting alot of media limelight thanks to the state farm commercials.Originally posted by Goat MilkComment -
As far as the trade Boston got a great deal here. Lets not forget before coming to Jersey Wallace was a solid starter, and Humpries had back to back good years until being benched this year.Comment -
Going to be awhile before Boston is relevant againComment -
Rondo is a better pg than Williams. Was best player on court for numerous series' in playoffs during Celtics good seasons. Williams is a nice player but nothing more. Will never win a ring in BK or anywhere else.Comment -
so you're saying Williams has had a better game than Rondos game 2? How about playoff success? How many playoff triple doubles for Williams? How many all NBA defensive teams has Williams made? Since Rondo sucks at it, Williams must have more than rondos 2 1st teams and 4 overall.Originally posted by Goat MilkComment -
Aren't great players made great in the playoffs? Will Paul ever even make the conference finals?Comment
