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.
Nets pursuing trade for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce.
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boeing powerSBR Hall of Famer
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#1Nets pursuing trade for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce.Tags: None -
greenhippoSBR Hall of Famer
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#2Celtics 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 -
easylivingSBR Hall of Famer
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#3If 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 -
samrock67SBR Wise Guy
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#4Comment -
bjb7223SBR Posting Legend
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#5Terry tooComment -
Goat MilkBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#6If 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 -
thetrinitySBR Posting Legend
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#7deal sounds like its gonna go downComment -
bjb7223SBR Posting Legend
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#8tanking for WigginsComment -
ZetaPsi808SBR Posting Legend
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#9as a nets fan i dont want those players
by the playoffs in 2014 they will be washed up and dealing with tons of injuriesComment -
R.P. McMurphySBR Hall of Famer
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#10How 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 -
Big BearSBR Aristocracy
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#11yeah i dont know how this would be a blockbuster... maybe 5 years agoComment -
Goat MilkBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#12you 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 -
Grits n' GravyRestricted User
- 06-10-10
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#13Celts 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 -
Grits n' GravyRestricted User
- 06-10-10
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#14you 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.Comment -
greenhippoSBR Hall of Famer
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#15you 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.Comment -
MoneyLineDawgSBR Posting Legend
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#16As 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 -
bigtymer56SBR MVP
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#17Agree..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.Comment -
maxd131SBR Hustler
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#18Nets get KG, Pierce, and Terry.. Celtics get Reggie Evans, Gerald Wallace, and a few future picks.
GG celtics.Comment -
InTheDrinkSBR Posting Legend
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#19when does kidd sign a 10 day contract to be player coach and ultimately end up being their first pg off the benchComment -
lakerboySBR Aristocracy
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#20Chris Paul is the most overrated pos in the nba.Comment -
The KrakenBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#21Unreal. 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 -
InTheDrinkSBR Posting Legend
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samrock67SBR Wise Guy
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take it in boysComment -
NYSportsGuy210SBR Posting Legend
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#24Kevin 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 -
Sport_FishSBR MVP
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#25Excited 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 -
Goat MilkBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#26How 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.
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 -
d2betsBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#27Nets 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 -
Goat MilkBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#28
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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MickeyManSBR Hall of Famer
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#29Dude 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.
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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easylivingSBR Hall of Famer
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#30How 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.
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.Comment -
easylivingSBR Hall of Famer
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#31As 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 -
rceneSBR MVP
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#32Going to be awhile before Boston is relevant againComment -
Grits n' GravyRestricted User
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#33Rondo 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 -
greenhippoSBR Hall of Famer
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#34Dude 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.
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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greenhippoSBR Hall of Famer
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#35Aren't great players made great in the playoffs? Will Paul ever even make the conference finals?Comment
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