saw this today in The Ringer
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/5/17/18629224/mike-conley-trade-market-memphis-grizzlies-ja-morant-nba-draft"The Grizzlies are reportedly zeroing in on Ja Morant as the point guard of the future. So what happens to the best point guard in franchise history? We look at some of the teams that probably will inquire about Conley and nominate a few that probably should."
According to the writer, the Lakers, Knicks and Celts are among the favorites, and here is an excerpt from the Celts write-up.
Boston Celtics: If Irving leaves and Terry Rozier gets rewarded by another team for his brave sacrifice, the Celtics will suddenly be in desperate need of ball handlers....
Other than stuffing Memphis’s pockets with draft picks, the only reasonable option would be Gordon Hayward.
"Hayward’s contract goes for as long as Conley’s, at only a negligible markup, meaning you could simply swap one team’s problem for another’s. The big unknown is obviously Hayward’s health; he played in 72 games, with an average of 26 minutes a night, but his shot looked flat most of the time, he played timid, and his physique looked too swole to move fluidly. But it’s not like Conley hasn’t spent his share of time in the training room—he played only 11 more games than Hayward in 2017-18 because of a left heel injury—and Hayward has three fewer seasons and 7,600 fewer minutes on his surgically repaired lower extremity. It’d be selling low on Hayward, a player once as important to Boston’s master plan as Irving, but it may be better for both parties to start fresh, especially if Brad Stevens wants to rid himself of any suggestions that he’s still playing favorites.
Sounds familiar.
heh
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