Daryl Morey wants expiring contracts + draft pick(s).
Which the C's can do IMO.
How would you feel about S&Ts for Camby/Lee - where we gave up AB and next years first round pick? (Assuming expendable guys like JJJ, Melo, Moore, and Dooling make up rest of salary.)
Not trading Bradley without getting at least a low-level star in return.
Showed too much potential late last season to trade him for anything less. I would only consider moving him for role player(s) if Bradley failed to reproduce comparable performances next season.
Hmmm... 6'1" SG with two bum shoulders.
What's his upside? Best case is a guard version of Tony Allen (TA is the SG/SF version), with a bit more ball handling and shooting? Isn't he ideal playing net to a big PG, where they can cross match with opposing teams?
I'd rather not trade him, but not convinced he'll be better than Lee, who is entering his prime years, doesn't have the injury concern (that I know of), and is an ideal SG (stylistically) to play next to Rondo.
So what am I missing about AB (maybe I'm too pessimistic about his size limiting his effective minutes, his injury, or hi 3pt shooting being good enough to compliment Rondo)? I'm asking seriously because while he was very good, there are some serious concerns there IMO.
Also what's your read on Lee?
I am not totally convinced by Bradley either but he showed enough to make very hesitant to include him in any trade packages that doesn't net Boston an impact player.
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Courtney Lee = above average defender and well rounded and highly skilled complementary offensive player. Solid but unexceptional athlete.
Can be an above average backup two guard (top ten) to solid starter (17th-25th range out of 30 starters, below average but solid).
Lee's lack of physical strength/size and inability to check bigger twos limits his value as defensive stopper and starter + his lack of possession creation (rebounds, forcing turnovers) further limits his impact as a role player. Those two reasons are why Courtney Lee is not an elite or even high level role player (like a James Posey or a Shane Battier when they were younger).
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Avery Bradley was an impact player for Boston late in the regular season.
Whether he can maintain that or not, I am not sure ... but I desperately want to find out and the only way I'd forgo that is if someone else offered me a sure-fire impact player (above average starter, preferably top ten at his position).
Bradley played stellar defense (his physical toughness and elite athleticism helping him defend guys bigger than him) and did a great job of limiting his opponent and supplying team defense + was a hugely efficient complementary scorer on offense (was up over 60% TS% when he started alongside Rondo, up over 65% towards the end but some hot-shooting likely inflated that). Like Lee, wasn't much of a possession creator (weak rebounder, very good at creating turnovers).
His shot-selection was hugely impressive. He created so many high percentage shot attempts with those fastbreak baskets, weak-side and baseline cuts and corner threes. There is a good reason there to believe that Bradley can continue to be a highly efficient complementary scorer in the future.
Unlike Courtney Lee who has a much higher proportion of medium-to-good percentage shot attempts instead of high percentage shot attempts (which combined with minimal FTAs makes it tough for Lee to be a highly efficient -- good efficiency, yes. great efficiency, very hard -- why Lee has had a below average TS% in three of his four seasons and was only a good-rated scoring efficiency in Orlando despite all the opportunities there for high percentage attempts).
Plus, with Bradley's explosive quickness, there is always the possibility of him improving as a shot-creator and getting to the rim off the dribble. And he was also showing a bit more confidence as a passer too which should continue to improve with time.
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Again, I am not completely sold on Bradley either ... but there is too much there for me to trade him for guys like Courtney Lee and (an old) Marcus Camby.
