In every Josh Smith thread on here, I think I have proposed the following trade, which I believe is reasonable for both teams
Josh Smith
for
Brandon Bass, Jared Sullinger, and Avery Bradley
I'd probably be willing to throw in a protected 1st if it was necessary.
No i would rather wait in that case. I would trade green instead of sullinger and bradley. If you trade bass anad sully who is smiths back up?
If you trade green who is pp's back up? (Kris joseph).
Plus they already have drafted their guards of the future. If they not taken bass+picks+green and maybe like millic or something then josh going to have to come over for cheap in FA.
If you traded Bass and Sullinger, I would anticipate the big man rotation being something like this
C - KG 30, Wilcox 10, Collins 8
PF - Smith 38, Green 10
I could also see KG playing at PF with Wilcox or Collins a decent amount of the time as well i.e. when a smaller lineup doesn't work.
I am a Buckeye fan, so I love Sullinger, but the Celtics championship window is essentially this year and Smith is significantly better than Bass, Sullinger, and Bradley this year. Also, frankly by keeping Smith down the line you have a great compliment with Rondo and he will extend the Celtics window a season or two past this year.
Boston isn't winning the title this year as presently construed without a great deal of luck in the health department and everything going exactly right in the playoffs, but with Smith that luck can be a bit less and some things can go wrong in the playoffs and Boston could still win the title. Talent matters and Smith will essentially be Boston second most talented player.
Boston went into win now mode, thus you have to make that trade.