Idea: Jeff Green for Tayshaun Prince

[BballTim]

Green was coming off heart surgery when he signed that deal.  Who else was going to offer him anywhere near that much?  Avery Bradley is a 6'2". Shooting guard that can't stay healthy.  Who was going to give him 8 million a year?

  There were reports at various times during the season quoting officials from other teams about Bradley's value being in the $8M a year range. It's a stretch to claim that no other team would give him that much. I can see why the number would come as a big surprise to many, who have been reading all year about how far below that number Avery's value was, but the takeaway isn't that Danny has no idea how much players should get, but that the posters don't.

[BigDogPitbull]

If another team did give him that much Ainge could match the offer.

[LB3533]

Deng's statistical production last season on a bad Cleveland team, rivals Jeff Green's numbers.

Both were in bad situations, losing culture or, to make it sound better, "rebuilding" culture.

Though, technically, when Ray and KG were brought on board back in '07, we were also rebuilding....off a 24 wins season.

Now, present day, we gotta do it all over again, rebuild. But this time it's off a 25 win season.

A more acurate representation of Jeff Green's basketball production is the middle ground of '12-'13 season & last year's '13-'14 season.

So a 13/4/2 on 47%/39%/81%

And a 17/5/2 ib 41%/34%/80%

Jeff Green's future production lays somewhere in between the above two, but our front office has to surround the rest of the team with quality players, capable of executing good Brad Steven's game plans.

Like Luol Deng, Josh Smith also struggled. But who was surrounding Josh Smith?

Both Andre Igoudala and Joe Johnson, didn't struggle in the same realm of a Jeff Green, Luol Deng, or Josh Smith.

We know the pieces surrounding Joe Johnson, who know them very well.

Iggy was surrounded by very quality / capable offensive players. So Iggy did not have to be the main focal point of the Warriors offense.

The Celtics? We don't have much of a choice. When Avery Bradly has to be one of your top scorers, that means there are pretty "slim pickings" on the offensive front.

Can Jared Sully turn into our #1 option? What about a healthy, Triple Double Rondo? Will that Rondo return? Can Rondo be a #1 option? Does Rondo want to be a #1 option? (I highly doubt it).

If we don't end up trading for a legit #1 scoring option, Jeff Green is our best shot to having a #1 offensive option.

[BballTim]

If another team did give him that much Ainge could match the offer.

  Or they could offer him more, or they could structure the contract in such a way that it would be painful for the Celts to match.

[crimson_stallion]

This is just ludicrous...