« Reply #61 on: May 29, 2017, 07:46:10 AM »
What bothers me about the "trade Isaiah" talk is that people want to trade one of the best scorers in the history of the Celtics. For all of the rich tradition of the Celtics, they haven't had a plethora of guys who could score pretty much at will, and none since Pierce. I know his defense is bad, but without him, this team would be lucky to score 80 a game. And his D wouldn't be much of an issue if the team had any legit defensive bigs instead of all the softies on the current roster.
I agree with all of that in principle. But I've come around to the idea that if the deal is good, trading him might be the smartest option. It comes down to what it costs to keep him around and (more importantly) can IT continue to be an all star caliber player for the next 5-6 years? If not, will he take a shorter deal? Or one that declines? Or do you want to be paying $30 million to someone who is washed up just as Fultz and Brown are hitting their strides?
Also, don't sleep on the great scorers the Celtics have had, from Cousy and Sharman to Sam Jones, John Havlicek, Jo Jo White, Bird, McHale, and Pierce. Not a bad list.
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