Celtics Made An Offer, And The Pacers Played Themselves..

[nickagneta]

Thought I read somewhere that the three firsts for George offer was only at the deadline before the draft lottery and draft day and the playoffs where George may have been a big factor for Boston. Once we got the number one pick and news continued to get thicker that George was LA bound after next year, of course that offer was off the table.

But.....this also sounds like more Bulpett stuff that Ainge leaked to him to save face, like when Bulpett was the only source for 4 first rounders for Justice Winslow. Suddenly Bulpett is the only source for 3 first rounders for George includung 2017 Brooklyn pick,

Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.

I also saw this as a possible explanation:

"There was a belief by the Cavaliers that Indiana president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard, when it came down to pulling the trigger on a George deal, felt more comfortable shipping him to a Western Conference team rather than an East rival -- the Celtics and Cleveland both made countless inquiries -- eliminating a potential roadblock as the Pacers begin a rebuild."

What I don't understand about this theory is, if you are trading away a star and trying to bottom out to rebuild,  what does it matter where you trade the star? You are goung to suck for years. Get the best deal. Don't be worrying about where that star plays. Your team is most important, not where the traded player plays is. Stupid excuse in my opinion.

[Ilikesports17]

I'd rather have Oladipo and Sabonis than Crowder and some picks in the 20s.

it would have also been bradley

That's not in the reports.

the reports say another starter and we can't trade amir so that leaves thomas crowder and Horford.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Woj just said it was Smart.  We conclusively gave a better deal.  Pacers fans are the maddest

[Roy H.]

I'd rather have Oladipo and Sabonis than Crowder and some picks in the 20s.

it would have also been bradley

That's not in the reports.

the reports say another starter and we can't trade amir so that leaves thomas crowder and Horford.

Woj is saying Smart. And that the Celts wanted to wait, so Indy moved on.

[Cman]

Thought I read somewhere that the three firsts for George offer was only at the deadline before the draft lottery and draft day and the playoffs where George may have been a big factor for Boston. Once we got the number one pick and news continued to get thicker that George was LA bound after next year, of course that offer was off the table.

But.....this also sounds like more Bulpett stuff that Ainge leaked to him to save face, like when Bulpett was the only source for 4 first rounders for Justice Winslow. Suddenly Bulpett is the only source for 3 first rounders for George includung 2017 Brooklyn pick,

Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.

I also saw this as a possible explanation:

"There was a belief by the Cavaliers that Indiana president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard, when it came down to pulling the trigger on a George deal, felt more comfortable shipping him to a Western Conference team rather than an East rival -- the Celtics and Cleveland both made countless inquiries -- eliminating a potential roadblock as the Pacers begin a rebuild."

What I don't understand about this theory is, if you are trading away a star and trying to bottom out to rebuild,  what does it matter where you trade the star? You are goung to suck for years. Get the best deal. Don't be worrying about where that star plays. Your team is most important, not where the traded player plays is. Stupid excuse in my opinion.

Agreed. Plus you get to play the East team more than the West team. Don't you want more guaranteed losses, of you are rebuilding?