"They can be valuable in trades, and they can be valuable by using the picks to draft good young players". "And Ainge mentioned [Monday], he said 'Listen, this was the best deal we were offered by a wide margin'". And were getting an additional player that we want in next years draft or the year after.
"I think he's super talented", said Bird, who played against Fultz in a Pac-12 game this season.
The Celtics are expected to be very much a part of the conversation of moving George, but they might be hampered by his infatuation with the Los Angeles Lakers.
That could lend credence to rumors last week that the Celtics were intrigued by Kansas small forward Josh Jackson and possibly were ready to take him at No. 1.
"We think there's a really good chance the player we'll take at 3 is the player we would have taken at 1", Ainge said Monday. They're big on defense so I think the tools that I have to be a defensive player I think would help them get out in transition.
The deal is a win-win for both sides.
Boston will receive the 2018 Lakers pick owned by Philadelphia now, so long as that pick is between Nos.
As Celtics president Danny Ainge tells it, the deal was practically a no-brainer.
The Sixers and Celtics agreed to a trade that sees Philly acquire this year's #1 pick, in exchange for this year's #3 pick, and a future first round draft pick. We watched the same Finals that everybody did.
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So if I was Ainge Butler would be target number one and I'd be working to do anything to move him to the Celtics.
It could be used to move Gordon Hayward to the East from Utah after he signs a max deal with the Jazz.
Philadelphia will hold the No. 1 pick for the second straight year.
In a move to clear cap space and likely prepare for the arrival of Lonzo Ball, the Lakers are trading guard D'Angelo Russell and center Timofey Mozgov to the Nets for center Brook Lopez and the 27th pick in this year's NBA Draft, according to The Vertical. If not, the Celtics will instead receive either Sacramento's or Philadelphia's first round pick in 2019, whichever is more favorable.
"This is certainly a trade that is under the microscope more than other trades, but we're not afraid of that". But were not afraid of that..
With Thomas, though, the Celtics didn't necessarily need a point guard - which is the piece Philadelphia apparently wanted most. In his one season with Washington he averaged 23.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists a game while shooting at 50 per cent from the field and 41 per cent from the three point line.
I believe, though am not certain, the Celtics would have picked Fultz if they kept the No. 1 pick. He was the top freshman scorer in the country.
The 19-year-old Fultz will join a line-up of young talent including 20-year-old Simmons, centres Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor, the No.3 picks in 2014 and 2015 respectively, plus Croatian forward Dario Saric. If the Celtics decide to make a move for a star before the draft, they could be in position to make serious noise in the National Basketball Association next season. "We're getting the player we want".
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