Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[Ghost of Podkolzin]

Like many others, i feel like Jrue Holiday will be the move. And i have a bad feeling we wont like the outgoing pieces.

If we're able to get a 1st round pick or more out of this i'd be shocked. We absolutely should hold Boston over the coals and demand draft capital.

But, if the main outgoing is some combination of Gafford, Martin, Hardy, O-Max. Then i can get on board with it.  But any talks of P.J. kills the deal for me.

I don't include Gaff in the trade unless we're unloading dead roster spots for a $ equivalent.  I see Jrue as a $15m/year player at this point.  So of his $104.4m in the next 3 years is worth only ~$45m.  That's an over $60m overpay.  We don't have that much in dead contracts.

Klay - $34m/2ys
Martin - $28.8m/3rs
Hardy - $12m.2yrs
Total - $74.8/3yrs, +$29.6m

So you'd be spending approximately $10m/yr premium for Jrue.  The Celtics can't expect anything better than saving $10m/yr.  There's no reason to include valuable assets like Gaff.