Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[SleepingHero]

Trying to combine some rumors here:

https://twitter.com/mavsfilmroom/status/...26337?s=46&t=Fmdr94oXagcEyy75KJqaFg

The Mavs have spoken to Boston about a potential sign-and-trade for Grant Williams, per Tim Cato

https://twitter.com/thenbacentral/status...06946?s=46&t=Fmdr94oXagcEyy75KJqaFg

The Phoenix Suns have spoken to the Boston Celtics about Deandre Ayton, per @ChrisBHaynes

I don't think Boston for a second is interested in adding Ayton. They're about to sign Brown to a 5yr/300mil deal. Tatum is getting 30+mil a year. Smart, White, Brogdon, all make around 20. So 5 players of theirs will account for 140mil. Should they trade Brogdon for Ayton, that jumps to 150 mil. Add in 22 mil from Timelord+Horford, 7 mil with Gallo, and the various other minimums etc, and the Celtics will be way over the 2nd apron. And that's before we're talking about retaining Grant Williams and the fact that the Celtics already have 2 good big men at a fraction of the cost for Ayton 

So I don't see it. But I do see a path here for all teams. Bill Simmons threw out a very peculiar random trade on his pod this last week; Smart for THJ+10. Simmons said that THJ desperately would fix the shooting on the Celtics and Smart needs a change of scenery. While I don't think Smart would fit here at all, nor do I think his value is THJ+10, I do think there is legit interest on the Celtics side with THJ as a shooting wing.

PHX also has been linked to Brogdon A BUNCH these last 2 weeks. Putting it all together:

PHX- Brogdon+McGee

DAL- Ayton (with a SnT later for Grant Williams)

BOS- THJ (And maybe Wood in the summer for Williams?)