So the Celtics really are Rajon Rondo's team now. What kind of team they are now and will be in the future may take years to unravel. In a shocking series of events that escalated from head spinning rumors to likely completion the Celtics are poised to finally pull the trigger on the long awaited implosion of the best team they've had since Larry Bird retired.
With Doc Rivers already in Los Angeles to coach the Clippers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are headed to Brooklyn along with Jason Terry per Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski who reported that Garnett had agreed to waive his no trade clause. Pierce's contract won't be guaranteed until midnight on June 30 at which point the league enters a moratorium that lifts on July 10 when the deal can officially be completed.
The Nets will reportedly send Gerald Wallace Kris Humphries Reggie Evans and Keith Bogans (as part of a sign and trade) in the complex transaction. Other names discussed have included Kris Joseph Toke Shengelia and Marshon Brooks but this isn't about talent as much as assets and contracts. Humphries is in the last year of his deal that will pay him $12 million. Evans and Bogans are respected vets but essentially throw ins to make the cap math work. All of their contracts could be used in a potential sign and trade provided the Cs can get under the luxury tax or in separate deals.
Celtics Blog says goodbye to two Boston legends.
The 30 year old Wallace will be harder to move. He has three years left on his deal at a little more than $30 million. He declined rapidly last season averaging just 7.7 points and shooting under 40 percent from the floor but he could benefit from playing in a more up tempo offense than Brooklyn's slow down pace.
Really what the Nets are sending and what the Celtics covet are draft picks in 2014 2016 and 2018. Along with a pick from the Clippers as compensation for Rivers the Cs will own additional unprotected first round picks in 2015 (from the Clips) 2016 and 2018 (from the Nets) and a pick from Brooklyn in what many think will be a loaded 2014 draft. (Just to make it a little more complicated the Hawks have the right to swap their first rounder so the Cs would get the worse of those two picks.)
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