What do the Celts even have to work with?
What is the position/skillset of need?
The first step is understanding what Brad has to work with this summer.
For this, timing is important.
July 1st is the official start to the 2023-24 season.
That means anything that happens prior to July 1st uses 2022-23 money.
Anything after that date uses 2023-24 money.
Other than that, things are mostly the same before and after the new league year.
I suppose it depends on what might be possible.
Does this just mean lower moves with the end of bench guys?
Once you see the names and who is realistically available, it’s certainly interesting.
Of this list, how many are truly available?
I don’t get the sense the Wizards are looking to get out of the Porzingis business.
There are rumblings that a Vucevic extension might be coming.
The Blazers are interested in adding not subtracting, so my guess is Jerami Grant is not an option.
I’m pretty certain the Hawks would not trade Collins for Horford, despite Al being a Hawks legend.
The names aren’t all that great in terms of what is actually realistic.
I think this is why Brad talked about “small tweaks” yesterday.
So now let’s shift to more smaller money deals.
For the sake of this blog let’s say they package Pritchard’s money and Gallo’s money.
Let’s call it $10M.
What does that market look like?
Maybe best case scenario would be the Bulls open to Caruso?
A Josh Richardson reunion?
Now let’s do bigs
A few names stick out here.
The other guy is maybe someone like Kenyon Martin Jr, assuming the Rockets pick up his club option.
Personally, I think someone like Naz Reid is probably atop the list in terms of age/playstyle/fit/etc.
The good news is it’s not as if the Celts are miles and miles away.
