Trade Week Is Here!

by Jeff Clark on Feb 15, 2007 6:15 PM EST in CelticsBlog

We are officially one week away from the trade deadline (Feb. 22 at 2:00 PM). To have some fun with the rumors and pie-in-the-sky trade ideas, we are going to announce a â€œTrade Idea of the Dayâ€ for each of the days leading up to the deadline. The ideas will be selected from the Trade Ideas forum and posted on the front page for everyone to pick apart or praise. They will be mostly Celtics ideas but good non-Celtics ideas can be considered as well.

There is no prize for the best idea, this is just for fun. There really arenâ€™t any other rules since we donâ€™t want to be held to anything other than â€œI liked this idea better than the rest.â€ Also, if your idea isnâ€™t picked, donâ€™t take it personally, we just donâ€™t like you and think youâ€™d be a terrible GM. Ok, maybe thatâ€™s harsh. We probably still like you anyway.

If possible, please research your trades with the ESPN Trade Machine because you can cut and paste a link to it easier than the RealGM Checker. Be creative, be respectful of each other, and have fun. First one will be announced tomorrow morning.

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I think there ought to be a prize of 10,000 Tommy Points if anyone can predict an actual trade or something resembling an actual trade.

by Brickowski on Feb 15, 2007 8:41 PM EST reply actions

i predict nothing to happen

by Stoned Alone on Feb 15, 2007 9:29 PM EST reply actions

ok Brick, you are in charge of giving the winner 10,000 Tommy Points :D

by Jeff Clark on Feb 15, 2007 9:31 PM EST reply actions

I don’t have the authority to give out Tommy Points, Jeff, but you do.

Two little trades have already happened: Ely to SA for EWill and a 2009 second rounder, and Padgett to the Grizz for Tsakalidis.

by Brickowski on Feb 15, 2007 9:54 PM EST reply actions

I don’t have the authority to give out Tommy Points, Jeff, but you do.

Contrary to popular belief, that’s not something we moderators can do. We have to press the “giveth” one just like the rest of y’all; we just aren’t limited to doing it once per hour. That means Jeff (or whichever of his lackey moderators he recruits ;)) would have to sit there and click the “giveth” button 10,000 times in a row. Ouch.

by Roy_Hobbs on Feb 15, 2007 9:57 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, Jeff needs to start pulling his weight around here…you’re not afraid of work are u? ;) ;D

by bdo3272 on Feb 16, 2007 1:46 AM EST reply actions

Anyone whoÃ¢â‚¬â"¢s spent any time in the Navy has met a trade machine or two. Never known a group of sailors where at least one of them had a taste for something off the beaten track. But on the good ship Celtics, thereÃ¢â‚¬â"¢s a whole lot of bilge and not much in the way of drinkable water. DannyÃ¢â‚¬â"¢s only chip in this poker game is that #1 pick, and it seems like Captain Pierce is asking for him to go all in. Personally, IÃ¢â‚¬â"¢d be happy to see Al Jefferson and Delonte West packaged with that Ratliff contract to pull in Jason Kidd, Miki Moore and another #1. Then you get Noah or Horford in the draft and youÃ¢â‚¬â"¢ve got a respectable starting unit. Of course, knowing that faithless pirate Wyc Grousbeck, heÃ¢â‚¬â"¢ll package Big Al with our #1 for Grant HillÃ¢â‚¬â"¢s expiring deal and Mark CubanÃ¢â‚¬â"¢s cell phone number.

by Bob Dylan on Feb 16, 2007 4:18 AM EST reply actions

I think danny will sit tight and let this year play out. Telfair is one guy I could see moved but I don’t think danny will give up on him so quickly since it would be a public admission that he screwed up with that trade. we have developed some guys who will come off our bench for a long time in west, gomes, perkins and possibly tony allen. If green continues to develop he should become our starting SF sometime next season. If telfair is traded then we need another PG. I wouldn’t be shocked if Danny drafts another PG. Ray and west are not the answer there although I am fine with West as the 6th man playing either pg or sg. wally is fine to have on your team except for his salary.

by Red2 on Feb 16, 2007 8:57 AM EST reply actions

Tell you what: I’ll offer two free Celtics playoff tickets to anyone who predicts an actual trade. But there will be no posthumous awards.

by Brickowski on Feb 16, 2007 10:23 AM EST reply actions

Representing the #2 on the headband was my favorite thing Gerald did tonight.The next best was Paul and Geralds interaction with one another might have seemed alittle scripted but still came off great. Kid is class all the way. Every time they showed him he was laughing with someone, and what Nate Robinson said about him before the final round was an unexpected and desent thing coming from him. When it came to the dunks what can you say the kid can soar. Without Gerald the contest blows.

by BBS on Feb 18, 2007 12:11 AM EST reply actions