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Cs Trade the 3rd for an Unprotected 2017

The Celtics have an overabundance of picks this year and would obviously like to consolidate them into fewer but better selections (the old "turn quarters into a dollar" metaphor works well). If the Celtics made their #3 pick available to teams for an unprotected 2017 first round pick, which teams would say no? I imagine the Cs would make that trade with the following teams:

Phoenix

Philly

Sacramento

LAL (although this would make me nervous given their potential trade/FA pulls)

Anyone else? Would trading the #3 overall for any of these teams' first next year be a smart move for the Celtics? It would give them and second first round pick next year in a much deeper and better draft, allowing them to potentially capitalize on both/either trading and/or using a top lottery pick.

Would any of these teams say yes to such a deal? Perhaps only if they had talked themselves deeply into Dunn, Bender, or Hield and wanted to get a jump start on their rebuilding with two high picks in this year's draft.

Thoughts?

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