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How the Celtics can seriously contend now and later without making serious changes

How the Celtics can seriously contend now and later without making serious changes...First off draft and sign Markelle Fultz giving us instant scoring, playmaking and size from a guard position to aliviate IT. Bradley could mentor Fultz on the defensive side and IT could mentor him on the offensive side. Now for the interesting stuff... its no secret the Celtics have problems with rebounding and size in the frontcourt but there are a few ways we could fix them and seriously contend:

Option 1:

Trade Tyler Zeller, James Young and/or Demetrius Jackson with the Celtics 2018 Celtics first round pick and/or 2019 Grizzlies first round pick to Phoenix for Tyson Chandler. Then sign back KO and Gerald Green and sign our drafts and stash guys Guerschon Yabusele and Ante Zizic.

Tyson Chandler brings rebounding, size, defense and athleticism to our frontcourt ( avg. 11.5 rebounds per game this year) he is basically and improved version of Amir Johnson. He also is a Champion and knows what it takes to win one

Depth Chart:

PGs- *Isaiah Thomas, *Marcus Smart, *Markelle Fultz, Terry Rozier
SGs- *Averly Bradley, Gerald Green
SFs- *Jae Crowder, *Jaylen Brown, Jonas Jerebko
PFs- *Al Horford, *Amir Johnson, Guerschon Yabusele
Cs- *Tyson Chandler, *Kelly Olynyk, Ante Zizic

*part of rotation

Option 2:

Trade Tyler Zeller, James Young and/or Demetrius Jackson and the Broklyn 2018 first round pick and/or the 2019 Grizzlies first round pick to the Denver Nuggets for Jusuf Norkic. Then sign back KO and Gerald Green and sign our drafts and stash guys Guerschon Yabusele and Ante Zizic.

Jusuf Nurkic brings rebounding, size and inside scoring to help out Al in our frontcourt ( avg. 15.2 ppg and 10.8 rpg this season)

Depth Chart:

PGs- *Isaiah Thomas, *Marcus Smart, *Markelle Fultz, Terry Rozier
SGs- *Averly Bradley, Gerald Green
SFs- *Jae Crowder, *Jaylen Brown, Jonas Jerebko
PFs- *Al Horford, *Amir Johnson, Guerschon Yabusele
Cs- *Jusuf Nurkik, *Kelly Olynyk, Ante Zizic

*part of rotation

Option 3:

Trade Tyler Zeller, James Young and Jordan Mickey and 2018 Nets First Round Draft Pick and Celtics 2018 Celtics first round pick or 2019 Grizzlies first round pick Then sign back KO and Gerald Green and sign our drafts and stash guys Guerschon Yabusele and Ante Zizic.

Nikola Jokic brings rebounding, size, inside and outside scoring to our frontcourt. ( avg. 16.7 ppg. 9.8 rpg. and 32.4 3pt%) This would space out the floor and open gaps for IT, Fultz, Smart, AB, and Jae if Nikola Jokic could keep the 3pt% up.

Depth Chart:

PGs- *Isaiah Thomas, *Marcus Smart, *Markelle Fultz, Terry Rozier
SGs- *Averly Bradley, Gerald Green
SFs- *Jae Crowder, *Jaylen Brown, Jonas Jerebko
PFs- *Al Horford, *Amir Johnson, Guerschon Yabusele
Cs- *Nikola Jokic, *Kelly Olynyk, Ante Zizic

*part of rotation

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