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Why do other teams keep trading the Celtics good players for terrible value? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by JeffKaplanIsDaddy@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Year after year they somehow retool around Tatum and Brown or other stars and other teams help them. This year it was Porzingis and Jrue for Smart (injured), Brogdon (injured), Rob Williams (out for year), and a few first rounders that will be worth dust. Last year, they got Brogdon for Nesmith and a first rounder, there’s the Cavs giving them Kyrie for a busted IT and the Nets pick, the Spurs gifting them Derrick White for dirt cheap value of Langford, Josh Richardson, a late as hell first rounder, and a 2028 swap, Suns giving them Isaiah Thomas for a first rounder. Not really understanding why teams keep doing bad business with this franchise

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[–] toldyaso@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

There's always going to be good players who through no fault of their own find themselves on bad rebuilding teams where it makes no sense to keep them. Those teams will always be interested in sending those players to contenders in exchange for younger players and draft picks, but it's just as much about getting rid of that players contract and getting them off the roster so the young guys can develop, as it is about whatever they actually get in return.