Cross that bridge when you come to it, they can bring Gordon in and go over the cap to resign Avery. Just gotta pony up that money and pay the tax. Don't pull an OKC.
Team didn't miss a beat when Bradley was out during the regular season. This situation isn't remotely close to OKC. Avery is a very nice player, but he isn't going to be a top 3 player of any championship contender unless the other 2 players are LeBron and Durant or something like that. He literally cannot create any offense and doesn't have the defensive versatility that you would truly want because of how small he is. That kind of player should not be taking up 20% of your cap space, while also taking playing time away from your stud rookie.
You can't replace what he does though especially if you commit to IT2 long term. He still has value if Fultz takes a little longer to develop and he's perfect next to IT2 given the defensive liability he is. You literally can replace Marcus Smaht, Amir, Kelly, etc with minimum level guys.
Amir and Kelly are long gone. We are renouncing everyone in order to go for Hayward. Pretty much every Celtic fan would tell you that Smart is a better (and more versatile) defender than Bradley, and the offense from Fultz and Hayward will easily make up for (and surpass) whatever Bradley was bringing to the table.
Rozier literally has almost identical numbers to Bradley at the same age. He's a good defender, good athlete and is a significantly better scorer off the dribble than Bradley. This is pretty much universally agreed upon by Celtics fans. IT and Smart would likely start in the backcourt with Fultz off the bench until either Fultz or Brown are ready to hop into the starting lineup. Lots of small ball will be played regardless though.
I think they'll start to lean more towards the future build if they don't get Hayward in free agency. However, I would not be against going for Melo. It wouldn't cost us much, other than paying his salary. He'd be a good stopgap for the next couple years and wouldn't cost any of our high level young guys. Doesn't make sense to give up good young assets and other rotation guys to go at Butler/PG just so LeBron and Co. can kill us again.
He already plays 30MPG. Even if we started him, he wouldn't be averaging any more time than that whatsoever. Honestly they could easily slot Jaylen in that spot as well.
@colezwicker: Charted NBA 3 makes (above the break 24-30 feet) for lead guards in this class (with two scheme-changers for context) *Per Synergy
Definitely not, because the Wolves don't have the 6th pick.
Watch him get drafted to the Spurs though, he and Murray
Trade him to Orlando like I said before, get the word out to Ainge
Well they got to the conference finals with no rim protector
