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Final trade summary:

Celtics get - Kristaps Porzingis, No. 25 overall pick, 2024 first-round pick

Grizzlies get - Marcus Smart

Wizards get - Tyus Jones, Danilo Gallinari, Mike Muscala, No. 35 overall pick

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[–] logaston 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I didn't see Smart getting traded. I'm really going to miss him.

However, if you take a step back you can see how Brad might see the core of Tatum, Brown, Smart as not being able to win a championship. Of those 3, there isn't one elite ball handler who can initiate and direct the offense when things get tight. I'd rather play to Tatum's and Brown's strengths rather than try to shoehorn them into primary playmaking responsibilities.

I think the calculus was, "we have a logjam at PG, we need more frontcourt depth with Al getting older, and we need to find a way to stop committing those bad turnovers late in playoff games."

The KP trade doesn't solve it all in one motion but maybe there are more moves to come that will complement this trade and potentially solve the problems I stated above.