Boston Celtics: Kevin Durant Isn’t Worth Breaking Up a Good Thing

Ought to the Boston Celtics make a deal for Kevin Durant? The quick reply is not any. The longer reply is not any manner.

Durant would arguably be one of the best participant on the Celtics ought to Boston pull the set off on a deal for the soon-to-be 34-year-old star. I’d give him a slight edge over Jayson Tatum for now, however how lengthy would that final? Tatum has improved every season, and he’s simply 24. The injury-prone Durant is on the draw back of an amazing NBA profession.

Buying and selling Jaylen Brown for Durant can be painful however value doing even when these had been the one two items. It’s what comes after that which makes it silly for Boston to think about making the transfer.

The Boston Celtics ought to solely transfer on from Jaylen Brown beneath one situation

No participant on the Celtics must be labeled untouchable. That features Tatum. If the Milwaukee Bucks supplied Giannis Antetokounmpo for Tatum, you make the transfer in a heartbeat. That mentioned, the Celtics are ready the place they need to be those dictating the strikes in a doable deal for Durant.

Boston is contemporary off an NBA Finals look with a younger core of gamers. The workforce is ready up properly for future championship runs. Brooklyn is a large number. Their two stars — Durant and Kyrie Irving — need out. Their subsequent greatest participant, Ben Simmons, hasn’t seen the ground in additional than a yr.

After Durant requested a commerce this offseason, the Celtics popped up as a commerce associate, with Brown being the important thing piece heading again to Brooklyn. Brown for Durant straight up would even be robust for Celtics followers after seeing the progress Brown and Tatum made collectively through the second half of final yr. Financially, the deal wouldn’t work in a one-for-one swap, however the Nets need a complete lot extra anyway.

They’ve reportedly requested for Marcus Sensible and a number of first-round draft picks as properly. The one manner the Celtics ought to contemplate buying and selling Brown in a bundle like that is if he flat-out says he has no plans to return to Boston when his contract expires in two years. If, behind the scenes, he’s saying he doesn’t need to play within the shadow of Tatum and desires to be a workforce’s go-to man, then Boston has to think about transferring him.

The Celtics have factor going and already improved from final season

The one manner the Celtics may be thought-about a critical commerce associate is that if Brown is adamant about testing the free-agent waters. Brown’s earned that proper, however the Celtics must look out for his or her future as properly.

Even when it’s clear Brown desires out, the Celtics can’t afford to interrupt up what they’ve. Final yr, depth was a problem for Boston. Brad Stevens addressed that downside by bringing on veterans Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari with out disrupting their core.

With these two additions, the Celtics must be the favourite to return to the championship spherical. Why jeopardize that by dropping Brown and Sensible?

Previous to final yr — and even by means of the halfway level — questions arose about whether or not or not Tatum and Brown might play collectively. The earlier season, Boston completed 36-36 and was bounced within the first spherical of the playoffs. Final yr, they started 25-25. It wasn’t till late January when issues rotated. They turned the most well liked workforce within the league and by no means seemed again.

Brooklyn can’t be choosy right here. Brown is probably going one of the best participant they’d ever get in return. Asking for Sensible and a number of picks ought to scare the Celtics away, and that’s factor for Boston followers.

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