HUGE Celtics Trade Rumors: Celtics TRADING For Kelly Olynyk? Ft. Andre Drummond, Delon Wright

There’s no chance they’ll get him in a trade without involving Horford, given his $12.2 million salary. And no, for a variety of reasons—despite the fact that it functions in any trade machine—Boston cannot trade five players for Olynyk.

1. No matter how many players are being dealt, the other side must have enough available roster spaces to accommodate them. Teams are not permitted to have more than two open spots when stacking five players for one. Instead, they must have four available spots. Therefore, in order to complete the deal, Utah would need to waive two players.

2. The new players would have to BE REALLY WANT by Utah. Perhaps if the Celtics commit enough draft capital, it won’t matter to them, but you never know. how Danny Ainge is. He wants the world, and Brad Stevens isn’t going to go crazy and mortgage the future.

3. In order to field a legitimate roster, Boston would have to sign at least three players. With a five-for-one, Boston would have ten players. They require a minimum of 13. While some could contend that JD Davison and Neemias Queta are two of those players, I’m not sure that this team’s prospects of winning a title can be pinned on them or Olynyk and Sam Hauser as the starting bench group.

It’s not unfeasible. These events are unlikely, yet they could occur. And how often do you think you’ll see a championship-caliber club pull off this disruptive midseason trade for basically a third big/seventh man?

Although Kelly Olynyk is better than Luke Kornet and I like him, is all this chaos really worth it? It’s It’s possible he might be bought out, and since he earns less than the midlevel exception, he might be considered for a trade to Boston, but there are a lot of obstacles to overcome.

In addition, Scotto notes that Drummond is attracting interest from the Lakers, Suns, and Mavs in addition to Boston.

This one can be completed with the TPE and some draft capital, or with two non-rotation players. The problem is that he’s performing well enough to pique teams’ interest on many occasions. The laws of supply and demand then take effect, raising the price.

Will it become too expensive for Boston? Would he be content with his position here in Boston? Recall that Stevens has previously stated that he would have to accept missing some games if Boston reached an agreement. Do we really believe Joe Mazzulla will play a guy he started purposefully placing on the line every time?