Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders has a few tidbits on the Celtics off-season plans. Let’s start with Gerald Wallace:
Gerald Wallace remains the lone veteran contract Boston would like to move and sources say the Celtics would be willing to part with one of the half dozen or so first-round draft picks they have amassed to move him this off-season. Wallace will be entering the final year of his contract and is owed $10.1 million.
I’d say a late 1st round pick is worth $10 million in cap space. The Clippers pick (28th) in this draft makes the most sense.
Boston also owns 1st rounders belonging to Dallas and Memphis over the next few years. I would NOT give up any of the Brooklyn picks. First rounders belonging to Philly and Minnesota will most likely become 2nd rounders based on the terms of the deal.
Dan Feldman of Pro Basketball Talk speculates that the Sixers would be willing to take on GW for a 1st.
Kyler also touches on Jae Crowder:
The Celtics also have the option to restrict the free agency of Jae Crowder with a $1.1 million qualifying offer, something they are expected to do. Crowder may not command a huge contract this summer, but he will likely get a sizable raise over the $915,000 he earned last season. Word is the Dallas Mavericks may get into the bidding on Crowder so things may get interesting.
Poor Mark Cuban. Man, did he get fleeced in that Rondo deal.
