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    Celtics' top ten assets

    I may be underestimating Hayward's trade value. I look at it as not enormous, because while he is absolutely worth his max contract and a scarce star talent, he's not a true superstar who generates value massively exceeding the max. My calculus would probably go something like: - the #1 pick...
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    Celtics' top ten assets

    Only a little better from a asset value standpoint, yeah. The mental exercise I'm going through here is, if Anthony Davis hit the market tomorrow and we were offering the Pelicans some combination of our top five assets, would they be considered better or worse than the top five assets we had...
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    Celtics' top ten assets

    I suppose the list now looks something like: 1. Kyrie Irving 2. Jayson Tatum 3. Jaylen Brown 4. 2018 Lakers / 2019 Kings pick 5. Gordon Hayward 6. Marcus Smart 7. Al Horford 8. Marcus Morris 9. Terry Rozier 10. Guerschon Yabusele On the face of it, the 1-5 look a little better to me than the...
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    NBA about to implement anti-tanking measure?

    Here's my idea: if you miss the playoffs, you get 100 Lottery Points. Lottery Points get carried over year to year if not spent, and are tradeable. Each year, the top draft positions are awarded by a televised live auction in which teams bid their Lottery Points. Teams can match or beat bids -...