Other than not having Beal for the end of the 21-22 season, is there any benefit to the Celtics trading for Beal before the S&T season?
To frame it another way, next summer it seems like all the eggs are really in the Celtics' basket. Doesn't seem like they should have to offer much in a S&T - although it seems like the value of that is all over the place. Sometimes seems like teams offer a 2nd to be able to S&T a player (instead of signing him outright), sometimes more than that, and sometimes (like the Hayward situation) the team losing the player actually sends assets to create a TPE.
To put it another way, I can see a mid-season trade costing the Celtics some legitimate assets. If they just wait until next summer, would they be able to S&T for Beal for next to nothing?
To frame it another way, next summer it seems like all the eggs are really in the Celtics' basket. Doesn't seem like they should have to offer much in a S&T - although it seems like the value of that is all over the place. Sometimes seems like teams offer a 2nd to be able to S&T a player (instead of signing him outright), sometimes more than that, and sometimes (like the Hayward situation) the team losing the player actually sends assets to create a TPE.
To put it another way, I can see a mid-season trade costing the Celtics some legitimate assets. If they just wait until next summer, would they be able to S&T for Beal for next to nothing?