I made this chart to indicate how the Celtics have acquired all of their players. I originally created this chart at the end of the 2012 season - back then, the team had made so few transactions that it was easy to sort the columns chronologically. The transactions have become more frequent and more complex, so the columns are much more loosely classified:
First column: Generally players from the pre-KG era
Second column: Generally players from the KG era
Fifth column: Current roster (and some cut players)
Sixth column: Assets under control for next / future seasons
Not included in this chart: the Celtics' own future picks, unless they have already been traded, and the all-important trade exceptions.
In general, Danny seems to continue extracting value out of players in the form of future assets. For example, Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks were out of the league less than a year after being traded, and yet they'll continue providing dividends over the next two years in the form of three second-round picks. The only recent vine to die out has been the Courtney Lee - Jerryd Bayless trade, although the two years of those two players still ended up being more valuable than JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, and others.
It also seems pretty consistent that the players shipped out have turned out to be less valuable than the return haul. Really the only possible debate is that the #6 pick in the 2009 draft was a part of the Kevin Garnett trade - that ended up being Jonny Flynn, who was picked just ahead of Stephen Curry. Otherwise, nobody who has been traded away looks to come back and bite the Celtics in the future.
First column: Generally players from the pre-KG era
Second column: Generally players from the KG era
Fifth column: Current roster (and some cut players)
Sixth column: Assets under control for next / future seasons
Not included in this chart: the Celtics' own future picks, unless they have already been traded, and the all-important trade exceptions.
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In general, Danny seems to continue extracting value out of players in the form of future assets. For example, Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks were out of the league less than a year after being traded, and yet they'll continue providing dividends over the next two years in the form of three second-round picks. The only recent vine to die out has been the Courtney Lee - Jerryd Bayless trade, although the two years of those two players still ended up being more valuable than JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, and others.
It also seems pretty consistent that the players shipped out have turned out to be less valuable than the return haul. Really the only possible debate is that the #6 pick in the 2009 draft was a part of the Kevin Garnett trade - that ended up being Jonny Flynn, who was picked just ahead of Stephen Curry. Otherwise, nobody who has been traded away looks to come back and bite the Celtics in the future.