If you're Boston Celtics President Danny Ainge, you must be chomping at the bit to unload head coach Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett to the Los Angeles Clippers for DeAndre Jordan and possibly Eric Bledsoe. The Celtics would surround returning all NBA point guard Rajon Rondo with some young, athletic talent. Rondo is a walking triple double, and just as good a passer as Chris Paul in LA.
Lob City...east coast style.
More importantly, allowing head coach Doc Rivers out of his contract to coach the Clippers would net huge returns, as you would likely receive multiple draft pics. That's exactly what a rebuilding team in search of a new coach would need. You could sit on the picks and stockpile talent through the draft, or you could package them in a deal to add another piece.
Brilliant proposal on the part of Boston. That's why they win championships.
If you're the Clippers, you're trading in a weekly paycheck for a lottery ticket. You just won the division with a young and talented roster, and would immediately become an old team with this move.
Did anybody watch Boston and New York in the first round of the playoffs? Kevin Garnett showed flashes, but can he sustain the rugged western conference over 82 games...again...at dang near 40?
And don't even get me started on Paul Pierce.
So I digress.
The Clippers have a talented roster as is with CP3 back at the helm. Garnett is a first ballot Hall of Famer, but is clearly at the end of his career. The Clippers would shorten their championship window of opportunity, with no guarantee that it will work.
The Clippers would've also given away future draft pics to acquire coach Rivers, so there's no plan B. Garnett would have virtually no trade value should the west coast experiment not work.
I'm sure Danny Ainge is not sending any calls to voice mail any time soon. follow @plcolter
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