The Boston Celtics are blowing up their core and sent three veterans to the
Brooklyn Nets, raising expectations for the Nets next season.
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Authentic . Numbers Game examines a deal shipping Kevin Garnett,
Paul Pierce and Jason Terry to Brooklyn. The Nets Get: PF Kevin Garnett, SF Paul
Pierce and SG Jason Terry. Garnett, 37, is a future Hall of Famer who is the
only active player with more than 25,000 points and 13,000 rebounds and hes
remained effective in recent years, in part because he has spent more of his
time at centre. At the same time, Garnett misses more and more time with
injuries -- 85 games over the last five seasons -- and his minutes (29:44 per
game) were his lowest since his rookie season. Nevertheless, Garnett had 14.8
points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 0.9 blocks per game in 2012-2013, numbers
that would be readily accepted in the Nets frontcourt next season. Garnett
excelled at centre in recent seasons, where he is more athletic than many of the
centres he matched up with. If hes spending more time at power forward for
Brooklyn, he loses some of that quickness advantage. Garnett has two years and a
little more than $23.5-million due over the next two seasons. While KG ranks
second among active scorers, 35-year-old Paul Pierce sits fourth, but has
continued to be an efficient scorer because he gets to the line about six times
per game and shoots well enough from three-point range to have the same
effective field goal percentage (.502) as he did when he was 29, while scoring
18.6 points and grabbing 6.3 rebounds per game. At this stage of his career, it
would make sense for Pierce to handle a lesser workload, 28 minutes per game
instead of 33, but he can still be a valuable contributor to the Nets offence.
Pierce has one year left on his deal, paying a bit more than $15.3-million.
Rounding out the aging trio of Celtics heading to Brooklyn, 35-year-old Jason
Terry is coming off a season in which he played his fewest minutes per game
(26.9) and his 10.1 points per game was his lowest since his rookie season,
1999-2000. While Terry played a lesser role and has a limited game, he can still
shoot and, providing offence off the bench, can be a useful player in the Nets
rotation. Terry has two years, and $10.675-million left on his deal. The Nets
are obviously a better team with this trio added to the mix, but is it enough
for them to compete with the best teams in the East? That still seems like its
beyond their reach. The Celtics Get: SF Gerald Wallace, PF Kris Humphries, SG
MarShon Brooks, SF Kris Joseph, SG Keith Bogans and first-round picks in 2014,
2016 and 2018, with an option to flip first-round picks in 2017. Wallace, 30,
has been a very effective if oft-injured player in his career, but hes coming
off a season in which he scored just 7.7 points per game, shooting 39.7% from
the field, his lowest in both categories since 2003-2004. While Wallace is an
offensive liability at this point, he can still play adequate defence but, given
whats left on the Boston roster, they probably need him to be more than a
one-dimensional defender if hes going to provide any value. Wallace has three
years, at more than $30.3-million, left on his contract. 28-year-old Kris
Humphries had been a productive player from a couple seasons with the Nets,
averaging a double-double (points and rebounds) for 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, but
his role was reduced significantly last season and he averaged 5.8 points and
5.6 rebounds per game. Hes a notorious black hole on offence, never averaging
more than 1.5 assists per game. His expiring deal could provide future value to
the Celtics and, given their needs up front, Humphries could find some playing
time as part of the Celtics rotation. Humphries has one season, at $12-million,
remaining on his deal. Brooks is a 24-year-old who had a pretty strong rookie
season, scoring 12.6 points per game, in 2011-2012, but was a spare part last
season, playing only 12:29 per game after playing 29:23 as a rookie. Hell have a
chance to play a larger role in a depleted Celtics perimeter rotation. Brooks is
due less than $1.3-million next season, the last year of his entry-level deal,
though theres a team option for $2.3-million the following season. A
second-round pick of the Celtics in 2012, Kris Joseph played 54 minutes with
Boston and New Jersey last season. The 24-year-old Montreal native is still
battling for a spot in the league and his contract has a team option, for
$788,872 in 2013-2014. Bogans inclusion in the deal could work out really well
for the 33-year-old who actually played more than Brooks for the Nets last
season. As a sign-and-trade piece to this trade, to make the salaries balance,
Bogans could be looking at a contract that pays him approximately $4.4-million
next season, a veritable jackpot for an aging role player whose defence isnt
near what it once was. He might find a spot in the Celtics rotation, or could be
stuck with playing time scraps. Boston has decided to rebuild for the future but
arent exactly bottoming out as they shed three core veterans. Taking on Wallaces
three-year contract, in particular, isnt conducive to regenerating the roster,
but the rest of the financial obligations are minimal and the Celtics can see
what Jeff Green and J.J. Sullinger can provide in more significant roles
alongside PG Rajon Rondo, who is unquestionably the leader of this team now.
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