I’ve wanted him traded for a bag of chips for most of the season but at this point he’s almost too valuable to the offense to move him. Without his spark off the bench our record is demonstrably worse—dude has kept the offense afloat multiple times when our starters are off. If there’s a game changing big available that changes the story a bit, but even with how good he’s been lately we’re still talking about a guy that really no one wanted, even on an expiring.

Players with his archetype are at the most undervalued they’ve ever been. No one wants to overpay for one dimensional players and I would actually love to have him back if the price is reasonable.

Oh, I doubt they let him walk for nothing. If they are looking to put together a contender they will pay him.

He’s a valuable asset. 

I just gotta trust Brad on this one.  

I genuinely enjoy watching him play. 

We should only trade him if he won’t agree to a cheaper extension or Brad gets a deal he can’t refuse. I’d like to see how he plays when Tatum returns. And I have my concerns about PP being our backup guard in the playoffs still.

The last thing I want Brad to do is trading a bunch of picks and young guys for bigs like JJJ, Bam, AD, Zubac, etc. Our development system has turned late 20s and 2nd round picks into servicable rotation guys, we don’t need to be sending a bunch of picks away, and we certainly better not do it for the sole purpose of saving the owners money. We’re not a poverty franchise, I don’t care about the owners saving tax dollars if it means we’re gutting our depth or picks.

I’m of the opinion that he’s worth trading in pursuit of a starting level center or starting level someone else(like a trey Murphy or some splash trade like that) but definitely not for any bench piece or for salary reasons

Would hate to see him go

He is extension eligible right? I think he is gone if not extended.

I like him but you know, cap space and shit.

It all depends on who’s willing to trade for him knowing he’s on an expiring deal.

You trade him because he’s not good enough to put you over the top and he is your last chance to bring in a big salary without sending out someone whose name starts Jay…

I think they should trade him, I don’t see a world where the Celtics resign him. I would argue his trade value has never been higher and we could get a decent return on him. I see a lot of Celtics fans saying maybe he’d take a discount to return, but that is never happening, he’s had a great contract year and will get paid. I’ve loved him this season but I don’t see why Brad wouldn’t try to get a deal done

His high end ability is better than PP

He costs too much lol and is 26. This day and age it’s tough but besides him, JB and JT are max players. 2 not just 1 so it’s hard to keep guys like Simons. I loved the pick up!

I know he’s a bucket getter but gotta trade him because he’s gonna be valued so much by other teams and they will overpay or give us valuable assets back.

This was a gap year.

Joe hasn’t been giving Simons enough go credit. He belongs out there at the end of games. Been phenomenal recently. Ride the hot hand!! ❤️😎👍

what annoys me is people expect Boston to trade Simons plus FRPS for a big when Simons’ value should be enough to get us a decent big.

if we are trading Simons, no need to give away a FRP with him.

and also if he doesn’t get traded it is safe to assume he will be coming back next year

I like Simons a lot but I lean towards trading him or Hauser for a big. Whatever Stevens decides I’m good with though.

I’d keep him. He’s improved tremendously and it seems like he’s finally figured out the schemes and plays, which is why he’s playing so well now. Obviously with the CBA, retaining him will be ultra difficult, but with Brad at the helm, never say never.

This is the longest nba trade deadline of my life, just want it to be over so i don’t have to speculate anymore lol

There’s like an equal amount of pros and cons for every move here, but i guess it just comes down to brad asking simons about an extension and what the price is. If the price is too high, brad has to trade him.

I really don’t want to because he’s still not even at his prime, and honestly i think we can bring the best out of him. If he goes to like the clippers for example, i don’t think he’d be as good a basketball player in 2 years as he would’ve been if he stayed with us. But he’ll have more money, and ultimately that’s kind of what you have to prioritize because you only get so many chances at these contracts.

Fuck cj mccollum for this cba smh

Yes, because this team needs an established Big to compete for a title. Beating Atlanta means nothing. They need to match up better with the Pistons, Spurs, and Thunder.

If trading him gets you Zubac, then yes.

Tatum will be coming back at some point, and we’re gonna have greater need for a high-quality center, rather than another scoring wing.

If the mindset is that we can’t trade players who turn out to be good, then we’ll never build a better team. Someone like Simons is most useful to us a a tradeable asset because he’s performing well.

Hes a good player and Id be okay with keeping him at a fair price and with fair expectations for what he’d actually be doing. If hes willing to play the role he has now (or similar) Id love to keep him. But if he wants to get back to what he was doing in Portland, or if he wants to be paid like a primary option, I dont think itll fit at all.

Honestly it’s sort of a lose-lose situation, if we keep him and he keeps up this production he probably plays his way into a contract we can’t afford. So yeah I’d still try to trade him if we can upgrade the center rotation

Maybe it depends on how many millions it would take to get him back next year.

Depends what’s a available

We should trade him. With the team fully healthy he won’t be nearly as good, and he’s but going to resign to be the 6th man. Might as well get some value 

Only Brad knows the answer.

How much does his scoring role diminish when Tatum is back and sees the ball as the number 1 or 2 option? I think you lose a lot of his value at that point.

Assuming there’s a market there, the trade deadline is a good time to sell high on him and bring in a cost controlled big. I still think the aim is to get under the tax while competing, there are a few big options we could go for in that scenario. If we stay above then there’s even more options, I find it hard to see us not pursuing one of those as a long term fit.

Nah. Hoping he signs for a fair contract. He could be a deadly 6th man

Yes, Tatum should be able to replicate most (if not all) of what he does on offense for us.

We need more defense, and now that he has positive value, we might be able to flip him to a team to get us a better big man that we can start without having to give up too many picks.

I don’t think we move him, and I don’t see a need to.

We need a minor move for a reliable backup big man. Tatum coming back is quite literally the best possible deadline acquisition.

Simons is a UFA, yes, but we have bird rights, there’s a pathway to open the full MLE if we get creative, we can go in the tax further to keep him, there are sign and trade possibilities. There’s too much flexibility ahead to dump him unless it’s in a move that makes us considerably better.

He’s more valuable to us as a bench scorer than he is a trade piece.

I think the original plan was to trade him. But now that Brad knows he has a contender that just needs a healthy Tatum and a big to compete the plans have changed

As of right now what is our repeater tax implications?

Where are we with all the apron stuff?

The alternative is he walks in the offseason. How is that better than some return on a trade?

This particular situation and decision is probably going to be one of the toughest Brad has had to make in a while. I have complete faith in him. Honestly what I think makes this a tough decision is the fact that he’s steadily improved his defensive ability since he has been on the team. Factoring that along with his ability to score and considering that we don’t really have a lot of depth at his position further emphasizes the importance of the decision.

If for instance we replace him with a center, now our guard depth becomes thin. Right now we have very good wing depth and that’s without having JT. Personally I like having more depth at the wing because of the importance of the position as it currently stands in the modern NBA game. That being said, you have to have ball handlers and I’m personally reluctant to going back to having a wing player bringing the ball up.

A huge gripe for many of us on here in the past was having JT bring the ball up. We have had a guard bringing the ball up all season and I believe that it has led to us being more consistent on the offensive end. We get into our sets quicker and it leads us to have better ball movement.

I have no idea what Brad will do. It’s an interesting situation and a difficult one. Weighing money versus talent versus depth versus timelines is not an easy task.

Yes, the results quickly make you forget that it is still a transitional phase, with enormous possibilities, certainly, but still a transitional phase

He’s pretty good he’s just really similar to pritchard

Is it worth the apron? Might be? If we get like 4 1st-round picks… might be worth it? Maybe?

He’s a wizard, Brad!

I like him as a player, he fits our system and plays good defense. Problem is, who else do we have to move around to acquire a big during the deadline. Unless we throw a whole bunch of picks and sacrifice our actively bench depth.

Knowing what it’s like now to play for a good franchise vs a shit one he will stay on a discount vs go get paid elsewhere I think and if he does that we have to keep him. It’s a gamble though.

Completely depends on his long term plans/ the Celtics willingness to pay the cost apron tax and penalties/ who’s available for what price this trade deadline/ next free agency if he opts for a sign and trade.

I want to keep him and acquire a center next season but I’m Brad we trust

I’d like to see if he can be convinced to take a paycut for Boston sports culture and the opportunity to play an important role in helping us add another championship to our historic legacy

I still don’t like him & am waiting for him to be traded, I hope he doesn’t sign a deal here

Your post just proved why the Cs should trade him. Other GMs are likely to agree on his value and then overpay. He’s not needed. Simons is not the But-For cause for why the Cs are good this year. Psycho Joe can make do with anyone. I’d prefer Zu to Simons ⁷⁄₇ days of the week.

They really should trade Pritchard + whatever for a big and really help the team