Was The Megatrade Worth It For Boston?

The Boston Celtics finally made their blockbuster trade, but was it worth it?

Wow. Who could have seen that coming? No one, that’s who. In an unbelievable turn of events, the Boston Celtics have traded Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the Nets’ 2018 unprotected first round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Kyrie Irving.

Let me just start by saying: Was it really worth it for Boston? I mean, they lost three players plus a probable top 3 pick in next year’s draft, all for just one player.

Even worse for Boston, two of those three players were starters. As the roster stands today, Al Horford is the only starter remaining from Boston’s 2016-2017 season.

And before I get tons of comments from heated Celtics fans, I understand that Boston received Uncle Drew, arguably the best point guard in the league today.

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And even better for Boston, Irving may even sign an extension on his contract and plan to commit to the Celtics for the near future.

But again, was this “megatrade” worth it for Boston? Before we analyze Boston’s perspective a little further, let’s look at how Cleveland comes out of this deal.

I’ll just say it, Cleveland clearly won this trade for the upcoming year. Whether you Boston fans out there will admit or not, (for this next season) we all know that this trade almost guarantees a fourth year in a row of a Warriors and Cavaliers NBA Finals.

I’m not crazy, believe me. Think about it, the Cavaliers received a minimal downgrade with the loss of Irving for Thomas. Both players are excellent at the point guard position, and Cleveland can continue to exploit a similar, but different Big 3.

Adding on to the point guard swap, Crowder joins the roster as a fitting sixth man to accompany Derrick Rose off the bench. You see? Even the Cavaliers bench improved because of this trade.

I’m not going to worry about Zizic as he has yet to prove his worth to the NBA, but my god, they’ll even most likely have the honor of choosing a top 3 draft pick next offseason.

You compare all of these improvements to Boston’s one minor improvement in the backcourt and you can see the difference(s).

I mean no disrespect to Danny Ainge and the rest of the Celtics front office, but I think that lots of Celtics fans are failing to understand the great amount of talent we gave up in order to get one star point guard (and remember, we had to give up another star point guard in order for this to happen).

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So yeah, this megatrade revived the offseason for now, but if we look into the near future, does Boston really come out on top? I’ll let everyone think about that before the party continues, but all I know is that opening night is going to be very awkward, yet very fun to watch.

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