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Boston Celtics: 3 trade targets using draft picks as collateral

By Mark Nilon

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 14: Mitchell Robinson #23 of the New York Knicks in against the Dallas Mavericks at Madison Square Garden on November 14, 2019 in New York City. New York Knicks defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-103. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 14: Mitchell Robinson #23 of the New York Knicks in against the Dallas Mavericks at Madison Square Garden on November 14, 2019 in New York City. New York Knicks defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-103. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /
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The NBA’s trade season in full swing, and the Boston Celtics have a plethora of valuable assets at their disposal. Today, we discuss who the team could potentially acquire using their bevy of future draft picks.

For the better part of the past decade, the Boston Celtics have found themselves with a ridiculous amount of draft capital. Since the 2014 blockbuster deal that sent Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn, the C’s have acquired 17 different draft picks, nine of which wound up being first-round selections.

With them, the team has managed to draft two potential franchise-cornerstones in Jaylen Brown (2016) and Jayson Tatum (2017) and have constantly remained at the forefront of potential trade destinations for the league’s top-available talents.

Deals for Kevin Love, Paul George and Anthony Davis were all, at one point, seen as realistic possibilities for the shamrocks over the years. However, due to Danny Ainge‘s apparent insistence of building through the draft, they never came into fruition.

Only once during this span has the franchise included one of their acquired draft picks in a deal — the Nets’ 2018 pick was added to the Cleveland Cavaliers deal that brought Kyrie Irving to Boston.

To be honest, it is quite admirable that Ainge decided to actually use a majority of the capital acquired rather than packaging them in deals to bring on big name/ seasoned talents in attempts to “win now.” However, being that the team currently seems to have the right pieces in place to both be in contention this season, as well as for many other years down the road, perhaps now is the time the team should seriously consider using some of their remaining draft assets to acquire suitable additions.

Having said that, here are three players the Celtics should target using their draft picks as collateral.

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