Boston Celtics: B/R believes Cs will trade up in 2020 draft for THIS player

With the ammunition to do so, the Boston Celtics can move up the board this November during the NBA Draft. Who can they look to trade up for?

Following last night’s Game 4 loss, it is tempting for Boston Celtics fans to start thinking ahead to the NBA Draft after going down 3-1 in the Eastern Conference finals. Banner #18 hasn’t felt this far away since the NBA season was suspended in March.

Even if Boston loses Game 5, Game 6 or Game 7, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the team’s outlook moving forward. There are obvious holes and depth issues on this roster, and the Cs have the opportunity to add several first-round talents via their three picks in the first 30.

Being that they are so close to a title (yet so far it seems right now), they may not need to add so many young guys to the roster. Danny Ainge added four draft picks to the roster, but none of them saw the floor in Game 4. Besides Grant Williams, the 2019 draft class was underwhelming at best and disappointing at worst.

Well, perhaps this year can be different. Though this isn’t expected to be a deep draft class, there are still some notable potential draftees that can make an impact for the Celtics in 2020-21. Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman takes a look at one that they can trade for, via a deal the #7 pick owned by the Detroit Pistons:

"The Celtics won’t have interest in adding three more first-round rookies, including two from the late first round. And the Pistons might not feel confident in putting their eggs in one basket at No. 7. They may believe they can draft a similar prospect at No. 14 and have two more chances to find steals at No. 26 and No. 30.Boston would only do this if it had a target who was available, so this deal would have to been contingent on Haliburton being available at No. 7. His passing, spot-up shooting, interchangeability between guard spots and overall maturity fit the Celtics’ system/culture.While he’d give the second unit a trustworthy decision-maker behind Kemba Walker, coach Brad Stevens could also play them together, using Haliburton to facilitate or stretch the floor off the ball with his strong catch-and-shoot game from the wings and corners."

Haliburton would be an obvious step up from Brad Wanamaker, though that doesn’t necessarily mean that he would take his roster spot. If anything, Haliburton could provide another capable ball-handler on a Boston Celtics squad that has plenty already, but can use another willing ball-mover.

Swapping three lower picks for a top seven pick is the exact kind of move the Cs should pursue. What do you think Celtics fans? Is Tyler Haliburton worth giving up two picks for?

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