Boston Celtics: 3 Marvin Bagley-Cs trade packages

The Boston Celtics need to get involved with the Sacramento Kings in a deal for seemingly disgruntled former #2 overall pick Marvin Bagley.

If you read the tea leaves and understand that NBA players have a brand to protect many times, you will realize that Sacramento Kings big man Marvin Bagley is very obviously on the trade block via likely demands from his father…and the Houdini is foaming at the mouth thinking about the possibility of Bagley starting at the power forward spot for the Boston Celtics.

Tell me where in the following statement there is interest in remaining a King for life:

"Kings fans shouldn’t be surprised at how Bagley handled himself Sunday when he sat down to face the media and said nothing about a trade demand issued by his father Saturday night. His dad tweeted the team should trade him Saturday and Bagley III faced the media Sunday. He had a chance to say something. He was asked if he wanted to dispel rumors about him wanting a trade. He didn’t answer the question. “Like I said, tomorrow’s gonna be a big game for us. Excited about that. Excited to get on the court and play tomorrow,” Bagley said."

I assessed the potential of a Bagley-Cs trade yesterday and realized how feasible it is:

"Dysfunction + early season drama usually equates to a midseason trade. Whether or not a deal happens will ultimately come down to whether or not the Boston Celtics want to give up the amount of first-round draft picks (plus a young talent or two) it would take to land Bagley?"

So today, I figure out ways it can be done:

Why the Boston Celtics do it

This is the most draft pick-rich deal of this article, and is the most win-now move the Cs can make, avoiding touching their core and in turn receiving a player capable of starting.

Why the Sacramento Kings do it

While neither Carsen Edwards nor Semi Ojeleye projects to be a long-term keeper in Sacramento, two draft picks for a somewhat disappointing lottery experiment is not a bad haul.