Boston Celtics: 2 ‘out of the box’ trades Cs must consider

Boston Celtics trade No. 1) Cs land Kristaps Porzingis and a great bench scorer

Recently brought to light by Bleacher Report writer Jake Fischer, it has been reported that Dallas has been “quietly gauging” Kristaps Porzingis’s trade value.

Because of this buzz, obviously, we at the site had to jump in on the fun and think up ways in which the Boston Celtics could land the star big man.

Today, we’ve managed to concoct another deal in which we believe better aids in the team’s desire to get back into contention by bringing them both KP as well as a talented scoring wing to have come off the pine moving forward.

Through the first nine games of the season, the Latvian-born baller found himself sidelined as he recovered from offseason knee surgery. However, since making his first appearance on January 13th, KP has managed to produce quite nicely.

In 17 total games played, Porzingis is averaging 20.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game on 47 percent shooting from the floor and 35 percent shooting from deep.

Him coming aboard would give the Boston Celtics the best big they’ve had since Kevin Garnett and, at his still youthful age of 25, he’d find himself right on the same timeline as the C’s other stars in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, giving the franchise a big 3 both for the now and the future.

Alongside him, we see Tim Hardaway Jr. and his expiring contract coming to Beantown.

For the second season in a row, Boston finds themselves rolling out one of the worst second-unit offenses in the entire league, as they rank 26th in points per game and 17th in offensive rating.

A guy like Hardaway would be a huge upgrade for this bench.

On the season, the shooting guard is posting averages of 16.8 points a night on 45 percent shooting from the field and 39 percent shooting from deep.

Having him coming off the pineh for the Cs would be an unbelievable luxury to have.