Throughout the months leading up to the March 25th NBA trade deadline, buzz was that the Boston Celtics were gearing up for something… something big.
With links to players like Harrison Barnes, Nikola Vucevic, and Aaron Gordon, the media had a field day — ourselves included — when thinking up trade packages and targets that could make an impact for this reeling sub-.500 shamrocks squad.
Now, a few days removed from the deadline, we see that the Cs landed none of the high-profile talents they were rumored to be in the market for and, instead, settled for the likes of Evan Fournier, Moritz Wagner, and Luke Kornet.
While the move that nabbed Fournier (don’t google his last name) only cost Danny Ainge and co. two future second-round picks, the one that brought on Wagner and Kornet involved the team losing their starting big man, Daniel Theis, to the Chicago Bulls.
Though not a star, the intangibles and skill set that the German Hammer provided on a nightly basis for the Celtics in the starting lineup was something fans of the organization greatly appreciated and will certainly miss.
Now, without the 6-8 Theis logging minutes in the frontcourt, a new question finds itself arising: who could be the ones that will take over these newly free up minutes in the rotation?
There are a couple of Boston Celtics that may benefit from the Daniel Theis trade
Though trading away a starter without getting an upgrade in return is rarely a good thing, to put a positive spin on the matter one could certainly argue that there are players currently on the Boston Celtics who could actually wind up benefiting from Theis’ departure.
Here are 2 in specific the Houdini has in mind: