Boston Celtics: 2 Kristaps Porzingis trades that must be considered

Boston Celtics get a new starting center and point guard

In this trade, we still see the Boston Celtics swapping out Kemba Walker for the likes of Kristaps Porzingis but, also, we see the Cs exchanging a few future assets for a new point guard to add to their rotation in Jalen Brunson.

Selected 33rd overall back in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Villanova product has been the definition of a pleasant surprise for the Mavericks over his three-year career.

This past season, the point guard managed to carve out quite a hefty role for himself within the rotation, logging 25 minutes per game whilst predominantly coming off the bench and, in turn, posting 12.6 points, 3.5 assists, and 3.4 rebounds on 52 percent shooting from the floor and 41 percent shooting from deep.

At just 24-years-old Brunson is proving himself to be a solid young prospect in this league at the game’s most important position.

With the fact that the Celtics would be losing Kemba, it’s obvious that they’ll be lessening their talent pool at the one and, with the current state of the position, it could wind up being arguably their weakest on the roster should they not add on any other options this offseason.

Perhaps they could try to finagle the backup guard from Dallas into the mix to make things easier for them.

Now, of course, with how well he’s played for the team, it’s obvious that they won’t willingly give the man away in any deal. The pot must be sweetened a bit.

Throwing in this year’s first-round pick and a couple of future seconds could prove to be enough to pry the young talent away from the organization, as it would make up for their own lost selection for this year’s draft class (traded to New York in the KP deal) while also adding a few more for down the road.

Giving up firsts should never be an easy concept for teams to talk themselves into doing, but considering how well Brunson has played thus far into his still very young career coupled with the fact that Stevens is coming into this year’s NBA Draft somewhat blind in the scouting department, for he spent the regular season worrying about his own players and not future ones, it may be safe to say that this exchange could prove to be worth it.

Add on the fact that they’d also be bringing aboard a guy like Josh Richardson who, though had a relatively underwhelming season in comparison to the expectations that came with him upon his arrival in Dallas, is still a career 12.3 point per game scorer on 36 percent shooting from deep who can serve as a much-needed scoring weapon off the pine and the Boston Celtics have themselves a solid package that should strongly be considered.