Boston Celtics: 2 Luka Doncic trade ideas worth considering

A swap of young stars

The concept of trading away Luka Doncic, even with these rumblings of discontent, is still a very tricky situation for, regardless of his standing with the Mavericks, their front office would never consider giving him away for anything less than a young franchise building block as the centerpiece of a return package.

Because of this, the Boston Celtics would have to part with one of the Jays in exchange for the wunderkind guard.

Now, we did consider the possibility of a simple swap of superstars between Doncic and Jayson Tatum, and even wrote up half a slide’s worth discussing such an idea.

However, despite our belief that such a transaction would be one of the fairest outcomes of this hypothetical parting of ways in Dallas when it comes to star status, we cannot actually talk ourselves into entertaining the idea of the shamrocks dealing away Tatum.

He’s simply that high profile.

Because of this, while we absolutely love Jaylen Brown, and believe he’s not all that far away from the level that his fellow All-Star teammate is on, it’s inarguable that he’s viewed as less of an untouchable, which means he’d sadly wind up being the stud sent down south.

In his fifth season, Brown managed to put up stellar per-game averages of 24.7 points, six boards, 3.4 assists, and 1.2 steals on 48 percent shooting from the floor and 40 percent shooting from deep. In the process, the wing earned himself his first All-Star nod and, had it not been for his late-season wrist injury that forced him out of the postseason, he likely could have been gunning for an All-NBA selection as well.

Still just 24-years-old, the wing not only would allow the Mavericks to stay competitive in the meantime but also moving forward, as he’s under contract through 2024 and, at 4-years, $106 million, will likely be around half the cost of what it will take to re-up with Doncic, thus clearing up their books to potentially set themselves up for the pursuit of other stars in the future.

On top of this, we also see Dallas bringing on the likes of Aaron Nesmith, Robert Williams, three future first-round picks, and a pick-swap in 2024, thus giving them more young assets to mold as time goes by.

Of course, for the Boston Celtics, they see themselves landing a top-5 player currently in the league in Luka Doncic who can seemingly do anything and everything when on the court.

This past season, through 66 games played, the 22-year-old posted stellar averages of 27.7 points, 8.6 assists, and eight boards on 48 percent shooting from the floor and 35 percent shooting from deep.

Partnering him with Tatum would give Boston arguably the best duo in the entire league and, in turn, thrust them back up to the top of the East’s elite ball clubs.