Boston Celtics: 3 Cs most likely to be sent packing this trade season

Boston Celtics player No. 3) Dennis Schroder

Of all the players found listed here today, Dennis Schroder is easily the one I want the least to be traded this season but, honestly, he very well could be the most likely.

Upon being signed this past offseason, many penciled in the acquisition as being the best move in free agency period what with the fact that Boston brought on a player who was one of just 16 total in the entire league to have put up 6,000 points and 1,500 assists since the start of 2016-17 at a cost of just one-year, $5.9 million.

Through 27 games played he has been one of the most competent contributors on the Celtics this season with his sound offensive initiation skills, distribution prowess, and underrated efforts on the defensive end of the ball.

Particularly as of late, Schroder has played the role of that tertiary talent running alongside the Jays the Cs have been looking for for a few years now, as he’s been posting stellar per-game averages of 18.9 points, 4.1 assists, and 3.4 rebounds on 47 percent shooting from the floor and 35 percent shooting from deep.

He’s been playing so well from an individual standpoint, in fact, that, come the expiration of his current deal, he almost certainly will have a much bigger number of teams vying for his services which, in turn, could ultimately price the point guard out of Boston.

Because of this, perhaps as a precaution, Stevens and co. could realistically start looking to swap him out now in exchange for assets (draft capital, perhaps?) that could be of more use in the long-term rather than simply losing him over the summer for nothing.

Again, while we’d love to see the Boston Celtics turn the corner on this season with Schroder in tow, it wouldn’t be all that shocking in the slightest if we saw him getting dealt at some point this season.