“Pass or Pursue” on 3 top trade targets for the Boston Celtics
By Mark Nilon
Boston Celtics trade target No. 2) Bryn Forbes
Though perhaps for not as long as Terrence Ross, Bryn Forbes is a player that has been linked as a potential trade target for the Boston Celtics for quite some time.
A seasoned veteran with a master’s degree in long-range shooting, many are under the impression that the 28-year-old would be a quality addition to Ime Udoka’s ball club, for he is viewed as someone who can really help boost the team’s scoring efficiency, be it with his own attempts taken of simply by just having his presence on the floor.
"His three-point shot is more like a flamethrower. Since the start of 2018-19, he has buried 2.1 threes per outing at a 41.9 percent clip. And he’s done that in all of just 23.1 minutes. Stretch his numbers out to a per-36-minutes scale, and it jumps to 3.3 threes a night. There aren’t many other layers to his game, but that should be fine for the Shamrocks. Even a spacing specialist could do a lot for this offense, and he shouldn’t cost too much to get."
Attatched to an expiring contract worth just $4.5 million, executing a Forbes deal wouldn’t take all that much brainpower to figure out — in fact, Stevens could simply use the Kemba Walker TPE on such a transaction, thus leaving the more valuable Tristan Thompson and, of course, Evan Fournier exceptions untouched where they can then be used on a bigger follow-up deal soon after.
Ranking second on the Spurs in effective field goal percentage on catch and shoot attempts (61.4), having a guy of Forber’s skill-set could absolutely help stabilize Boston’s roster and, at his price range, he could prove to be somewhat of a steal for the ball-club.