3 popular trade targets the Boston Celtics must avoid this summer

Boston Celtics trade target No. 2) Duncan Robinson

As made evident by their ninth-place finish in attempts per game during the regular season and current placement as having the second-most attempts per game in this year’s postseason, it’s quite evident that Ime Udoka’s system is one that is unapologetically going to look to hoist up 3-pointers.

The only problem is, with the way their rotation is currently constructed, one could argue that they don’t necessarily have the personnel to abide by this offensive approach, as they finished as a middle of the pack team in regard to these attempts on the year as a whole (shot 35.6 percent) and only roster two prominent players that shot over 36 percent from distance.

Because of this, come the offseason, the front office should strongly consider adding some extra floor spacers to their arsenal, and one player viewed as a realistic target is Miami Heat sharpshooter, Duncan Robinson.

Boasting a career 3-point percentage of 40.6 and, this past campaign, converted on nearly 40 percent of his attempts from deep (37.2), on the surface one could make the argument that adding someone of Robinson’s skill set could only stand to benefit the Boston Celtics. In fact, just recently, the folks at Bleacher Report claimed him to be one of the team’s top trade targets for the offseason, with their reason being that he’s such a dependable shooter from deep.

However, as we stated in our response piece to B/R’s claims, it may be wise for the C’s to pass on making such a transaction a reality, largely due to his lofty contract.

As many of you know, Boston’s cap situation is in a rather tight spot, as they have 10 regular contributors already under contract for next season, five of whom are making over $15 million.

Duncan Robinson who, while solid is essentially a one-way glorified role player, would only go on to complicate their payroll as he’ll be making a whopping $16.9 million in 2022-23 and will then go on to make an average salary of $19.1 million each year after that through 2026.

With the fact that the Celtics are already cash-strapped as is, we feel that, regardless of how much his 3-point shooting could help the team’s offense, his payday has the ability to hurt their salary cap and future flexibility even more.