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Boston Celtics: Only two teams have better odds to land All-NBA point guard

By Andrew Hughes

The Boston Celtics have the third-best odds to land an Eastern Conference floor general who was on the 2021-22 All-NBA Third Team Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
The Boston Celtics have the third-best odds to land an Eastern Conference floor general who was on the 2021-22 All-NBA Third Team Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Only two teams have better odds to land Atlanta Hawks superstar point guard Trae Young than the Boston Celtics. The Dallas Mavericks, who traded the rights to Young in the 2018 NBA Draft for Luka Doncic, and the Miami Heat, have the best odds to land the 2x All-Star per BetOnline.

Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes recently called Young the next likely superstar to demand a trade amidst a season in which the Hawks are struggling to solidify a spot in the Eastern Conference postseason picture.

The Cs, of course, already have point guard Marcus Smart on their roster, making such a deal unnecessary — especially if the price to land him even remotely resembles NBA Analysis Network’s mock proposal offer of Jaylen Brown, Danilo Gallinari, and two future first-round draft picks.

The Boston Celtics do not need Trae Young

It cannot be overstated enough that the Boston Celtics do not need Trae Young at this point in time.

The Cs are a team with three homegrown starters (Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum) who primarily handle the ball, and Young is a one-man offensive system onto himself. His arrival would make Boston’s MVP candidate (Tatum) a catch-and-shooter.

Instead of being linked to a point guard, the Celtics should actually be looking to ship one out from their surplus of floor generals. Payton Pritchard is garnering interest on the trade market right now, and Malcolm Brogdon is on an expiring contract himself. Turning either of them into a two-way wing that could play behind Tatum — in the role Danilo Gallinari was supposed to occupy — or a big man that could help preserve the health of Robert Williams III and Al Horford going into the postseason should be their goal.

Young going to Dallas to team up with Luka Doncic would be the ultimate NBA storyline considering the nearly nonstop comparisons between the two since they were traded for each other on draft night four and a half years ago. Miami would be a logical landing spot to give the Heat a ‘big 3’ alongside Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.

But Boston? It’s a no from the Houdini, dawg.

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