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‘Ideal’ Mavericks sign-and-trade for RFA would net Boston Celtics veteran wing, big

By Andrew Hughes

The "ideal" sign-and-trade for the Mavericks for the top Boston Celtics restricted free agent would net the Cs a veteran wing and big man (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
The "ideal" sign-and-trade for the Mavericks for the top Boston Celtics restricted free agent would net the Cs a veteran wing and big man (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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An “ideal” scenario that would send Grant Williams to the Dallas Mavericks in a sign-and-trade scenario — ideal in the eyes of Dallas Basketball’s Dalton Trigg at least — would net the Boston Celtics veterans Tim Hardaway Jr. and JaVale McGee.

“One ideal scenario mentioned would be the Mavs being able to talk the Celtics into taking Hardaway and McGee in exchange for Williams in a sign-and-trade,” Trigg prefaced before saying, “Not only would this allow Boston to get something for Williams instead of losing him for nothing, but it could also possibly allow Williams to make more than annually than just the $12.4 million MLE.”

Such a deal would be worth considering for the Celtics after they lost the scoring punch Danilo Gallinari was expected to provide off the second unit on the wing and with Luke Kornet serving as the only insurance policy for the oft-injured Robert Williams III and Kristaps Porzingis and 37-year-old Al Horford.

Grant Williams unlikely to remain with the Boston Celtics

Williams doesn’t seem likely to remain with the Boston Celtics considering the massive investment in the power forward position this offseason; which not only saw Brad Stevens trade Marcus Smart for the presumed new starting 4 (Porzingis) but later extend said player.

Another hint that would seemingly point to Williams being a goner is the fact that MassLive’s Brian Robb explicitly called the minimum signing of Oshae Brissett “conceivably” a replacement for Williams.

“Brissett is still just 25 years old and has shown enough promise in Indiana to be a useful depth piece for certain matchups,” Robb prefaced before saying, “He is also conceivably a very low-cost Grant Williams replacement (and a far worse shooter) if the team loses him via free agency or a sign-and-trade.”

A Williams offer sheet at the midlevel exception likely gets matched, but anything above that is likely matched — and it appears as though the Mavericks are planning to clear the cap space necessary to lure the Tennessee product out of Boston.

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