Thoughts on the Garnett trade

Posted on LakersGround.net on 7/30/07.

IMHO, this is one of those trades were both teams are made worse. Minny loses KG and the only thing of worth in return is Al Jefferson. He's a promising young player, but he is on the level with a number of young bigs in the East. When he played with the All-Star Paul Pierce, the Celtics still couldn't post a winning record.

The Celtics are going to be the shallowest team in the history of the NBA. Here is their roster assuming Minny gets Jefferson, Green, Telfair, Gomes and Ratliff:
C: Perkins, Davis
PF: KG, Powe
SF: Pierce, Scalabrine
SG: Ray Allen, Tony Allen
PG: Rondo, Pruitt
Perkins, Powe and Scalabrine averaged 4.5, 4.2 and 4.0 ppg respectively last season. Davis and Pruitt are 2nd round picks from this draft. Tony Allen is coming off a terrible knee injury and has legal problems. Rondo is the best of the non-Big 3 players and he put up poor numbers until the C's started seriously tanking.