Hey Nets, Maybe Only Do The Hold Up The Jersey Thing When You Have Real Players

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But great news for the Celtics! 2017 and 2018 1st round picks are looking better and better.

NBA Jam (Today) Roster: Atlantic Division

Based on today's rosters if the game was released now here is who should be in.  Sub in parenthesis.

BOSTON CELTICS

Rajon Rondo, Jared Sullinger (Marcus Smart)


BROOKLYN NETS

Deron Williams, Brook Lopez (Joe Johnson)


NEW YORK KNICKS

Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire (J.R. Smith)


PHILADELPHIA 76ERS

Nerlens Noel, Michael Carter-Williams (Joel Embiid)


TORONTO RAPTORS

DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry (Jonas Valanciunas)

Celtics-Cavs-Nets Trade

The Celtics, Cavaliers, and Nets agreed to a deal today that allows Boston to use their $10.3 million trade exception from the Piece/KG deal, gives them some assets, gives Brooklyn a real back up point guard, and frees up cap space for Cleveland to make a run at LeBron James.

BOSTON CELTICS GET:
Tyler Zeller
Marcus Thornton (expiring deal, $8.7 mill)
1st Round Pick from Cleveland (Top 10 protected 2016, 17, 18, unprotected 19)

BROOKLYN NETS GET:
Jarrett Jack
Sergey Karasev

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GET:
Rights to some foreign dudes
CAP SPACE!

Celtics 2013-14 Schedule: Games of Note

The Celtics open the 2013-14 season on October 30th at Toronto at 7pm.  Other notables...

DECEMBER 10  @ BROOKLYN (first game vs. Paul Pierce & Kevin Garnett)

DECEMBER 11 vs. LA CLIPPERS (first game/ only home game vs. Doc Rivers)

JANUARY 8 @ LA CLIPPERS

JANUARY 26 vs. BROOKLYN (first home game vs. Pierce/ KG)

MARCH 7 vs. BROOKLYN

MARCH 21 @ BROOKLYN


No Christmas game this year for Boston.  Your five-pack is...

Bulls vs. Nets
Thunder vs. Knicks
Heat vs. Lakers
Rockets vs. Spurs
Clippers vs. Warriors

The New Nets

How many times today do you think someone said Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett..... aaaaaand Jason Terry are now Brooklyn Nets.  I mean Terry was a solid player in the league.  He's a former 6th Man of the Year and NBA Champion with the Mavericks.  But he sucked last year.  I was shocked to see that he averaged 10 points per game because it felt like a lot less.

But a bit of a turd in the punch bowl going on at today's press conference.  "We present to you future Hall of Famers Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, as well as Jason Terry's contract that the Celtics made us take back."

JET will probably have a sick year.  I actually liked the signing a lot last year.  But he was awful.  

Side note: NETS are LOADED

PG Deron Williams
SG Joe Johnson
SF Paul Pierce
PF Kevin Garnett
C Brook Lopez

BENCH
Jason Terry
Andrei Kirilenko
Andray Blatche
Reggie Evans
Shaun Livingston
Mason Plumlee
Mirza Teletovic

Celtics And Nets Agree To Monster Deal

The Truth is, Celtics are in a rebuild... ok that's awful.  Here is the breakdown.


NETS Receive: PAUL PIERCE, KEVIN GARNETT, JASON TERRY

CELTICS Receive: GERALD WALLACE, KRIS HUMPHRIES, MARSHON BROOKS, KEITH BOGANS, KRIS JOSEPH, 1ST ROUND PICKS IN 2014, 2016, 2018 AND RIGHT TO SWAP 1ST ROUNDERS IN 2017

Sadly, it had to be done.

Couple ways to look at this.  The Celtics essentially traded Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce for FOUR 1st ROUND PICKS and got rid of Jason Terry's contract.  (Yes they take back a bad deal in Gerald Wallace)

Also the C's now have TWO 1st Round Picks in 4 of the next 5 years, and the one where they only have 1 (2017) they can swap with the Nets if they have a better one, not terrible.

Now what do they do with Rajon Rondo...

Brooklyn Nets New Logo

The Nets are moving from New Jersey to Brooklyn, so they obviously need to scrub the stench off the Jerseys years. To help them do that why not bust out a new logo?  Looks like the Nets are going Black & White.  Like the White Sox?  I don't know.  I'll have to wait to see the uniforms, but right now, not a fan.  Check them out below.

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