There are lots of Celtics followers who love Marcus Good, myself included.
i can’t imagine my crew traded marcus sensible. love and belief without end.
— jack (@janderson22_) June 22, 2023
It made many individuals upset once they traded him to the Grizzlies as part of the Kristaps Porzingis deal in June of 2023.
On Thursday, the Grizzlies traded him to the Washington Wizards together with a 2025 first spherical choose for Johnny Davis, Marvin Bagley and a couple of second spherical picks. The deal additionally despatched Jake LaRavia to the Kings, a participant I needed the Celtics to commerce for.
It is a two-sided coin due to course, Brad Stevens appears actually sensible for getting off of Good on the actual proper second.
Boston’s determination to maneuver Good is an all-time nice transfer.
— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) February 6, 2025
In fact, that’s the proper strategy to assume as Good has solely performed in 39 video games for the reason that commerce because of varied accidents and is capturing simply 32% from three in these contests. On the eve of the commerce deadline, he went 0/6 from the sphere and 0/3 from three scoring 0 factors within the Grizzlies 138-107 win over the Raptors — getting two first spherical picks and Tyus Jones, who Boston flipped for Porzingis, for him was nice enterprise.
It seems, this turned a very dangerous commerce for the Grizzlies.
That doesn’t imply I’ve to love it.
He was the guts and soul, who so many people beloved and trusted so dearly and now he’s being shipped off to Washington like he’s Malcolm Brogdon. It makes me sick to my abdomen simply fascinated by it.
No, he’s not going to get purchased out and even when he was, the Celtics can not signal a participant that makes over $12.8 million in any case.
Please observe: There isn’t any phrase about Marcus Good getting waived from Washington. He is making $20M this 12 months and on the books for one more 12 months after that. Even when he was waived, he makes greater than the mid degree exception ($12.8 million) so the Celtics wouldn’t be capable of signal him
— CelticsBlog (@celticsblog) February 6, 2025
I do assume his and Khris Middleton’s management will assist in Washington. Each guys are robust gamers who’ve been via so many wars within the playoffs, so for Washington’s younger guys to be round these two dudes every single day will assist the Wizards in the long term. It is a good commerce for the Wizards and I hope Good performs video games for Washington down the stretch of the season.
Once more, that doesn’t imply I’ve to love it.
In actual fact, I very a lot don’t prefer it. Sending my man off to the Wizards, to play for a crew that has but to win ten video games this season is just not one thing I like within the slightest.
I can be rooting very arduous for the Grizzlies to fail due to what they did to Marcus.
In different information, the Celtics did make a commerce, sending Jaden Springer, a 2030 second spherical choose and a protected 2027 second spherical choose to the Rockets for a protected 2031 2nd spherical choose. Springer was subsequently waived by Houston.
No, the Celtics can not signal him due to Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
That’s as a result of Golden State traded him final July, and the NBA has a rule that prohibits groups from buying and selling a participant after which re-signing him throughout the identical league 12 months. It’s generally known as the Zydrunas Ilgauskas rule, after the Cleveland Cavaliers traded their longtime heart in 2010, then re-signed him when Washington purchased him out. Different groups didn’t prefer it, so the NBA upped the restricted interval from 30 days to a 12 months.
Cam Payne cannot come again to the Suns primarily based on CBA.
The “Zydrunas Ilgauskas Rule” prevents a man from going again to a crew that has traded him with out ready a full 12 months.
Thus he cannot be lower and return after being waived by Spurs.
— Espo (@Espo) September 11, 2023
All of us beloved the Jaden Springer sport however on the finish of the day, he simply wasn’t going to be on the courtroom on the within the playoffs as a result of the three pointer simply was not there. Each time he was on the courtroom, he would simply stand within the nook and the opposing crew wouldn’t have to protect him.
He’s only a profession 25% from past the arc so it was sensible for the opposing crew to not guard him.
His toughness on the defensive finish was admirable and he performed with superior effort, however this moved saved the Celtics $15 million in tax financial savings. In fact they had been going to do it.
Completely can’t be mad on the Celtics reducing their tax invoice by shedding guys who received’t play in Might. It’s sensible enterprise truly and permits us to maintain footing the invoice with the highest roster guys
Different groups are reducing tax payments with precise rotation gamers.
— Cousin Larry OB ☘️ (@AndrewDoxy) February 5, 2025
Whereas I don’t love buying and selling a future 2nd, this transfer is just not an enormous deal. There may be in all probability a deal coming sooner or later that takes the Celtics out of the 2nd apron that may make everybody upset, however this definitely was not that.
