Sam the Minutefan

Hoping to live long enough, to see UMass play in a game that's big enough, for Bill Pullman to give his Independence Day speech in the pregame locker room.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@BillSimmons

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

I think I've listened to all the major Celtics-Sixers reaction pods, plus recorded my own thoughts. I think everyone who covers the league has the same basic thought:

If that was the best offer, why not wait? The season doesn't start tomorrow. Why not see what else develops?

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@NBCSCeltics This is BS. I love DWhite, but it wasn't just his shooting. He struggled hard all season.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@davidwade This saves them pennies over the next 2yrs which is the key time period to get under the repeater tax. I hate everything about this deal, but this was not financially motivated.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

This very slightly helps. The clippers pick should be legit. It all still sucks.

[CelticsBlog @celticsblog]

"A 2028 first-round pick: The Sixers own two first-round picks (their own and the Clippers’) so Boston will end up with the more preferable of those picks. This won’t be a pick swap as some have reported." - BRobb

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@Zig2K I think the previous trade for PG has it pretty soundly beat, but it's in the race for 2nd with Luka.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@Platinum78 I think you're being too kind. PG isn't even an NBA starter at this point. Had to shoot up PEDs and rest the entire season to give Philly 2 competent weeks of basketball.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@FightMA01003 The only fair deal would have been upside player + picks, or similar player. You got the picks, but now you have to give those up to get someone who can play? I can't see it. Hope I'm wrong.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@PSchrags It's also only the 2nd worst trade anyone's ever made for PG

[Mo Mooncey @TheHoopGenius]

You killed the man… but not the idea.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@YouMassScoop This is the 2nd worst trade for Paul George ever.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@azmatlanba I just don't know how to find bright side on this deal I'm sorry. The picks are meh. The ones that are most likely to matter come when JT is well past his prime, and at this point in his career PG isn't even an NBA starter. I appreciate your optimism but I cant get there.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@acallagy https://t.co/ENmkM9R4ZK

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

The 2028 pick Boston is getting, or swapping, with the Sixers is kind of complicated.

Boston could get Philadelphia's pick if it lands 1-8. If that pick is 9-30 it's gone from the Sixers in a complicated swap that involves multiple teams.

If the Philadelphia pick is 9-30, then Boston could get the most favorable of their own pick and the LA Clippers pick that Philadelphia owns, with the less favorable pick staying with the Sixers.

I think that's how it will work out. More to come when it's all been sorted.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@AdamMKaufman Hopefully he speaks live from the unemployment line. As great as he's been this is a career ending move.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@AdamMKaufman That can't be their logic. No one thinks PG contributes to this Cs team do they? These were the best picks they could get? Brad really fucked up.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@StoolGreenie Can we go back to that Portland deal everyone hated?

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@UMassAthletics Maybe he should just go back to not talking to anyone for over a year. Him hiding from the world somehow inspires more confidence then when he speaks.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@celticsblog I don't see it happening but Cenac dropping would be unbelievable.

[Sam the Minutefan @samtheminutefan]

@AlbertBreer If I'm reading this right it's not even the MIAA's decision. The school independently decided they had violated the rules. Not only that seems there's reasonable evidence they may not even have been real. https://t.co/POsHxvJYxe