Celtics Eyeing Barnes

 

    As we are now firmly into the second half of the NBA season the playoff race has begun to reveal the buyers and the sellers. One of the players that the Celtics are eyeing is the Kings' Harrison Barnes. The Celtics have really lacked wing depth this entire season and could definitely use a guy capable of creating his own shot. Ainge said they plan to wait until the offseason to use the Hayward TPE, but Ainge also loves to lie right to our faces. So here is what a trade for Barnes might look like. 

    

    The Kings' GM said that he wanted to get younger and cheaper, thankfully the Celtics roster is almost entirely both young and cheap. I think logically they would Robert Williams to be the centerpiece of the deal, unless Bagley plans on improving dramatically on defense he doesn't look to be the center of future. Hield also has seemed to be unhappy with management in Sacramento, so maybe they want to replace him with a guy who projects to have a similar skill sets like Nesmith. Rob and Nesmith seems to be a pretty fair price for Barnes, but as a huge Robert Williams' fan I would love to find a way to acquire Barnes without giving him up. Maybe they could sell themselves on the upside of Grant, Romeo, or Carsen. 

    Barnes would almost be a perfect fit for this Celtics team, he can shoot, he can create his own shot, and is decent playmaker for a big. His splits this season are 16.7/6.1/3.6 on 49/39/83 shooting splits. He isn't quite the level of player Hayward was, but he'll be pretty darn close. So let's hope we can get Danny to pull the trigger at the deadline.