David Lee traded to Celtics

[Jackal]

Source tells me that David Lee has been traded from Golden State to the Boston Celtics.

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Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine
ESPN sources say that the Celtics have agreed to send Gerald Wallace to the Warriors for David Lee

Gimme your thoughts Sauru. Good replacement for Bass I'd say.

[mp3]

Great fit for Boston, there getting a real blue collar guy right there

[iamSamke]

Warriors made misstake. Celtic wins in this trade

[Jackal]

I think the Warriors did okay, they needed to offload Lee's contract to avoid the tax I think. They'll probably use the stretch provision on Wallace's contract.

Edit: they're already in the tax but with this deal will pay less tax of course.

[mp3]

Sadly in todays league teams dont do trades on player value, its just a salary dump to save some in luxury tax.

[Lamrock]

So they have Sullinger, Olynyk, Amir, Lee, Zeller, Jerebko and Jordan Mickey playing the 4 & the 5...

[mp3]

They are looking to move Kelly or Sully now...

[NovU]

Ainge finally pulled one off. This move is a nice one. I don't see how it could hurt them unless they end up mortgaging their future on this guy.

[Sauru]

i approve this message. i think he will be a great fit for the celtics and i expect him to give maximum effort so he can secure his next contract

[Andrew]

Surprised to see the Warriors make that trade, but I guess even the defending champs have to make financially motivated moves.

[[Q]]

Great fit for Boston, there getting a real white guy right there

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[Bruce]

David Lee and the GSW had a pre-existing agreement that at some point Lee was going to be traded to save cap space. I heard about this from a color commentator in one of the playoff games. Wallace is owed $10M while Lee is owed $15M. Both have a history of injuries. I think in some games in the finals it was Lee who kept the GSW championship hopes afloat. But a very poor trade indeed. The GSW save $5M maybe in tax and jump in to uncertainty whether Wallace will fit their roster. I think the GSW could have found better trade partners that would give back draft picks or just eat up Lee's entire salary.

[mp3]

Great fit for Boston, there getting a real white guy right there

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That's right Q he's legit !

If only he had red hair tho!

#championship