I don’t get why anyone even entertains us getting a free agent it’s not happening. Middleton ain’t coming here at all he’s going back to Milwaukee or going to LA
Hope?
But your point is well taken. I get carried away in my scenarios sometimes and I usually come back an hour later and read it again only to say “that’s not happening.”
But the idea of trading for a winning (but overpaid) player who’s advanced impact stats are excellent (Porter) could help this team remain around .500 for the year.
A team with such a young core who is playing around .500 ball may be an attractive destination for a player like that. You never know.
I also had the crazy idea of trying to work a trade that lands us both Otto Porter and Gordon Hayward. I don’t know exactly how we could do it to where it would also benefit the other teams but it’s an opportunity to steal two really good/great wings without giving up a lot of assets. They are both overpaid. No doubt. But if the idea is that we’ll never sign anyone of value, I think it’s something we consider. When both are up for their next contract, I’m sure they’ll both make considerably less and when they’re contracts are up, it’s around the time that we would pay our young guys.
In the end you get two legit SF options who are unselfish and have a high BBIQ. I think they could fit well and give us a rotation like...
PG - Fox (36 min) / Bogdan (12 min)
SG - Hield (30 min) / Bogdan (18 min)
SF - Hayward (34 min) / Porter (14 min)
PF - Porter (18 min) / Bjelica (20 min) / Giles (10 min)
C - Bagley (34 min) / Giles (14 min)
*assuming Cauley-Stein, Labissiere, and Jackson would be shipped out two get those two guys
EDIT: also wanted to caveat that there’s no way Boston trades us someone like Hayward this year when they own our pick. It would likely have to be two separate trades where Porter could be had this year and Hayward during th offseason.