There will be plenty of offseason mock trade proposals fired off involving the Boston Celtics due to the way they bowed out of the postseason, but not all mocks are created equally; some will overvalue or undervalue certain players for dramatic effect. One such deal that does the former for Marcus Smart was concocted by NESN’s Jason Ounpraseuth.
The deal Ounpraseuth has in mind would swap out Smart for Rockets guard Jalen Green, Jae’Sean Tate, and the No. 4 pick in the 2023 NBA draft. The deal would send out an 11.5-point-per-game scorer who will be 30 by the start of the next postseason for a 21-year-old who just finished in the top 25 for scoring, a reserve wing who scored two fewer points and as many rebounds per contest in 10 fewer minutes per game, and a potential franchise cornerstone with the No.