Trade season is at an absolute fever pitch right now in the NBA news cycle. The Andre Drummond rumor dominated the rumor mill early, with the Boston Celtics being one of several teams named as a potential destination.
That thinking only went so far, with the realization that any Drummond deal would need to include one of Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward or Marcus Smart for salary purposes making it a non-starter. Losing that sort of depth would compromise the team’s identity of swarming perimeter defense, and in recent weeks, Daniel Theis and Enes Kanter have made their most convincing cases that the team’s need for a big-man is over-exaggerated.