Boston excels at three-point shooting, and also at its perimeter defense (sometimes underrated). This defense is a problem against the other Eastern Conference franchises: Detroit (Cade), Knicks (Brunson), Cavs (Mitchell & Harden), 76ers (Maxey & Edgecombe), Pacers (Haliburton), Hornets (LaMelo, Miller & Knueppel), Heat (Powell & Herro, for now)...

If you have Pritchard as your starting point guard, you need an elite one-on-one perimeter defender like Brown, who also possesses offensive skills. Furthermore, if we look at Western Conference, the two standout teams, OKC and Spurs, also boast a strong offensive backcourt.

Another problem, both now and in the future, is Wemby, and you need the most reliable tool possible to try and stop him. Tatum defends well, but he excels more at anticipation than one-on-one defense.

Therefore, I believe Boston's move should be to trade Tatum for Giannis and White for a center who complements Giannis.

Boston's lineup would be as follows:

• PG: Payton Pritchard

• SG: Jaylen Brown

• SF: LeBron James / Hugo González (if you ignore the LeBron part)

• PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo

• C: Alperen Şengün

For me, the key aspect is Hugo's potential development going forward. You don't need him to replace Tatum (obviously, he can't), but it would be helpful if he were the Alex Caruso of Celtics against Wemby, for example, and if he could refine his outside shooting to take advantage of the space created by Giannis's presence on the court.

Ultimately, Tatum may be a more complete player, but in my opinion Brown and Giannis are more necessary to face the other contending teams.

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Postscript: LeBron part is complementary, an addition to reflect the potential of the proposal.

For the conspiracy theorists at Aspiration, if Kawhi's contract with Clippers is voided, it could be him instead of LeBron.