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Trade
1) Send Jaylen Brown, Al Horford and Danilo Gallinari for John Collins, De'Andre Hunter, Onyeka Okongwu, Saddiq Bey, Pick #17 and 2029 FRP
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Celtics Ideal Starting Lineup:
Smart, White, Tatum, Collins, Williams
Backup Five:
Pritchard, Brogdon, Hunter, Bey, Okongwu
Rest Of Bench:
Davison, Champagnie Hauser, Williams, Kornet
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Hawks Ideal Starting Lineup:
Young, Murray, Brown, Griffin, Capela
Backup Five:
Holiday, Bogdanovic, Johnson, Gallinari, Horford
Rest Of Bench:
Williams, Matthews, Forrest, Krejci, Fernando
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Jaylen Brown returns to his hometown Atlanta, under the theory that this is the only place he would resign. This option is centered around the Celtics looking for more depth. They add 2 young promising wings in Hunter and Bey. Hunter is very similar to Mikal Bridges in my opinion, with a bit more offense and is more of a 2nd or 3rd best defender rather than Mikal's best defender in the league. However Hunter does have a lot of height on him at 6'8, so if he can use that and add some muscle he could be really good. Saddiq Bey is a big wing that's built like a mini tank at 6'7 215lb he could be really good in the post, taking mismatched guards and sending them back to the weight room, significantly improving the versatility of the Celtics team. Okongwu is a great defensive big, and undersized just like Williams which is the only problem with him. However, like Williams, he is a fantastic rim protector, good rim runner and a great vertical threat. They could draft a guy like Hood-Schifino who is a fantastic passer and can lay the 1 off their bench over Pritchard if Pritchard struggles to develop.
As for the Hawks, they get another good defender in Brown, however brown is used to being the #2 scorer, and playing behind Young with Murray aswell could be really enticing, especially with him returning to his hometown. However the Hawks would need to find depth QUICK, or this will be a very thin team at the 4 and off the bench.