It's not much of a problem, Gobert did it. DPOY. KD looks thin but he is strong too. The skinny shooter type is the new NBA. 
Holy crap it's real.
https://sports.yahoo.com/report-celtics-acquire-kristaps-porzingis-from-wizards-in-3-way-trade-that-sends-marcus-smart-to-grizzlies-040200833.html

Hmmm. So the Boston Celtics gained height but they took out the defensive player of the year. I guess they are also switching to offense.
Memphis Grizzlies on the other hand is adding more defensive power. I kind of like it.
Now, the Washington Wizards have 2 guards but have gone smaller. I think they will trade CP3 too, but keeping that card for a good offer. CP3, who is blaming Isiah Thomas for why he was kicked out of the Phoenix Suns.
It's hard to keep up again. From drafts to trades. I won't be surprised if most of us will be shocked when the season starts as we check the roster of our favorite teams. It's good to be always updated here. Thank you.

Khris Middleton also declined his $40m player option. Hmmm. Scary. He didn't perform great this year. He shouldn't have done that. Or his agent.

Probably who will be the first pick in this years draft? (although the odds favor Victor Wembanyama).

Yeah, very interesting that Marcus Smart, who I think is the face of the Celtics as he has been with the team for 9 years and has played along some notable Celtics during that time, is moving to Grizzlies.

So now Memphis will have 2 DPOY on their side. But still the problem though, Ja Morant is going to missed 25 games and not sure if Smart is going to cover for him this season as he is not a offensive player.

Yup! We really don't wish that to happen and but we can not conclude that could happen either, Victor Wenbanyama needs to gain weight or muscle in no time clearly even with that kind of skill and that height he is often pushed around by the heavy players if he can not use his height inside then the team that likely drafted him can not use him 100% in their game, for me he needs to gain mass,


I surely hope aswell that he would get muscle mass, but eventually, he will develop them for sure as the NBA progress Webanyama is still young he will likely get the position he wants, and likely muscle mass is his solution for the inside problem, and on the game of France VS USA team France the team of Victor Wenbanyama lost to the USA and it is because of Kenneth Lofton, Jr. the 300 pounds that bullied Wembanyama inside the paint, so for sure he badly needed that additional mass,

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He's good in shooting but don't know if he can contribute well in defense. But since they already made the trade done I guess they are testing a new line up next season. Its just they waste smart since he's good defending on perimeter and they can also rely on offense. So hopefully celtics didn't make a huge mistake on this trade.

Let's still see if they still became a title contender this season on the presence of the Unicorn around and he should remain healthy because if not Celtics campaign next season might be in trouble.

Based on his last season's record, he averaged 23.2 PPG and played 65 games. I believe that's already a significant contribution for the Celtics to consider acquiring him, as their bigs haven't been able to score that many points. Well, actually, he has already been acquired, so that's good news.

See his stats here: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/porzikr01.html

He already has the skills and talent that most big men don't have. I'm sure the team is already working on improving his physical strength so he can go head-to-head with the big men. Do you remember when Giannis came into the league? He wasn't as popular as the young big men now, but he was able to work his way up, improve his body, and has now become very unstoppable.

They were fortunate to reach Game 7, as the series could have ended earlier if the Miami Heat had made the necessary adjustments. However, that is now in the past, and it's only fitting for the Celtics to focus on improving their lineup. I'm sure Porzingis would be delighted to play for the Celtics, as it would provide him with an opportunity to compete for his first NBA championship.

Celtics is already good in spreading their offense, they have Tatum and Jaylen Brown. But yeah, they could be going full offense next year as they will have KP to shoot from the outside. Smart though is one of their leader so it could affect them mentally in the beginning. And now Jayson Tatum is the leader and the franchise player of the team. He should better step up now.

I'm just imagining what will be the atmosphere at Boston Garden when Marcus Smart comes back in his first game there as a Grizzlies.

For sure there will be a lot of respect from the Boston fans.

Yeah, they'll get to it eventually.
The important thing that they need to do for now is to get him and then do the rest next when he's with them. Everything is gonna be taken care of by the management and it's all planned and they've got programs for him already. We're all optimistic that he's gonna be built by the team and there are a lot more plans for him.

Smart going with Grizzlies was I guess a smart move for the Grizzlies but let's see if Porzingis will be that useful to them.

Marcus smart to Grizzlies made sense to me in that sense that Grizzlies as a team likes to play grit and grind type of basketball, been like that for over a decade now and they keep doing that even when players change, it's whole generations changed, the first grit and grind people were like tony allen and so forth era, and all of those retired, and they still play that ball, even when coaches change, it's a team culture.

But, Celtics made no sense to me, Porzingis is definitely out, he ain't doing much, and picks do not worth a lot neither. So I am not sure what Celtics got, nothing that helps them quickly for sure, and they needed to have a quick return because they "almost" won the title, so they need improvement, not rebuilding. Lets see what they are planning.