Andre Drummond to Boston

[BigKen]

CSNNE is reporting that Andre Drummond is tweeting that he may be headed to Boston. Nothing on TV or radio yet. Anyone hearing anything??

 

[bksballer89]

No just you BigKen

 

[BigKen]

BOSTON -- Two of the NBA’s biggest names on the trade market, Serge Ibaka and DeMarcus Cousins, changed zip codes (Ibaka to Toronto from Orlando, Cousins to New Orleans from Sacramento) without the Celtics showing much interest in swinging a deal for either player.

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Could it be because they had their sights set on Detroit’s Andre Drummond all along?

Pistons general manager/head coach Stan Van Gundy has made no secret about talking with lots of teams about his players leading up to the trade deadline, well aware that his team has been one of the league’s biggest underachievers.

Detroit (27-30) is eighth in the Eastern Conference, trailing first-place Cleveland by 13 games.

Drummond was reportedly offered to Sacramento as part of a deal for Cousins, so it should not come as a surprise that his name has found its way into the rumor mill.

Still, Drummond only added fuel to the rumor mill fire by re-tweeting the eyeball emojis posted by the Celtics' Isaiah Thomas, something Thomas did shortly before Boston added Al Horford to the mix last summer.

 

[LogicMan]

Big Ken, if they get AD they need to lock him in a shooting clinic for 1 year

 

[Shanemansj13]

How about you follow a reliable source? And no, not Broussard.

Try...Adrian Woj

 

[Shanemansj13]

Marc Stein is pretty good too

 

[bksballer89]

How about you follow a reliable source? And no, not Broussard.

Try...Adrian Woj

Broussard is the best in the business.

 

[CitySushi]

Broussard is the best in the business.

Because he steals from Woj?

 

[tducey]

Could be interesting. Boston has to do something considering Toronto went and got Ibaka last week and they have Brooklyn's 1st pick in the draft this year.

 

[larryjohn]

So what's the trade ? A Johnson, Zeller, Brown or Crowder and a future first rounder ?

Or just Johnson and Zeller and Brooklyn's first rounder ?

 

[tlance]

So what's the trade ? A Johnson, Zeller, Brown or Crowder and a future first rounder ?

Or just Johnson and Zeller and Brooklyn's first rounder ?

I would think the second. That would be crazy if they were able to land Drummond without giving up a Nets pick. That being said, Stevens loves skilled big men and Drummond is the opposite of that. He sure does address the defense and rebounding deficiencies, but at what cost to the offensive flow?

 

[CitySushi]

I would think the second. That would be crazy if they were able to land Drummond without giving up a Nets pick. That being said, Stevens loves skilled big men and Drummond is the opposite of that. He sure does address the defense and rebounding deficiencies, but at what cost to the offensive flow?

In fairness to Drummond, he's never had a PG who could put him in a position to succeed within the offense. He could be a deadly P&R partner for IT with Horford to draw out the other big. Just speculating

 

[Gman]

In fairness to Drummond, he's never had a PG who could put him in a position to succeed within the offense. He could be a deadly P&R partner for IT with Horford to draw out the other big. Just speculating

Not just Horford... Olynyk is a dynamite shooter as the back-up PF.

The C's could have a deadly package with either IT or Smart running the P&R with Drummond... Bradley/Crowder/Horford/Olynyk are all good 3 pt shooters... and Jerebko/Green/Rozier are at least fair.