Celtics deal for Plumlee, Ellington in Athletic analyst’s proposed trade

Wherein we counter-offer a more modest proposal.

If you aren’t a fan of trade proposals, you might want to crawl into a basketball media cave for a while and hibernate. Even in a regular season, the Boston Celtics typically feature heavily in such articles that proliferate like an out-of-control fungus in the month ahead of the NBA trade deadline, and this season figures to be worse than usual in that regard.

With an up-and-down season and middling record to match it with expectations of contention still gripping the fanbase given the two All-Star wings (Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum) the team has on its roster, that would be enough to spark a heap of speculation. Add in the massive, $28.5 million traded player exception (TPE) Boston has at its disposal, and you can see how this is going to get a little wild on the trade proposal front.

Not one to be left out, Detroit Pistons writer for The Athletic James L. Edwards III and and Athletic analyst and former NBA exec John Hollinger tried their hand at another that was a noble if faulted attempt to work out a deal between the two old rivals.