Cooper Flag to Celtics? Blockbuster's idea to Jayson Tatum -injury

Monday was an eventful day for the NBA, told the least.

In the league, the Underdog New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves led by Anthony Edwards in their respective conference semi-final saw 3: 1. Jalen Brunson and Company sealed a franchise-changed injury in front of the Boston Celtics.

But hours before Tatum went down 4 Knicks late in the game, the NBA broadcast another big shock. The Dallas Mavericks had, although they only had a 1.8% chance of making number 1 in the draft of 2025, the Lottery Draft and the opportunity to select Cooper Flag from generations.

The Ping Pong Balls, which bounce off the MAVS path, prompted the former league manager John Hollinger to go through potential trade offers that Dallas could receive for the coveted asset. And after Tatum's injury, Hollinger felt at least running the idea that the C in Flagg went on a run.

“The other Avenue, we have to whisper, asks Boston about Jaylen Brown,” wrote Hollinger for the Athletic. “Brown is a much simpler position for the position, alongside (Anthony) Davis and (Dereck) Lively, but he owed $ 236 million in the next four seasons, and the circle of Celtics will be terrifyingly expensive next season. Boston would be powerful, which will be reset in a New England native, and waiting for Tatum.

The last question that Hollinger asked is the one to focus on. Although Brown is one of the better two-way players of the NBA who will only be 29 at the beginning of the next season, the Celtics would probably have to give up much more to create the number 1 selection from the Mavericks. To be flag projects The Well, and Dallas strives to build the next era of the franchise around them – especially after the amazing trade with Luka Doncic.

Green teamers can probably take the most important steps of the front office in this low season. This comes with the territory of pricing to create a dynasty. But none of these transactions would probably lead to a kind of return for flag.