The Celtics are making a strong push for Ray Allen. Here’s the latest by Ian Thomsen of SI.com.
The proposal being negotiated by Seattle and Boston would send Allen to the Celtics for a package including the No. 5 pick, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West. The last I heard was that Seattle was having second thoughts about the deal: The sticking point was that the Sonics wanted second-year point guard Rajon Rondo instead of West, which led Boston VP Danny Ainge to demand that Seattle also include center Robert Swift in the trade. But Seattle was unwilling to include Swift. It remained to be seen whether the Sonics and Celtics can patch it up.
I like the deal, if they are unable to get Marion or Garnett obviously. But I can’t imagine Danny would part with Rondo.
Here’s what Ray is owed over the next 3 years: $16,000,000, $17,388,430, $18,776,860
–UPDATE –
Andy Katz during ESPN’s coverage says this deal is going on at a very high level… and it would mean Seattle takes Jeff Green
