00:00There's so many young guys that are intriguing and deserving of opportunities that there's an advantage to that with the amount of minutes and chances those guys get for that next year's team in 26-27, whether it's Gonzalez, whether it's Simons, whether it's Hauser getting extended time, whoever it is you really want to give those opportunities to in the young roster.
00:20Because for Boston this year, the advantage of being a 7-seed, a 9-seed, a 10-seed in that playing range or worse, next year's draft class is stacked.
00:32So I don't think Boston is going to be bad enough to bottom out necessarily, but the Dallas Mavericks has moved up to the number one pick with the 11th best odds.
00:41Every year, a team with 7th or worst odds has moved into the top four.
00:45And there's at least three number one pick quality guys next year with Cam Boozer at Duke, Darren Peterson at Kansas, and then Brockton's own AGD Bonsai going to BYU.
00:56So I think for the Celtics, there's advantages to testing the young guys for the long term, but also for potentially getting higher draft odds and a loaded draft class.
01:05Do you think there's any chance, Kevin, that there's a strategy the Celtics employ, or they look to get into that lottery spot?
01:12Maybe. I mean, Jalen Brown turns an ankle and you keep him out for two months instead of two weeks.
01:18I mean, I think ultimately that's the type of stuff you could see.
01:21But, you know, I think for Boston, we're still in a position now where we know teams have called about Derek White and about Jalen Brown.
01:28Nobody has reached that threshold of what Boston's looking for yet.
01:32But if, you know, deadline time comes and, you know, it's late January, early February, and Boston still has Derek White and Jalen Brown on their roster, and there's another team that's like, we are a Derek White away from winning an NBA Finals.
01:47We are a Jalen Brown away.
01:48It's tougher to deal, guys, during the season than it is during the offseason.
01:52But ultimately, that's when the price could really hit its peak for those guys where somebody just goes over the top and Boston has, like, no choice but to say yes because the offer is so significant.
02:04So I think that's the type of scenario, like, that hits what you're talking about, Megan.
