The Boston Celtics continued cleaning house on Tuesday night by sending PG Jameer Nelson to the Denver Nuggets. Nelson lasted just over a month in Boston. The full trade breakdown looks like this:
The whole premise of this trade is so that the Celtics don’t have to pick up Nelson for $3 million next season. They acquire the expiring contract of Nate Robinson, but they are expected to do him a solid and buy him out.
Nate Robinson would then be free to sign with any team. The Clippers and Cavaliers are expected to be the favorites. Cleveland would be a slightly better fit for Robinson, as he would likely see more playing time there. He wouldn’t play enough to make him relevant in anything but deep leagues, but those of you deep leaguers should take keep an eye on this. Robinson could help you out some down the stretch, but probably not if he lands in L.A.
He could provide a good change of pace to Jordan Farmar as the Clippers backup, but he wouldn’t see nearly enough time to make him relevant. Maybe not even in my 20 team deep roster league.
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Nelson, on the other hand, gets an immediate increase in value. Nelson only played in six games for the rebuilding Celtics, and he clearly did not fit the direction that the team was going. They were playing Evan Turner at PG instead of Nelson for Havlicek’s sake!
Nelson will be the primary backup to Ty Lawson. Lawson is averaging a career high 37.1 minutes per game this year, and the Nuggets are seemingly falling out of contention in the ultra-competitive Western Conference. They won’t want to run Lawson down too much, so expect Nelson to see decent minutes. That will definitely increase Nelson’s value from where it was in Boston.
If someone in your 12 team or larger league dumped Nelson when he was traded out of Dallas, now might be the time to pick him back up. He will be able to help you out some in steals and assists. In points leagues, he can give you some solid production in whatever minutes he carves out for himself in Denver.
Nate Robinson only averaged 14.1 minutes in Denver in the worst season of his career so far. Maybe a change of scenery will help Robinson out some. At any rate, his value won’t be any worse wherever he ends up than it was in Denver.
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