The Boston Celtics have been granted a 2013 second-round pick from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a dispute over Jeff Green’s medical condition, according to Yahoo! Sports.
Green was traded by the Thunder at the deadline in a deal that send him and Nenad Krstic to Boston and Nate Robinson and Kendrick Perkins to OKC. After Green re-signed with the Celtics last summer, he failed his physical because of a heart condition and was forced to miss the entire season following surgery.
According to the report, the Thunder are sending a second-round pick that they own via the Bobcats.
As to what exactly the dispute what over is really hard to know. I’m assuming the Celtics feel the Thunder withheld some information or something about Green. A second-round pick isn’t much of a consolation prize for not having Green last season, but it is something at least.
However, I don’t really understand why the Thunder owe Boston anything. Green played out his remaining contract with the Celtics last season and the heart issue was discovered after he re-signed with them. And it almost implies the Thunder would’ve tried to pull a fast one with the deal, which I’m absolutely positive they did not.
Green is an unrestricted free agent this offseason and is expected to be healthy and ready to play the 2012-13 season.
So Presti's 3 for 1 deal for Perkins and expensive long term deal with Perkins without market bidding now gets worse with the loss of a near 1st rounder. Terrible.
sorry, i guess it was 4 for 2 orginally with nate robinson involved. i forgot that part.
Damn it. Why did it have to be the Bobcats pick? That's like a late first rounder.
From Woj's article:
"After Green had season-ending surgery for an aortic aneurysm in December, Boston's doctors constructed a case to take to the NBA trying to show proof that Oklahoma City owed the Celtics some kind of compensation..."
Should we appeal this? Definitely, definitely.
@Barry Amenema Presti's lined up this guy to handle the appeal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRFI-Xrg1XI
@OBoyzOld Man What is a yute?
This is bush-league
Am I the only one that jumped when they saw this headline and didnt read it correctly? Seriously thought we re-acquired Jeff Green somehow...
That is unfortunate for us because that is pretty close to a 1st round pick, it could even be the first pick of the second round next year.
Just a case of Danny Ainge trying to fade the heat he's still taking for a trade that upset many Celtic fans. If it will make them feel better, we'll throw in 3 basketballs and a pack of gum and call it good.
@OBoyzOld Man To me, it all depends on the brand. If were talking Big League Chew, I say no deal.
@Barry Amenema Was thinking more along the lines of a 25 cent pack of Juicy Fruit
Rubbish. Green passed his physical and played the remainder of the season with the Celtics. If they didn't catch it on their initial physical prior to approving the trade then what makes anyone think that OKC had any better knowledge?
Is it too late for us to request compensation from Boston for Perk's strained hip/torn groin?
I would assume they have to have some sort of evidence that we had information on Green's heart condition that we concealed during the trade, otherwise I don't understand the penalty. Given that it's their doctor's that are constructing the case I would assume this evidence falls into the "no way they wouldn't have know baring incompetence" category, though if that's true I'm surprised their doctors didn't catch it during the initial medical exam. Mostly I'm just confused.
"After Green had season-ending surgery for an aortic aneurysm in December, Boston's doctors constructed a case to take to the NBA trying to show proof that Oklahoma City owed the Celtics some kind of compensation, sources said. The Thunder had traded Green to the Celtics in February of 2011 as part of a package for center Kendrick Perkins."
@OBoymuzik Seems like a hefty amount of BS, but obviously the league agreed. I have a feeling this is never going to make sense to us fans.
@Keith00 next year we might want to stock David Sterns favorite flavor of ice cream in the arena so this doesn't happen again
This is incredibly terrible and I hope the Thunder have a chance at an appeal of some sort.
Green was healthy for the length of the contract that was traded and Boston didn't pay him for this season.
The Celtics had equal opportunity to detect an issue when the trade was made and didn't. Hard to hold OKC accountable for that.
@Jooseppi An appeal getting done before the draft seems unlikely. I'm just hoping this is bad reporting. Green was healthy all the time we had him and will be healthy next year. Why do we owe them another pick just because he missed this year? We shouldn't be held accountable for their poor medical testing.
@Keith00 @Jooseppi boston actually has some of the best medical staff in the nba. you dont know what the dispute was over..
@Keith00 @Jooseppi the pick is in 2013
@OBoymuzik @Jooseppi Oh, totally missed that. In which case, definitely appeal. But if the league approved Boston's first motion, I would be hard pressed to see why they would suddenly reconsider.