Jerryd Bayless PG, 6’3, 200lbs, 28 years old, 9 years of experience
Got injured three games into the season and missed the final 79. The injury gave McConnell a chance to thrive, which he did, but when Bayless returns, and with Fultz in the picture, there becomes a bit of a sticky situation. A healthy Bayless playing well is on a tradeable contract and a player worth keeping as well, but it is not for nothing that he has missed a considerable part of three out of the last six seasons.
Player Plan: Two years and a combined $17,575,916 remaining. Obviously en-joyed no returns on his first year, but good be useful alongside Fultz next year.
The height of trade season is not yet upon us, but it has been a busy week nonetheless. In an entirely unpredictable move, a three team trade went down yesterday between the Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder that saw the Celtics and Grizzlies swap backup guards Courtney Lee and Jerryd Bayless, with Memphis also gaining Boston's unprotected 2016 second round pick. The trade also saw Ryan Gomes return to Boston for all of about four minutes, traded from the Thunder to the Celtics in exchange for a second round pick from Memphis that they will never receive - Gomes was then immediately waived by Boston.