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Okay, what is Kevin Pelton smoking?

So the other day I posted a FanPost about the Chad Ford trade idea. It wasn't a great deal but it made some logical sense and LB was split about 25/60/15 (Yes/No/Maybe) on the trade. This one though...

"Celtics trade: No. 3 pick, guard R.J. Hunter

Philadelphia 76ers trade: center Jahlil Okafor, forward Robert Covington"

His reasoning for the trade doesn't make much sense either.

"Why Boston does it: The Celtics make the most sense of any realistic destination for Okafor. Boston could use Okafor's ability to efficiently create his own shot, and in the short term Amir Johnson is a good frontcourt partner because Johnson can defend power forwards while playing on the perimeter.

That said, I wouldn't do this deal as the Celtics without getting Covington. The combo forward has one of the league's better contracts (he'll make the veteran's minimum each of the next two years, and even that amount is non-guaranteed) and would allow Boston to play small on a more regular basis.

In fact, Covington cracked the top 50 of our trade value rankings -- just ahead of Okafor.

Why Philadelphia does it: This isn't great value, that's for sure. However, the Sixers are probably going to have to accept less than 100 cents on the dollar because other teams know they want to move either Okafor or Nerlens Noel, and the No. 3 pick is the best they're going to get in this year's draft.

Philadelphia also gets a useful prospect in Hunter, a favorite of my projection system before last year's draft who played well in the preseason before struggling in his limited regular-season action."

He seems to think that somehow Okafor and Covington is fair value for the 3 which is just... no. Okafor may not be worth the 3 alone but Okafor and Covington are not worth just the 3, which is essentially what we're getting. (I liked R.J. coming out of the draft but he was essentially a scrub last year, as was all of Boston's picks).

So again, I ask, what do you guys think?

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