NBA Trade Verdict

Celtics Win

Boston acquired 2019 first-round pick (#20 Matisse Thybulle) from Grizzlies in exchange for rights to Deyonta Davis; rights to Rade Zagorac.

June 23, 2016 Boston Celtics / Memphis Grizzlies Record confidence: Private Record

Boston Celtics Received

Memphis Grizzlies Received

Trade Analysis

Boston Celtics Perspective

Boston Celtics received 2019 first-round pick (#20 Matisse Thybulle). Memphis Grizzlies received rights to Deyonta Davis; rights to Rade Zagorac. Boston's return created a durable on-court or asset advantage without requiring a franchise-scale grade.

Memphis Grizzlies Perspective

Boston Celtics clearly won the completed-value comparison. Memphis received rights to Deyonta Davis; rights to Rade Zagorac while surrendering first-round pick (at least 2 years after Clippers convey first-round pick to Raptors from earlier trade) (protected top 14 in 2019-20, else 2022 second-round pick) (2019 #20-Matisse Thybulle). The decisive gap comes from the superior player, draft asset or downstream value retained by the counterpart after the transaction matured. The evaluation focuses on completed NBA value and avoids inflating a standard transaction simply because the list of assets was long. Memphis may have pursued a coherent short-term objective, but the realized return was not sufficient to offset what left the franchise.