{"id":829726,"date":"2026-09-07T01:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/829726\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T01:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:57:49","slug":"celtics-all-in-trade-pitch-lands-steph-curry-for-paul-george-draft-haul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/829726\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics \u2018All-In\u2019 Trade Pitch Lands Steph Curry For Paul George, Draft Haul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/steph-curry-paul-george-trade-pitch.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors reacts\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>An all-in Boston Celtics trade pitch would land Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry in exchange for a blockbuster package headlined by Paul George and significant draft capital.<\/p>\n<p>In a new \u201call in\u201d trade proposal, the Boston Celtics would send newly acquired Paul George, three-point shooting specialist Sam Hauser and a massive haul of draft picks to the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/\" title=\"Golden State Warriors\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"444223\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> for future Hall of Famer Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/fanspo.com\/nba\/s\/general\/trades\/0xUJKXXGMZAYai\/how-every-team-could-go-all-in-this-year-team-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a series of proposed trades on the roster-building site FanSpo<\/a> designed to show how every NBA team could go all in this season. <\/p>\n<p>Wardell Stephen Curry II, 38, has played his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">entire career with Golden State since 2009<\/a>, winning four championships and two MVP awards, including the league\u2019s only unanimous selection in 2016. <\/p>\n<p>He is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/warriors\/onsi\/steph-curry-warriors-extension-primer-max-salary-min-salary-pros-and-cons-of-waiting-01m17109pe3b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eligible for a two-year, $136.7 million extension<\/a> through June and has said publicly he wants to finish his career in the Bay Area. But of course, nothing is certain in the volatile environment of the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/\" title=\"NBA\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"444226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State would get back Paul George, the nine-time All-Star Boston <a href=\"https:\/\/celtics.com\/news\/press-release-20260706-celtics-acquire-nine-time-nba-all-star-paul-george-and-future-draft-picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquired in July\u2019s stunning Jaylen Brown trade<\/a> with the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/philadelphia-76ers\/\" title=\"Philadelphia 76ers\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"444224\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>George is playing on a deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopshype.com\/salaries\/players\/paul-george\/469218\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paying him $54.1 million this season<\/a> with a $56.6 million player option in 2027-28. George waived a $3.9 million trade kicker to keep his own number from ballooning further when Boston landed him.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Celtics Land Stephen Curry, Give Up Two Wings<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/steph-curry-paul-george-trade-pitch-celtics.jpg\" alt=\"Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6344837\"  \/>GettyPaul George would be traded as soon as his Celtics career begins in a new trade pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Hauser would go along with him. The 28-year-old wing went undrafted out of Virginia in 2021, clawed his way onto Boston\u2019s roster on a two-way deal, became a key role player on the 2024 Celtics championship team and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/redirect\/player\/74311\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">now plays on a four-year, $45 million extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why would the Warriors trade the greatest player in the history of their franchise? For the future. The Celtics in the FanSpo trade scenario would give up two 2031 first-rounders, a 2027 first, a 2028 first tied to the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/los-angeles-clippers\/\" title=\"Clippers\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"444225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clippers<\/a> or 76ers, and two seconds \u2014 largely the same capital Boston collected two months ago bringing in George.<\/p>\n<p>Curry\u2019s approval isn\u2019t guaranteed, but necessary. His one-year, Bird rights deal carries an implicit no-trade clause, and George\u2019s own recently-traded restriction \u2014 a holdover from July\u2019s blockbuster \u2014 only clears Sunday, Sept. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Is This Really an All-In Move for the Celtics?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sam-hauser-steph-curry-celtics-trade-pitch.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Hauser #30 of the Boston Celtics celebrates a basket\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6344968\"  \/>GettyThree-point shooting specialist Sam Hauser heads to Golden State in the new trade proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Boston would spend the draft package it just built to acquire George, then flip that wing for a 38-year-old whose knee limited him to 43 games last season. The offense jumps instantly \u2014 Jayson Tatum, Curry and Derrick White is a nightmare shooting trio. The defense and the future both take the hit instead.<\/p>\n<p>The salaries line up. Boston\u2019s incoming Curry number undercuts its outgoing George-Hauser figure by roughly $2.4 million, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/GS\/golden-state-warriors\/roster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State finished last season 37-45<\/a>. Both rosters would also drop below the NBA\u2019s 14-player minimum, though that issue is easily addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Since Curry became extension-eligible, reporting on his status has him dictating his own terms on a new deal, not making his way out of the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State\u2019s own roster explains why. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/jimmy-butler-moses-moody-injury-analysis\/1956144\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Butler is out until<\/a> at least December rehabbing a torn ACL, and Draymond Green is on a one-year deal. George gives the Warriors a two-way wing, and the picks are a bridge to a post-Curry future for Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>Boston just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nba\/boston-celtics\/updated-roster-depth-chart-contracts-jaylen-brown-trade\/794057\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reshaped its roster around Tatum and George<\/a> after a first-round exit, banking future flexibility it would spend again on a 38-year-old rental two months later.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed trade would be designed to go \u201call in\u201d on another title run this season. In fact, Boston would be declaring this season, and only this season, its open championship window. Golden State would be declaring the Curry era finished.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/boston-celtics\/domantas-sabonis-derrick-white-trade-pitch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788746269_525_domantas-sabonis-derrick-white-trade-pitch.jpg\" width=\"242\" height=\"161\" class=\"size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/jonathan-vankin-ejjyr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Vankin<\/a> JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist who covers MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, boxing, golf, and Olympic sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Newspaper and Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering the Olympics, pro baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/jonathan-vankin-ejjyr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Jonathan Vankin<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty An all-in Boston Celtics trade pitch would land Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry in exchange for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,6,255],"class_list":["post-829726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-nba","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117227284877716486","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}