Brooklyn Nets Receive: F Grant Williams 

Boston Celtics Receive: F Dorian Finney-Smith, G Patty Mills 

Meanwhile, we put homegrown contenders on a pedestal. The funny part is, they hardly exist in the first place. 

That’s not to say that every team needs to follow the super team model, either. Realistically, those are the two extremes of team building in the NBA. The more common approach lands somewhere in the middle. 

Normally, a team reaches contender status by drafting a quality young core and then making a big trade or two to round it out. For example, look at the current Boston Celtics. 

Yes, most of their best players were drafted by the team. The Celtics are a sterling example of a homegrown contender.

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With that said, they may not be where they are today if they hadn’t acquired Al Horford. 

Could they really move one of their homegrown products?