The Boston Celtics have been extremely busy this offseason making an attempt to shed wage and put together for a season with out Jayson Tatum as he recovers from an Achilles tear within the playoffs. They already dealt Jrue Vacation to the Portland Path Blazers for a bundle centered round Anfernee Simons, and traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks. Each of these strikes be sure that Boston is under the second tax apron and the restrictions that comes with surpassing it. However that does not imply the Celtics are performed making strikes.
There are experiences that different groups are eager about making an attempt to pry Jaylen Brown and Derick White from the Celtics, although Boston’s assistant common supervisor Mike Zarren lately shut down the potential of that taking place.
“These two guys are actually, actually nice NBA gamers, and there hasn’t been something near severe about buying and selling them,” Zarren mentioned Friday in a post-draft interview. “I am unsure the place all this reporting got here from, however these guys are key elements of our staff, and we’re fortunate to have them right here.”
Nevertheless, The Stein Line’s Jake Fischer reported that the Celtics knowledgeable one staff that in the event that they have been to half with White, they’d ask for a bundle just like what the Brooklyn Nets acquired for buying and selling Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks. The Nets acquired 4 unprotected first-round picks, a decide swap in 2028 and a primary and second-round decide within the 2025 draft. So principally, if any staff needs to accumulate White, it will come at a premium worth. That is not shocking, particularly given what the Memphis Grizzlies simply acquired for buying and selling Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic, which additionally included 4 first-round picks and a future decide swap.
That price ticket will deter a ton of groups, but when a staff does provide the Celtics 4 first-round picks, they’d have to noticeably think about it. For instance the Golden State Warriors come calling with a sign-and-trade deal that may ship Jonathan Kuminga and 4 future first-round picks to Boston in change for White. That could be a suggestion the Celtics simply cannot flip down, even when it means parting methods with a participant who was instrumental in Boston successful a title in 2024.
Zarren could downplay the Celtics seeking to commerce these guys, however that does not imply groups will cease calling them making an attempt to supply a haul to get somebody like White or Brown.
