According to reports, the Celtics finalize the agreement to send Kristaps Porzingis to Hawks in the 3 -team trade involving networks
The Boston Celtics are finalizing a three -team agreement with the goals of Atlanta Hawks and Brooklyn who sends Kristaps Porzingis to the Hawks, reports Shams Charania of Espn.
For the relationship, the Celtics are sending Porzingis and a choice of the second round to Atlanta. Hawks are sending Terance Mann and choice n. 22 In Wednesday’s NBA draft on the nets. Atlanta will also send Georges Niang and a selection of the second round to the Celtics. According to reports, the networks have not given up anything in the trade and obtain a choice of the first round during the attack of the three -year contract of $ 47 million Mann.
What are the Celtics doing?
The move is the second trade in two days for the Celtics after sending Jrue’s holidays to Portland Trail Blazer on Monday in exchange for a package that presents Anfernee Simons and future shooting choices of the second round.
Announcement
The Celtics operations are part of the effort to move salaries below the second punitive tax apron of the NBA of $ 207,825,000. Boston is separating with the main members of his 2024 championship team to do it. Like Holiday, Porzingis has contributed key to the team that has obtained the first NBA title of the franchise since 2008.
The Celtics are knocking down their list in the aftermath of a 2024-25 season which ended with a disappointing playoff loss of the second round against the New York Knicks, a series in which they lost the striker of the NBA Jayson Tatum at a broken Achille tendon.
Kristaps Porzingis joins a Hawks team who is trying to get to the East next season. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
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The injury will put Tatum in the salary for the most part, if not for all, of the 2025-26 season, a perspective that has dampened Boston’s hopes to compete for another title next season, even before the ongoing roster. Apparently the Celtics concluded that operating above the second tax apron was not worth it to the reduced prospects of the team.
Announcement
Porzingis is due to $ 30.7 million in the second year of a two -year contract and $ 60 million next season. Holiday is three years old, including a player option, remaining with a four -year contract of $ 134 million.
The hawks move in the weakened eastern conference
Boston’s loss is Atlanta’s gain, since the Hawks have seen the opportunity to improve their position in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks arrived in the ninth place in the East last season at 40-42 and failed to play the playoffs after losing against Miami Heat in the play-in.
The Atlanta roster now plans to have improved a lot from what he has lost against Miami. In addition to the addition of Porzingis, the Hawks should return to Jalen Johnson to the initial formation.
Announcement
Johnson, 23, was on a trajectory to make his first team all-star last season before a shoulder injury ended his season in January. Johnson was not on the roster who lost the heat in the play-in.
Historically, Porzingis struggles to stay on the pitch. He played in 57 and 42 games respectively in his two seasons in Boston. But it is a two -way force when he is healthy, and has marked on average 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.5 blocks last season while shooting 48.3% from the field and 41.2% from the distance of 3 points.
Starting now, the initial training projects of Atlanta are Porzingis, Johnson, the four-time guard of All-Star Point Trae Young, the choice n. 1 last year, Zaccharie Rischer and the defensive finalist of the year Dyson Daniels.
It is a training that offers promises to Atlanta. It has not yet been seen if it can rise to the level of contender in a reduced eastern conference.