According to reports, the Celtics who trade Jrue Holiday to trace the blazers for Amphernee Simons, shooting picks
Jrue Holiday is directed to Portland.
The Blazer Trail have made an agreement with the Boston Celtics on Monday evening to acquire holidays, According to Shams Charania by Espn. In return, Portland is sending Boston Amphernee Simons and a pair of future shooting choices of the second round.
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Holiday spent the last two seasons with the Celtics and played a key piece in the NBA championship race in 2024. The holidays marked on average 11.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game last season, his 16th in the championship. The 35 -year -old landed in Boston after the Blazers of the path distributed him there following the Damian Lillard trade at the Milwaukee Bucks. Holiday didn’t play a game for Portland the first time.
The holidays remained two years for his current agreement with the Celtics, and has yet to have $ 67.2 million with an option of $ 37.2 of player at one third years. The transfer to send holidays to Portland is scheduled to save the Celtics for about 4.7 million dollars of salary next season and move to them $ 18 million on the second apron.
The agreement, according to Charania, is only the beginning for the Celtics this offseason. The team is still engaged in commercial interviews “surrounding more key players on the roster”, although further details are not yet known. The team has a significant job to do to completely avoid luxury tax, and holidays are likely to be simply the first player to go.
Simons has been a very solid piece for the Blazer Trail in recent years. The franchise selected it with choice n. 24 overall of the IMG Academy in 2018. He scored on average 19.3 points and 4.8 assists by match last season, his seventh in the championship. The 25 -year -old signed a four -year agreement of $ 100 million with the Blazer Trail, even if this autumn is ready to participate in the last year of that contract, which makes it even more attractive for the Celtics considering their financial situation. The Celtics went 61-21 last season, but they lost the star Jayson Tatum due to an Achille injury that will make him get around for a good piece of the next season.
As for Portland, the holidays may have a significant impact next season there. Although he is approaching at the end of his career, he is still a good veteran presence that could help the young dressing room of the blazers while trying to do the post -station for the first time since 2021. That is, if they choose to keep their holidays right now.