In full offseason, Boston Celtics They work to stay below the second tax threshold established by the current collective agreement. This has given rumors about a possible transfer of Jaylen Brown o Derrick White as part of a restructuring of the team.
However, according to Souichi Terada de MassLivethe vice president of basketball operations of the Celtics, Mike Zarrenhe strongly denied those speculations. “They are great NBA players, and there has been nothing remotely serious about their transfer,” he said. “I don’t know where those rumors have come from, but both are key pieces of our team and we are lucky to have them here.”
Although these comments do not completely eliminate the possibility of future movements, the logic indicates that, if Boston had seriously considered to transfer any of them, he would have done it before or during the first round of the draft, when the selections were still available.
The suitors to leave Boston
After having completed the transfers of Jrue Holiday y Kristaps PorzingisCeltics no longer have the same urgency of reducing their salary mass. Even so, players like Sam Hauser or the newly signed Anfernee Simons They are still mentioned as possible exchange pieces.
On the other hand, Zach Lowe revealed in his podcast The Ringerlos Toronto Raptors They would have asked about Derrick White approximately a month and a half, after the injury of Jayson Tatum. They even offered the ninth election of the draft in return. However, Boston rejected the proposal immediately. “They have told me that it is true, but the Celtics laughed at that offer and said: ‘We need much more than the ninth selection by Derrick White,” Lowe explained.
