Kristaps Porziņģis trade: Celtics big man heading to Hawks in three-team deal with Nets, per report
The Boston Celtics exchange Kristaps Porziņģis at the Atlanta Hawks as part of a three -team business with the Brooklyn Nets, according to Shams Charania d’Espn. Atlanta will receive Porziņģis and a second, while the Celtics will recover Georges Niang and a second round choice.
The nets, who helped to facilitate the agreement, will receive the Térance Mann striker and the overall choice n ° 22 in the draft of the NBA, which begins Wednesday evening. Brooklyn now has five first round choices – n ° 8, 19, 22, 26 and 27. The nets also have the 37th choice in the second round.
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This decision comes less than 24 hours after Boston exchanged Jrue Holiday at Portland Trail Blazers against Anfernee Simons and two second round choices. The Celtics decision was one of their efforts to save money against the second apron, because Simons earns approximately $ 5 million less than the holidays and is on an expired contract.
Porziņģ is on average 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists during the 2024-25 season with Boston. The Celtics exchanged against Porziņģis during the 2023 off -season, and he played a key role in the Boston title team last summer.
What is the next step for Boston?
Boston will probably be without the star attacker Jayson Tatum for the most part, if not all, of the 2025-26 season due to a torn Achilles, and the organization has a ton of money invested in their nucleus. This has led players like Porziņģis and holidays becoming candidates for commerce this offseason.
The next decision that Boston will have to make in the coming days and weeks is the next step. Charania reported on Tuesday that the teams demonstrated a “significant interest” in the star goalkeeper Jaylen Brown, who signed an extension of Supermax of $ 304 million over five years with the Celtics in July 2023.
“There are several teams that have a significant interest in Jaylen Brown,” said Charania in The Stephen A. Smith Show. “The contract is steep, I understand that … But, it is a arms race.”
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Another name which appeared as a potential commercial objective on the market because of its age, its contract and its versatility is Derrick White, who signed a contract extension of $ 125.9 million over four years last summer. Boston has the overall choice n ° 28 in the draft, which can be for a winning player.
How does Porziņģs integrate into Atlanta?
On the surface, the adjustment of Porziņģ is fascinating. The great man of the Hawks Onyaka Okongwu, the n ° 6 choice of the NBA 2020 draft, was inserted in the starting formation in mid-season in place of Clint Capela and started 40 games. Capela will be a free agent without restriction this summer, and the trade for Porziņģ is on the surface, it is unlikely to return to Atlanta.
Atlanta will start Porziņģis and Okongwu together? Maybe. But this starting program – depending on the way the rest of the offseason is shaking – would probably be Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson, Porziņģis and Okongwu if the Hawks play two big ones. Zaccharie Risacher, choice n ° 1 of the 2024 draft, would also be considered to start.
Porziņģis is more a great man of ground spacing, whileshongwu was not a threat from the outside. Porziņģis, who pulled 41.2% compared to the line of 3 points out of 6.0 attempts per game last season, is expected to help a team of Hawks who finished 19th (35.7%) in 3 -point team percentage.
Atlanta did not give up a ton of premium assets in this agreement and the reason is partly due to the Porziņģis contract. The Hawks dismissed the director general Landry Fields earlier during the offseason and hired Onsi Saleh to replace. Atlanta still has the choice n ° 13 in the draft, which was acquired in an agreement with the Kings of Sacramento in 2022.
What is Brooklyn Cooking?
The Nets now hold five first round choices in Wednesday’s draft. It is not a typo. What Brooklyn will do with these choices remains to be seen, but it seems logical that the organization can consolidate certain choices to mount. The Nets hold the choice n ° 8 and are positioned to take anyone who falls on their lap.
If the nets want to be aggressive, one possibility would be to go to Later Rutgers Star Forward Ace Bailey, that some consider the most polarizing player in the class. Earlier this project cycle, Bailey was to go n ° 3 in total behind Cooper Flagg from Duke and his teammate Rutgers Dylan Harper. However, after canceling a pre-Rôti training session with the 76ers earlier this month, it is not clear if Philadelphia would select it or not.
Nets are one of the only teams with a real ceiling space this summer. Brooklyn has the luxury of jumping as a facilitator for a more important affair and collecting an additional asset – in this case, the choice n ° 22 – along the way.
