What will the Boston Celtics do at the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline? We have some clues, between the rumbles we are hearing in the media and what we have heard from Celtics team president Brad Stevens, who let it be known a bigger forward was a priority to add to the rotation.
But bigger moves are probably off the table, as Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley notes. “The Celtics simply don’t have the funds to reel in a player capable of cracking their top seven,” he recently suggested. “Even bumping Payton Pritchard down a spot is probably too great of a challenge for anyone who falls within the franchise’s price range.”
“That doesn’t mean Boston will stand pat, though,” writes the B/R analyst. “Teams this close to the title should leave nothing to chance, and the Celtics don’t need to.”
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“Not when they have that trade exception, an open roster spot and enough draft picks to get calls back from anyone,” opines Buckley. “They seem more likely to target a wing than a big—though a center could be targeted on the buyout market—and players like Cedi Osman and John Konchar could make tons of sense for this team.”
“If Boston gets a deal done by the deadline, look for a pickup of this variety,” he offers. This lines up with our understanding of the situation, though a bigger forward able to play down to the 3 or up to the 5 would be near the top of our list.
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