The Boston Celtics had eyes for plenty of potential trades ahead of today’s 3 pm Feb. 6 deadline, but ultimately decided to stand pat.
While Boston has some needs to improve their bench with one of the worst bench scoring units in the league and more incoming draft picks than they can roster without making moves, they weren’t interested in burning through draft picks for some of the priciers asks on the market, it seems.
Boston was connected to a number of targets ranging from now-Atlanta Hawk Clint Capela, Washington Wizard Davis Bertans, and Detroit Piston Christian Wood to wings Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson III (who were ultimately dealt to Atlantic Division rival Philadelphia 76ers).
None of the potential deals came to fruition before the league-mandated embargo on trades began, reports the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach.
Attention will now turn to the buyout market if Boston looks to make any changes at all ahead of the 2020 NBA Playoffs.
Any potential additions via that route will need to be waived by their current team before the end of the business day on March 1st to be eligible for the playoffs, and the Celtics would need to cut a player to make room for them.
For now, though, the team will remain as is and intact.
