The Celtics have been looking for out a commerce accomplice for Anfernee Simons however haven’t had any success, Grant Afseth experiences for FastbreakJournal.com.
The price-cutting membership shed Jrue Vacation‘s contract in alternate for Simons and a pair of second-round picks this offseason. Simons has averaged 19.9 factors and 4.5 assists per sport with a .436/.381/.901 capturing line over the previous 4 seasons for Portland.
Simons has an expiring $27,678,571 contract and there’s been hypothesis because the commerce was made that Boston may flip him. Final week, the Celtics traded Georges Niang to Utah and at the moment are near dropping beneath the primary tax apron and fewer than $8MM over the posh tax line. Dealing Simons may assist them get beneath each the apron and the posh tax line.
Now we have extra from the Atlantic Division:
- Draft-and-stash participant Rokas Jokubaitis, whose rights are owned by the Knicks, has joined Bayern Munich on a three-year deal, in response to a Bayern press launch. Jokubaitis, a second-round choose in 2021, has seven years of EuroLeague expertise. He performed final season for Maccabi Tel Aviv, averaging 12.6 factors per sport within the EuroLeague, after three years with FC Barcelona. “Rokas continues to be so younger, one in every of Europe’s largest abilities, but he has already established himself as one of many main level guards within the EuroLeague,” Bayern Munich’s sporting director Dragan Tarlac mentioned.
- For the primary time in 4 seasons, the Sixers had been excluded from the league’s annual Christmas slate. In addition they don’t have a nationwide TV sport throughout opening week or Martin Luther King Jr. Day. That comes as no shock, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes. They wound up tanking resulting from accidents final season and received solely 24 video games. Whereas they lucked into the lottery and chosen VJ Edgecombe, the Sixers want Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey to remain comparatively wholesome. Alarm bells went off when George underwent knee surgical procedure final month. He will likely be reevaluated previous to coaching camp.
- ICYMI, the Nets are taking a hard-line strategy with restricted free agent Cam Thomas. Get the small print right here.
