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Boston Celtics Trade For Irving

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Boston Celtics Trade For Irving

In a shocking turn of events, the Boston Celtics have traded for Kyrie Irving. Irving, of course, is coming from the Cleveland Cavaliers and has voiced publically his wish to be traded.

For Boston, this trade sends one all-star point guard for another. But that doesn’t mean both are the same.

In exchange for Irving, the Boston Celtics are sending Cleveland Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the 2018 Brooklyn Nets pick. Overall this looks like a steal for Boston.

Thomas is on an expiring contract and is set to earn the max, Crowder is a middle of the road small forward, Zizic is an unproven player, and the Net’s pick is losing value. The latter of those is losing value because the Brooklyn Nets actually look to be a better team than in previous seasons.

With Irving, the Celtics get a top 3 point guard in his prime with years left on his contract. The 25-year-old guard has three years left on his contract with the AAV being $18.8, $20, and $21 million per season until 2019-20. The third year of the contract is a player option for Irving so in theory, Boston traded for him to get two years of service.

Celtics fans will likely be sad to see Thomas go. “The Little Guy” helped bring the franchise back from the dead and became a two-time all-star guard with the team and a legit MVP candidate. Going into this offseason it was unclear if Boston would be willing to give him the max after this season. If they weren’t this is a brilliant trade. But just in terms of age of Irving and Thomas, this is a steal.

Irving is playoff proven, has won a championship, and is a bigger player who can deal with physical playoff basketball. With the addition of Irving, the Boston Celtics look to compete for an NBA title this season with a legit starting five and a lethal bench.

Projected Starting Five:

Kyrie Irving

Marcus Smart

Gordon Hayward

Al Horford

Aron Baynes

Projected Bench Depth:

This trade was a no brainer for the Boston Celtics. They kept Tatum and Brown and added a comparable point guard with more term on the deal with a lower age than Thomas.

Will this year be the Banner 18 year? Or will it take a year of development? Either way, the Boston Celtics are now a better team.

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Tanner founded Trifecta Network in Spring of 2016 and has been the Chief of Content for the Network since that time. Currently Tanner covers all the sports teams in Boston and has contacts in many of the teams in the city. Before starting Trifecta, Tanner was a Site Expert for the FanSided site Chowder and Champions before leaving to cover Boston teams on the ground as a member of the media for Trifecta.

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Celtics Guard Kyrie Irving To Undergo Knee Surgery

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March 23, 2018

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Well, here is the news no one wanted but everyone knew was coming.

For the moment it is unclear how long Kyrie Irving will be out with any type of timeline only going to be revealed after the procedure is completed.

The team noted in their post that they will have no further comments until the completion of the procedure which is set to take place on March 24th.

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Celtics Take Down Thunder Behind A Big Game By Tatum

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March 20, 2018

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Jayson Tatum

The Boston Celtics defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-99 with the C’s winning the game on a huge 3 point shot by Marcus Morris.

This back and forth affair should, in theory, have been a blowout for a Thunder team with Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Carmelo Anthony. But Boston and its band of misfits were lead by Rookie Jayson Tatum and a supporting cast that stepped up in big moments like Shane Larkin hitting a 3 to end the 3rd quarter or Terry Rozier shimmy shaking his way to a late 3 pointer with a defender in his face.

Tatum who is the lone star in Boston with Kyrie Irving out had a double-double on Tuesday night with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Morris who drained the game-winner after shaking off two defenders finished the game with 21 points and continues to be the rock of the team with Irving out with Brad Stevens drawing up the final play of the game with Morris in mind to take the last shot.


But as impressive as Morris has been the real story here is the 19-year-old rookie Tatum who has been on an absolute tear as of late and has stepped up with Kyrie absent.

Tatum was pivotal against the Thunder with Boston essentially being -20+ without him on the court. And of course, he had the game-winning assist to hit Morris on the perimeter after Tatum drove in the lane.

For the Celtics, this was a huge win, but with Irving seeking a second opinion on his knee their future in terms of playoff potential remains very unclear.

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Isaiah Thomas Not Ruling Out Return To Boston, Says “Anything Can Happen”

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March 18, 2018

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On Sunday night former Boston Celtics guard and current Los Angeles Laker, Isaiah Thomas held a Twitter Q&A on Sunday night and answered a variety of questions including this one posted by @Luke6Hill.

His response to considering reuniting with the Boston Celtics?

That’s right Celtics fans, anything can happen indeed. Thomas since being traded to Cleveland and now to LA has fallen from a borderline max player to a 6th man who could net anywhere from 8-$15 million a season on the free market this upcoming offseason. It is highly unlikely Boston would be interested at that price point if they lock up Marcus Smart, but like Thomas says, anything can happen.

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