The Boston Celtics began to re -form their alignment of the championship formerly this off -season by exchanging the leader Jrue Holiday at the Portland Trail Blazers.
However, according to the initiate of the NBA Jake Fischer, the Celtics refused a very aggressive offer from the Raptors of Toronto.
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Presenting on the “garden report” of Clns, Fischer said that the Raptors had suspended the idea of giving the Celtics the overall choice n ° 9 of this year in exchange for Derrick White or Jrue Holiday. However, the Celtics were disabled by the idea of having to take the RJ Barrett contract, and chose to accept the offer of the Trail Blazers to Anfernee Simons, who expires the contract after next season.
The Raptors would keep their choice and write Collin-Murray Boyles.
“I don’t think Boston has ever been so interested in this selection for one of these guys,” said Fischer.
Holiday spent two seasons in Boston and collected an average of 11.8 points and 4.4 assists per game. He played a decisive role in the team’s race towards the championship in 2024, but was not as effective last season, which led to the Celtics decision to move on.
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Fischer was not surprised to see the team spend a vacation, but think that players such as White and Jaylen Brown have never been as available as some may have thought despite aggressive offers such as those who came from Toronto.
“I think the fact that they moved Jrue and Porzingis was also expected,” he said. “I think that throughout the rest, there was never really a plan to move Jaylen or Derrick. So I don’t think something is getting closer. I don’t think they were really ready to move these guys either. ”
