NBA Daily: Lots Of NBA Trade Activity

With the 2019 NBA Draft less than nine days away, there are a lot of conversations taking place that should make this year’s draft one of the busier transaction windows we’ve seen around the event in some time.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Sources: Celtics Engaged in Clint Capela Trade Talks

The Celtics from what I have heard engaged pretty seriously on Clint Capella… have had some level of talks with Terry Rozier on a new deal. Everything is very fluid at this stage in the draft/trade process. It’s finding out what you can do. The Celtics from what I have heard engaged pretty seriously on […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: The History of Sacrificial Lambs

DeMar DeRozan is the latest in a long line of players traded before their team took a step up to the next level, writes Matt John.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Let The Anthony Davis Sweepstakes Begin

With the recent news that the New Orleans Pelicans will start listening to offers for Anthony Davis, Jordan Hicks takes a look at a few potential deals.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Sources: ‘Low probability’ that Kyrie Irving Re-Signs with Celtics

Let’s start here with Kyrie Irving, the Knicks and the Nets: free agency is still more than three weeks away. So there’s plenty of time for players — and teams — to change their mind about their preferences for this summer. That applies to Irving as well. His plans/desires today may not be the same as […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Three Keys to the 2019 NBA Draft

The NBA Draft process involves high-stakes decision making. Basketball Insiders writer Drew Maresca examines three keys to the 2019 NBA Draft that are holding up other teams from deciding upon a singular draft strategy.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Sources: Teams ‘more wary’ of Signing Kyrie Irving in Free Agency

Kyrie Irving is going to get paid. He’s going to get a max contract from someone, and the Celtics would still like to be the team that signs those checks. Let’s put that right up front. But, man, is it getting strange out here on the Kyrie beat. The most interesting bit of information from […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Sources: Knicks Interested in Terry Rozier, Marcus Morris

Multiple league sources tell NBC Sports Boston that the Knicks, a team with plenty of roster holes to fill this offseason, have interest in at least two other Celtics players besides Irving — Marcus Morris and Terry Rozier — who like Irving, will be free agents this summer. New York’s interest in Rozier has been steady, only […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Sources: Al Horford Interested in Staying with Celtics

The Celts still have to find out what Al Horford wants to do. The veteran can opt out of the approximately $29 million he has coming next year, and, according to a league source, Horford would like to stay. The source added that he’d take a more team-friendly number for next season if he can […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021