Jaden Springer traded to Rockets

Per ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Celtics are buying and selling Jaden Springer and their 2030 second spherical choose to the Houston Rockets in change for a closely protected second spherical choose.

Springer is basically traded to Houston as a wage dump to get his $4 million contract off of the books for Boston. Springer was checked out to be one of many solely professional tradable contracts for the Celtics at this commerce season and will have been used to get one other piece in return. Sadly, this isn’t the fact of the state of affairs, however this might imply Brad Stevens has extra strikes up his sleeve earlier than the deadline tomorrow at 3 pm.

In keeping with ESPN’s Bobby Marks, this implies the Celtics now have two open roster spots and cut back their tax penalty by $15.4 million. With an open roster spot, Boston is about as much as be a possible participant within the buyout market this yr in the event that they want to signal a man who will get waived by a crew out of the playoff race.

Jaden Springer ends his Celtics profession with a NBA championship and averages of 1.9 factors, 1.0 rebounds, 0.4 assists, and 0.5 steals in 43 video games performed. He had come on of late with impression minutes as a lockdown defender and catch-and-shoot three-point shooter over the previous couple of weeks.

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Thanks for every part, Jaden. Good luck in Houston!