Several executives around the league believe Boston will explore the trade market for center Kristaps Porzingis, who’s owed $30.73 million and an expiring contract after the 2025-26 season. Celtics guard Jrue Holiday, who turns 35 later this month and is owed a combined $104.4 million over the next three years, including a player option for the 2027-28 season, has already been linked to trade interest from the Clippers and Mavericks. Another trade candidate to keep an eye on in the eyes of NBA executives around the league is sharpshooter Sam Hauser, a career 42 percent shooter from beyond the arc and has been a consistent rotation player for Boston the past three seasons. Hauser will begin a four-year, $45 million contract starting in the 2025-26 season.
Source: HoopsHype
Source: HoopsHype
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Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Back on @TheGardenReport later talking to @BrianTRobb about Kristaps Porzingis’ future and potential #Celtics summer moves. Then @Joe_Sway joins later from OKC to preview the #NBAFinals.
Join us LIVE at 5 EST: youtube.com/live/kzuwZPE9B… pic.x.com/8deZK4631I – 2:18 PM
Back on @TheGardenReport later talking to @BrianTRobb about Kristaps Porzingis’ future and potential #Celtics summer moves. Then @Joe_Sway joins later from OKC to preview the #NBAFinals.
Join us LIVE at 5 EST: youtube.com/live/kzuwZPE9B… pic.x.com/8deZK4631I – 2:18 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Boston Celtics reportedly expected to explore Kristaps Porzingis trade options #NBA
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 11:59 AM
Boston Celtics reportedly expected to explore Kristaps Porzingis trade options #NBA
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/18… – 11:59 AM
More on this storyline
Shamit Dua: I’ve just been texting random executives across the league. This is speculation, right? This is not them saying this is what we would do. This is just them guessing, right? I was like this is straight off asking people like would anyone touch Zion with a 10-foot pole? And there seems to be this general idea of like you kind of saw it with with like Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis that like there will be teams that do not necessarily care about the reputation provided they have enough general information to know that this is going to get settled out of court and the allegations won’t stick. There will be teams who do not care and but those teams who do not care need to be sufficiently desperate one and two they’re not going to give you anything of value. So you’re going to get really bad contracts and likely no picks. But if you do get a pick, it’s a late pick. So an example would be Andrew Wiggins and Duncan Robinson for Zion and some small salary just to kind of make it even. -via YouTube / June 3, 2025
Most rival teams continue to regard Kristaps Porziņģis as the most movable Boston vet thanks to the Latvian big man’s $30.7 million expiring contract. Porziņģis, though, managed to exceed 20 minutes in only one of the Celtics’ games in the New York series because of a perplexing energy-sapping illness that has plagued him since March. -via marcstein.substack.com / May 20, 2025
Jay King: Brad Stevens said the way Kristaps Porzingis’ illness was described to him was as “post-viral syndrome.” Said playoff basketball was not conducive to helping him feel better. Thinks Porzingis will be aided by a couple of weeks of rest but thinks it will be “well cleared up” by the time he plays for Latvia in Eurobasket. -via Twitter @ByJayKing / May 19, 2025