Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wozniacki that the Boston Celtics landed the playmaking point guard when they bought Malcolm Brogden in a trade with the Indiana pacers on Friday.
Sources told Wozniacki that the pacers have been selected in the first round of 2023 and in return are receiving five Celtics players, including center-forward Daniel Thesis and Aaron Nesmith in the 2021 first-round pick.
The deal gives Celtics the kind of playmaking that requires basketball operations president Brad Stevens and coach Ime Udoka to stand out as championship contenders.
The 29-year-old Brogdon averaged 19.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 33 games for the fast bowlers last season, as Boston – the last Eastern Conference champion – added a crucial part of hope for another run in the NBA Finals next season. ,
In addition to Brogdon, sources told Wozniacki on Friday that once Danilo Galineri is released and an amnesty is approved, he expects to agree to a one-year contract to move to Boston.
Indiana, meanwhile, continues to reshape its roster around Tyres Halliburton’s young backcourt, which the Pacers bought with the Sacramento Kings for Domantas Sabonis in last season’s trade deadline, and Rookie Benedict Mathurin was sixth in the NBA last week. . Draft
Thesis averaged 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in 47 games between Houston and Boston last season, while Nesmith averaged 3.8 points in 52 games in the first round in 2020.
The contracts of Fits, Staskus and Morgan will have to guarantee the contract to operate under the NBA’s pay cap rules.
In March, Brogdon was re-elected for a three-year term as vice president on the executive committee of the NBA Players Association.