Every team around the league knows where the Boston Celtics stand.
The Green, possessing a historic payroll and Jayson Tatum set to miss the majority of the 2025-26 season, need to shed salary.
How will they do it? That’s to be determined. But the idea has caused Celtics stars like Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White and Jaylen Brown all to be included in trade speculation.
One of Boston’s potential trade partners could be the Houston Rockets, who have head coach Ime Udoka leading the bench and need to improve their roster. The Rockets are “anticipating conversations with Boston’s front office,” according to a report from The Athletic’s Kelly Iko on Tuesday.
Which players will be mentioned in such conversations? Again, that’s yet to be known.
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Celtics superfan Bill Simmons, though, recently concocted a blockbuster deal that would send both Holiday and Brown to Houston.
