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USA Today
a day ago
- Business
- USA Today
What are some Boston Celtics one-team deals to shed salary (and maybe help their future)?
What are some Boston Celtics one-team deals to shed salary (and maybe help their future)? The Boston Celtics need to trim some salary from their roster before they are hit with the full force of a potentially historic payroll and tax bill created by the second apron penalties of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement (CBA). And there are two players in particular that analysts and fans are looking at as most likely to be on the move to facilitate such an end, veteran guard Jrue Holiday, and big man Kristaps Porzingis. With Holiday set to make $32.4 million and Porzingis $30.7 million, both could end up delivering substantial cap relief if dealt into the Brooklyn Nets' cap space, or into a multi-team deal that returns little to no salary to Boston. But such deals are also hard to pull off given the overlapping interests at play, and can cost a pretty penny in terms of sweetening assets as well. The Celtics can of course trade away both in single-team deals that bring back cheaper players that could help Boston moving forward, but that may also cost assets if the interests don't align. Porzingis has value as a large expiring deal with upside if he can return to form and stay healthy (an increasingly challenging pair of goals for the Latvian center), and Holiday is still one of the league's best perimeter players who can likely also help out on the offensive end if his role is not too big. What are the best targets out there for single team trades for either? Let's take a look. Andrew Wiggins - Miami Heat 2025-26 salary: $28.2 million Fit for both teams: This could make sense for Miami with Holiday coming back, but they might balk at the years left on his deal. Similarly, Boston might not be crazy about the $30.1 million player option on Wiggins contract, but he would be a boost on the wing while Tatum is out. Potential savings: $4.2 million Note: You could do worse on both sides of this deal, but it probably is not hard to do better as well. Terry Rozier- Miami Heat 2025-26 salary: $26.6 million Fit for both teams: Rozier for Holiday could work here if Pat Riley wants to stay competitive. Rozier's deal is expiring, and with his play recently as bad as it has been since he joined the league, this might be a more realistic move than for Wiggins. The Celtics save a little now, and a lot later. Potential savings: $5.8 million now, the rest of Holiday's salary for this season and beyond moving forward Note: Another thing to consider is that Rozier was tied to a major gambling scandal, and while nothing has implicated him personally in any wrongdoing, that itself may be enough to scare Boston away from a reunion. John Collins - Utah Jazz 2025-26 salary: $26.5 million Fit for both teams: This feels like a Danny Ainge special if Porzingis is the trade; Ainge could get an asset (maybe Boston's No. 32 second round pick this year), clear more cap when his deal expires if KP doesn't rebound, or hang onto him or flip him again if he does recoup some value. Boston also gets a backup forward able to help eat missing Tatum minutes with the potential to re-sign him to a cheaper deal. Potential savings: $4.2 million Note: Don't expect any favors from Ainge over nostalgia -- the ask might be MUCH higher than a reasonable one. DeMar DeRozan - Sacramento Kings 2025-26 salary: $24.5 million Fit for both teams: Holiday seems like a dubious fit for a team where the Kings are, despite some rumbles to the contrary, but Porzingis could make sense if Sacramento wants to get started on a serious retool of the roster, using the big man's expiring deal as a way to clear salary. Potential savings: $6.2 million Note: Boston may not be stoked to take on a contract of similar length and substantial money in DeRozan, especially given he is not an ideal fit for coach Joe Mazzulla's 3-point heavy style of play. But he also might be, at least next season, one of the better players out there realistically available for those same reasons. Kyle Kuzma - Milwaukee Bucks 2025-26 salary: $22.4 million Fit for both teams: Coming off a career-worst season, Kuzma's value has never been lower, and could make sense for the Bucks to deal if Giannis Antetokounmpo demands a trade. We could also see Milwaukee angling for a Holiday reunion if he stays, but doubt Boston would want to revive a serious headache for themselves in the East as a result. KP's expiring deal clears considerably more salary for the Bucks, and might not require an asset for Boston while bringing back a playable (in limited minutes) backup. Potential savings: $6.3 million Note: To make this trade CBA legal, another contract needs to be included. We added Tyler Smith's $1.9 million in this iteration to do so, but there are other ways to make it work for less savings on Boston's end. Marcus Smart - Washington Wizards 2025-26 salary: $21.5 million Fit for both teams: For the Wiz, this is a play to get younger and clear more salary at the end of the season. For Boston, it would likely only make sense if they wanted to be sure of getting under the second apron this season by trading Porzingis back to Washington while also making other deals in the offseason, rather than hoping they can pull off additional moves before the deadline. Potential savings: $6.5 million Note: The savings above reflect a trade including Anthony Gill being part of the deal to make it CBA legal. It might also take a lesser second round pick to get it done. Not out of the question, but when you throw in all the potential hurt feelings from effectively reversing some of the trades preceding Boston's 2024 title, this trade seems unlikely. Nikola Vucevic - Chicago Bulls 2025-26 salary: $21.4 million Fit for both teams: Vooch is likely ending up on another team for 2026-27 regardless of whether it is by trade or signing, and if the Bulls wanted to get some value for his deal, taking on Kristaps Porzingis might be one of their better options. Boston gets cap savings and a stretch big back able to replicate some of the concept Porzingis added when healthy with an option to re-sign on a cheaper deal, and Chicago gets an asset or two for a player likely leaving. Potential savings: $7.0 million Note: This trade needs another deal included to be CBA legal as well, so we added Julian Phillips. It might cost Boston their 2025 first round pick, but if it did, they might not be too upset given it's one less guaranteed deal to roster. This one is a stretch for several reasons, but unreasonable. Jusuf Nurkic, Mark Williams - Charlotte Hornets 2025-26 salary: $19.3 and $6.2 million, respectively Fit for both teams: Nurkic is far from an ideal fit for the Hornets future, and it is unclear what future Williams has in Charlotte after his failed trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. Could an opportunity to clear more salary at the end of the season and a first round pick be enough to get both in Boston for Porzingis? The Celtics, in turn, get a depth big with upside for more if health pans out in Williams, as well as more frontcourt depth with Nurkic that becomes more cap relief at the end of the season. Potential savings: $5.0 million Note: This deal only makes sense if the Hornets value a pick more than the relationship they now have with Williams, and conversely, if Boston thinks the upside and $5 million in cap relief now is a better gamble than all of KP's salary at the end of the season. Harrison Barnes, Jeremy Sochan - San Antonio Spurs 2025-26 salary: $19.0 million, $7.0 million, respectively Fit for both teams: If the Spurs wanted to supercharge their backcourt to compete immediately while not dumping too much weight on the shoulders of Stephon Castle, Holiday could make sense as a target for these two Spurs. Boston gets forward depth on an expiring deals while Tatum is out, Sochan presumptively a keeper. Potential savings: $6.3 million Note: This trade would leave San Antonio a smaller team even with Victor Wembanyama back in the fold, and would likely be predicated by other moves on their end to shore up their frontcourt. It also might need draft assets from Boston to that effect, which might derail a deal. Zach Collins, Jevon Carter - Chicago Bulls 2025-26 salary: $18.0 million, $6.8 million, respectively Fit for both teams: This is a more plausible version of the Vucevic deal noted above, with little difference in the reasoning or outcome, save perhaps some more expiring backcourt depth for Boston if Holiday is also dealt and the ask in terms of draft assets. Potential savings: $5.8 million Note: Boston would likely need to send out a solid second round pick to make this deal work for both sides. Daniel Gafford, PJ Washington, Olivier-Maxence Prosper - Dallas Mavericks 2025-26 salary: $14.3 million, $14.1 million, $3 million, respectively Fit for both teams: This trade would leave Dallas a bit thin up front and save little money for Boston immediately, but could give the Celtics options at the end of the season with regard to who to keep to build their frontcourt of the future while potentially cutting as much as $28.4 million in salary from the roster at season's end if they let both Gafford and Washington walk. It would also give the Mavs a reliable point guard whose deal aligns with the older players on the roster. Potential savings: $900,000 now, and potentially much more later Note: Versions of this deal were proliferating even before Marc Stein reported on potential Dallas interest in Holiday. While the UCLA alum has value even considering his contract, it might require a first from Boston to actually get a deal that gives them this much flexibility done. All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
Newsweek
a day ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
Mavericks Trade Proposal Lands 2-Time All-Star For Daniel Gafford
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Dallas Mavericks are entering the offseason as one of the more interesting teams. After trading away star guard Luka Doncic for big man Anthony Davis, many saw Dallas as a team with a grim outlook for the future. More NBA news: Bucks Hit With Troubling Brook Lopez Update But thanks to some luck in the NBA Draft lottery, Dallas will now have the chance to draft Duke star Cooper Flagg. With this news, the Mavericks can likely move around some pieces on the roster to build a contending team. This could see some players be moved this offseason, and Dallas is expected to be very active. One name that has been floated around in trade rumors is center Daniel Gafford, and it has been reported that he wants to be paid like a starter. With Flagg coming to the team, Gafford could be expendable. Opposing teams will likely be trying to trade for him, and Dallas could pull the trigger on a deal. In this new trade proposal, Dallas moves Gafford and other pieces to land a two-time All-Star. Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report proposed a deal to have Dallas land guard Jrue Holiday from the Boston Celtics. Here is what the deal could look like: Mavericks receive: Jrue Holiday and a $3 million trade exception (Olivier-Maxence Prosper) Celtics receive: Daniel Gafford, PJ Washington, Drew Timme, a $32.4 million trade exception (Holiday), a $2.5 million trade exception (Xavier Tillman Sr.), a $2.4 million trade exception (Neemias Queta), and a $2.2 million trade exception (Porziņģis) Nets receive: Kristaps Porziņģis, Dwight Powell, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Xavier Tillman Sr., Neemias Queta (from Celtics), a 2026 protected first-round pick and a 2027 first-round pick swap DALLAS, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Daniel Gafford #21 of the Dallas Mavericks looks on during the second half against the Atlanta Hawks at American Airlines Center on April 02, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. DALLAS, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Daniel Gafford #21 of the Dallas Mavericks looks on during the second half against the Atlanta Hawks at American Airlines Center on April 02, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. Photo byWith star guard Kyrie Irving likely to miss much of next season due to injury, bringing in a player like Holiday does make a lot of sense. Holiday could run the offense while providing the Mavericks with a solid two-way guard. More NBA news: Celtics' Jayson Tatum Still Receiving Major Criticism Despite Achilles Injury While Holiday isn't the same player that he once was, he can still provide a spark to a team. With Holiday, Davis, Flagg, and Klay Thompson, the Mavericks could contend in the Western Conference. The Celtics will be looking to shed salary this summer, and the Mavericks could be a perfect trading partner. Boston would get some nice pieces in Gafford and Washington to help them build the team forward. Even the Nets would get a massive expiring deal in Porziņģis, as well as some extra draft capital for the future. All in all, this does seem like a good trade for all sides. More NBA news: Warriors Could Lose Crucial Star Due to Clashing Roster Plans Lakers' Luka Doncic to Join LeBron James, Steve Nash on Podcast For more on the Mavericks, Celtics, Nets, and general NBA news, head on over to Newsweek Sports.
USA Today
2 days ago
- Business
- USA Today
What might the Los Angeles Clippers trade the Boston Celtics for vet guard Jrue Holiday?
What might the Los Angeles Clippers trade the Boston Celtics for vet guard Jrue Holiday? What might the Los Angeles Clippers trade the Boston Celtics for vet guard Jrue Holiday? The UCLA alum has found himself in the thick of the speculation about which players the Celtics might move on from to save money as they stare down a historically large payroll and tax bill thanks to the second apron restrictions in the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Holiday has even found his name floated in a few trade rumors, such as for the Dallas Mavericks and Clippers, coming from trusted NBA sources. Those rumors may have some truth at their roots, but even if they are, what could a team like the Clips send back to Boston in such a deal that would make sense for both sides? Cohost of the CLNS Media "Garden Report" podcast, Bobby Manning, linked up with guest Law Murray to talk it all over. Check it out below! If you enjoy this pod, check out the "How Bout Them Celtics," "First to the Floor," and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network:
Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
4 K-pop songs to help you kickstart your holidays
While many out there might be dreading the scorching approach of summer, the time to hit pause on your labour is also here. Sleeping in is a tempting alternative, but if a change of pace is long overdue, here are four K-pop songs to push into finally booking those tickets and taking off far away from home. 'Red Flavor' Red Velvet are the queens of summer bops, be it catchy electro-pop hits like Power Up or uptempo dance-pop tracks like You Better Know. But if we must narrow it down, their song Red Flavor takes the cake for being one of K-pop's finest earworms to kick the season off. From its addictive lyrics to its frisky choreo, the song has the motivation you're looking for to leave your bed and get the season officially started. 'Alcohol-Free' The list would be incomplete without Twice, the cheery sound of which will definitely make you want to pack your bags up for a poolside picnic. If you're looking for bops to elevate the holiday spirit, the girl group has got you covered. Even if you're not lounging by the pool with a refreshing fruit punch in your hands, Alcohol-Free tricks you into thinking you are. The bossa nova trickle serves what you need during your time off, easing you into the therapeutic vacation ahead. 'Holiday' The recovery phase is only one part of the sabbatical you've planned. Once that's done, it's time to amp things up because the party awaits. Perhaps you're looking to step outside your comfort zone this season, and if you need a push, Girls' Generation's Holiday is here for you. This funky, retro-meets-modern track is your companion through a glamorous makeover before you paint the town red with your best pals. But if you're more of a homebody, belting the jazzy lyrics into your hairbrush as you play dress-up does no harm either. 'Mixtape: Time Out' Adventurous souls might lean more towards the tides. After all, why wait for the rain when you can take a dip in the beach whenever you want to? In case your daring side requires a little nudge, Mixtape: Time Out by Stray Kids has the punk and pop rock edge that'll easily push you over. The sun can be merciless around this time of the year, but with the right company and music by your side, you'll find no issues frolicking close to the shoreline in this heat. Have something to add to the story? Share it in the comments below.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Here's Why Fans Think Taylor Swift Just Teased Her Next Album After Buying Her Masters
On Friday (May 30), Taylor Swift both announced that she has finally acquired the masters to her first six albums and gave an update on the long-awaited Reputation re-record — but fans suspect that, to top it all off, she also subtly teased her 12th album. In a letter posted to her website, the pop star revealed that she finally has control over her entire body of work after purchasing back her masters from Shamrock Capital (for somewhere around $360 million, sources tell Billboard). The sale comes six years after Scooter Braun acquired her catalog from Scott Borchetta in 2019, after which the music manager sold his ownership of Swift's music to Shamrock in late 2020. More from Billboard Taylor Swift Fans Are Full of Emotions After She Buys Back Her Masters: 'Taylor ALWAYS Wins' The Amity Affliction Cover Turnstile's 'Holiday' for 'Like a Version' Mariah Carey Celebrates 20 Years of 'The Emancipation of Mimi': Stream It Now 'I'm trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slideshow,' Swift wrote in her message, emphasizing how meaningful the acquisition is to her. 'A flashback sequence of all the times I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell you this news.' But what caught fans' eye was what the 14-time Grammy winner wrote next. 'All the times I was thiiiiiiiiiiiis close, reaching out for it, only for it to fall through.' The statement may seem innocuous — and for all Swifties know, it is — but it's hard not to focus in on the fact that she included no less than 12 'i's when writing out the word 'thiiiiiiiiiiiis.' Swift has released 11 albums over the course of her career, the last of which, The Tortured Poets Department, arrived in April 2023 and spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. That would make her next LP her 12th, a fact that has fans thinking she just teased the upcoming project with her note. 'THE LETTER HAS 12 I's TS12 IS COMING SOON TOO OMG IM SO HAPPY FOR TAYLOR,' one fan wrote on X, sharing a screenshot of the letter. 'IT'S A TS12 SUMMER!!!' another fan posted, while a third Swiftie shared a screenshot of the letter and wrote, 'I feel like ts12 just got so much closer.' The 12-count 'i' situation is just the latest suspected clue fans have picked up on ahead of the 'Fortnight' singer's predicted 12th album. Much fanfare was also made when Swift attended the 2025 Grammys wearing earrings with exactly 12 red jewels apiece, and in March, she used a sequence of 12 'D's when praising Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's I Said I Love You First album on Instagram. 'I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD,' Swift wrote on her Story at the time. Sharing screenshots of the earrings, the Gomez-Blanco post and the letter about her masters, one Swiftie wrote Friday, 'SUDDENLY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING TS12 TRUTHERS RISE.' But while fans may be excited about the prospect of Swift's 12th album coming soon, it's just one of many things they are celebrating. Social media has seen an outpouring of Swifties rejoicing over the musician finally owning her life's work, something she wrote in her letter is her 'greatest dream come true.' The purchase comes after six years of publicly feuding with Borchetta and Braun over the way the original sale was handled, as well as the re-releases of four of her first six albums: Fearless, Speak Now, Red and 1989. In her letter, Swift emphasized how thankful she was to fans for sticking with her every step of the way. 'You'll never know how much it means to me that you cared,' she wrote. 'Every single bit of it counted and ended us up here. Thanks to you and your goodwill, teamwork and encouragement, the best things that have ever been mine… finally actually are.' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
