The Boston Celtics made an effort to land a star before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, but they couldn’t find a deal to their liking.
In the end, the C’s made no trades at all.
ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe wrote an excellent piece outlining Boston’s deadline action, including its pursuit of Chicago Bulls star forward Jimmy Butler.
“Butler was more obtainable for Boston, and the two sides exchanged a bunch of proposals,” Lowe writes.
“The particulars are hard to pin down, but suffice it to say this: Boston could not find a package that left both its present and its future in a …
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