The Boston Celtics have been looking to improve their frontcourt and nearly pulled off a trade to acquire Jahlil Okafor from the Philadelphia 76ers, but the deal fell through when Johnson signed with Philly as a free agent, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
There had actually been talks—sources tell me—that there had been talks between Philadelphia and Boston on a sign-and-trade, that would have sent Jahlil Okafor to the Celtics, and they would have done a sign-and-trade for Amir Johnson, but that never materialized.
Boston has had talks with Okafor for really almost a year, several months certainly back to the last trade deadline. But that didn’t materialize, they just did the straight one-year deal with Amir Johnson.
Philadelphia had been trying to trade Okafor due to their logjam in the frontcourt, which is something that Johnson only adds to. As such, it becomes increasingly likely that they will part with Okafor this offseason.
Johnson averaged 6.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game last season, while Okafor averaged 11.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
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