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Boston Celtics land former draft target in proposed Payton Pritchard trade

With the offseason upon us, trade ideas of all shapes, sizes, and potential impacts are being floated across the NBA rumor mill. In one that’d register as a smaller splash, the Boston Celtics would land former 2020 draft target Jalen Smith in a one-for-one mock trade proposal involving Payton Pritchard in the most realistic scenario Inside The Celtics’ Bobby Krivitsky put forward.

“If the Pacers view this as a deal worth making, the salaries allow for a one-for-one swap, with Pritchard on the books for just over $4 million next season and Smith earning slightly north of $5 million,” Krivitsky wrote.