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Celtics just made surprising trade for painfully obvious reason

The Boston Celtics just traded Georges Niang and two second-round picks to the Utah Jazz for rookie RJ Luis Jr. in an obvious salary dump.

Boston Celtics, Georges Niang, Utah Jazz, RJ Luis Jr., NBA Trade Rumors | Winslow Townson-Imagn Images

The Boston Celtics are trading Georges Niang and two second-round picks to the Utah Jazz for rookie RJ Luis Jr., according to Shams Charania of ESPN, in what is very clearly a pure salary dump move. Niang joined the Celtics in the Kristaps Porzingis trade earlier this summer that sent the Latvian big man to the Atlanta Hawks.