Two trade ideas to improve the Celtics now and moving forward

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty ImagesIf you add up all the reporting around the Boston Celtics approaching the trade deadline, the team has different paths they can go down. One is a simple deal, or set of deals, to shed some salary and avoid the luxury tax for this season. Another has Boston adding some help for a playoff push.

A month ago, it would have seemed the first path was a necessity. After a 10-6 January, it now seems like the second path is realistic.

But to ask the age-old question… Why not do both?

What if we told you that Boston could both dodge the tax, while adding help for a playoff push? And it would also be adding some help (and salary!) beyond this season as well?…