It’s been a wild summer so far for the Boston Celtics.
Beyond the pain of Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury and Boston’s title defense coming to an end in the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Knicks, a looming financial crunch due to luxury-tax penalties prompted Brad Stevens to trade away Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday.
Beyond Tatum — who is expected to miss most, if not all, of the 2025-26 season while recovering from that ruptured Achilles — no Celtics player was seemingly safe from trade rumors over the last few weeks.
Both Jaylen Brown and Derrick White also were listed in several rumors as Boston left no stone unturned when it came to reshaping the roster.