The Portland Trail Blazers have finalized their trade to send Anfernee Simons to the Boston Celtics for Jrue Holiday, the organization announced Monday. However, contrary to initial reports of the trade in June, the Blazers will not be sending two second-round picks to the Celtics.
A recent review of Holiday’s medicals showed nothing substantial enough to warrant the trade being negated, but there was enough in the findings to lead the Blazers to change the terms of the deal slightly, a league source confirmed to Blazer’s Edge. Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive first reported the news about why the deal was altered.