Celtics trade Kristaps Porzingis to Hawks in three-team deal

The Boston Celtics were expected to beryllium fierce during nan offseason, and that's been nan lawsuit complete nan past 24 hours.

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, nan Celtics person now officially traded Kristaps Porzingis to nan Atlanta Hawks successful a three-team woody involving nan Brooklyn Nets. 

"BREAKING: Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn are finalizing a three-team waste and acquisition that sends Kristaps Porzingis and a second-round prime to nan Hawks, Terance Mann and Atlanta's No. 22 prime to nan Nets, and Georges Niang and a second-rounder to nan Celtics," he wrote.

Getting Georges Niang and a second-round prime backmost for Porzingis doesn't look for illustration much, because it isn't.

However, fixed his wellness issues successful caller years, and frankly, for overmuch of his career, it's reliable to get thing other successful return. For nan Celtics, this is simply a measurement to prevention money, which they were expected to do erstwhile entering nan offseason.

Niang is simply a decent player, but it wouldn't beryllium astonishing to spot nan Celtics move connected from him alternatively quickly. He played for nan Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers a play ago, shooting 40.6% from 3-point scope connected 5.2 attempts per game.

That could fresh successful nan Celtics' offense, but nan remainder of his crippled isn't precisely perfect successful Boston.

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Four Porzingis, he'll person an opportunity to proceed playing pinch an above-average squad pinch nan Hawks. Atlanta is expected to make much moves successful nan adjacent future, and adding Porzingis should thief if he's healthy.

While things didn't spell perfectly successful Boston, Porzingis was still very bully and yet helped nan Celtics triumph a championship.