The Boston Celtics’ mission to trim salary continues.
One day after the Celtics reached a deal to trade Jrue Holiday to Portland, they traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal also involving the Brooklyn Nets, a person with knowledge of the deal told USA TODAY Sports.
The person requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the deal.
The Hawks also get a second-round pick from Boston, which acquires a second-round pick and Georges Niang from Atlanta in the deal.
Brooklyn receives Terance Mann and the No. 22 pick in the first round of the draft Wednesday, June 25, and the Nets now have five first-round picks in the draft. The No. 22 pick going to Brooklyn comes from Atlanta.
By trading Holiday and Porzingis, who is due to make $30.7 million in the final year of his contract in 2025-26, the Celtics are saving nearly $180 million in luxury tax payments, according to ESPN front office insider Bobby Marks.
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