Boston Celtics trade Georges Niang and sign Chris Boucher

A lot for a sleepy early-August summer time’s day.

The Boston Celtics made two strikes at present to additional reshape their roster. First they traded Georges Niang after which they signed free agent large man Chris Boucher.

Let’s begin with the main points.

This transfer will please many Celtics followers who weren’t very eager on Niang becoming a member of the workforce (even supposing he’s Lawrence, Massachusetts). It additionally shaves additional wage off the books and pushes the workforce nearer to the first apron. With that mentioned, the workforce additionally used a few of that freed up cap house to make their subsequent transfer.

All advised, Brad Stevens has absolutely embraced the Hole 12 months philosophy, slicing over $300M in Luxurious Taxes.

Is that workforce going to be any good this 12 months? Provided that quite a lot of position gamers have breakout or profession years. But it surely might be an fascinating workforce to observe and consider to see who may stick round for future seasons when the workforce has Tatum again in place.