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New Report Links Clippers To $100 Million Celtics Star

Originally posted on Los Angeles Clippers on SI
By Liam Willerup | Last updated Jun 29, 2025 12:09 AM ET

The NBA offseason is in full swing, and more movement is set to come starting June 30th with the beginning of free agency. Several landscape-changing deals have already happened, like Kevin Durant moving to the Houston Rockets, and there could be plenty more in store as teams around the league look to avoid the penalties bestowed by the new CBA.

One team that made drastic efforts to avoid those said penalties is the Boston Celtics, offloading the contracts of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis in separate deals. The Celtics might not be done just yet, and the Los Angeles Clippers are being linked as a team that could get involved with their next deal.

Anfernee Simons is a name that has been linked to the LA Clippers, per @BrettSiegelNBA.

“Another team worth mentioning regarding Simons, if the Celtics were to relocate him again, is the Los Angeles Clippers. Simons is a player LA has been linked to previously in trade rumors.”… pic.twitter.com/DFOOwszcXw
— APHoops (@APH00PS) June 29, 2025

According to NBA insider Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, the Clippers are a team to monitor if the Celtics opt to relocate Anfernee Simons and his expiring contract. After acquiring him in the trade of Holiday, the ex-Portland Trail Blazers star could be on the move again this offseason.

"Simons is a player LA has been linked to previously in trade rumors, but the Clippers have their own problems to sort through with Norman Powell in the final year of his contract and James Harden potentially opting out to demand more money in free agency," Siegel wrote.

Anfernee Simons last two seasons:

— 20.6 PPG
— 5.1 APG
— 3.2 3PM

The newest Boston Celtic. pic.twitter.com/Gc8CgIFJP0
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 24, 2025

Any deal for Simons would likely require the Clippers to involve one of Norman Powell or Bogdan Bogdanovic, due to salary reasons. Despite boasting the second-best defense in the Western Conference last season (in terms of opponents' PPG), the Clippers' offense was fourth-worst in the conference, behind non-playoff teams like the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns.

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