Report: Celtics Open To Trading Anybody Except Jayson Tatum

According to Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo Sports, the Boston Celtics are open to trading anybody except Jayson Tatum. 

Tatum is expected to miss all of next season recovering from his right Achilles tendon tear. 

The Celtics must make trades this offseason to avoid having the most expensive roster in the NBA next season. 

“Most recently, I’ve heard (they’re) open to trading anybody except for Tatum,” O’Connor said. 

The Celtics, who were sold for $6 billion, are a second apron team. A group led by Bill Chisholm, managing partner at Symphony Technology Group, agreed to purchase the Boston franchise. 

The group led by Chisholm, a lifelong Celtics fan born and raised in the Boston area, includes Boston business executives and philanthropists Rob Hale — a current Celtics owner — and Bruce A. Beal Jr.

$6.1 billion is the highest amount paid for a franchise in North American sports history.

The Celtics lost to the New York Knicks in the second round of this year’s playoffs in six games after winning the championship last year against the Dallas Mavericks in five games. 

The Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers are interested in trading for Jrue Holiday, who will make $32,400,000 next season. Holiday appeared in 62 games for the Celtics this season. He averaged 11.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists.

Jaylen Brown, who won the 2024 Finals MVP Award, will make $53,142,264 next season. The All-Star averaged 22.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists this season.

Kristaps Porzingis will make $30,731,707 next season in the final year of his contract. He averaged 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists this season but struggled in the playoffs due to a serious illness. 

Derrick White will make $28,100,000 next season. He averaged 16.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.1 blocks for the Celtics this season.