Celtics reportedly trade Porzingis to Hawks as Kyrie Irving signs $119m Mavs extension | NBA
Kristaps Porzingis is being exchanged by the Boston Celtics at the Atlanta Hawks, and part of what will be an agreement to three teams gives Brooklyn Nets another selection during the first Tour of Wednesday of the NBA project, according to a person who knows the agreement.
Porzingis goes to the Hawks, while Georges Niang and a second round choice will be acquired by Boston, and Brooklyn will be found with Térance Mann and the choice n ° 22 which is held by Atlanta during Wednesday’s draft, said the source of Associated Press. Trade should not be finalized before the start of the new year of the league on July 6.
ESPN first pointed out the trade, which was later confirmed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
This decision is the second major of Boston of the week, after the team agreed to exchange Jrue Holiday in Portland. The combination of these movements has always boston beyond the tax line for next season, but under the second apron, which gives the Celtics – which will be without Jayson Tatum to, at least, an important part of next season due to a tear of Achilles – more flexibility in the future. It is important to pass under the second apron; This threshold, once exceeded, limits the means that the teams can exchange or sign the players.
Porzingis – who, like Holiday, was part of the team that helped Boston win the Title of the NBA 2024 – will win $ 30.7 million next season on an expired contract. It was sometimes slowed down by the disease in the second half of last season, as well as during the Boston eliminatory series this spring. But he intends to play for Latvia in Eurobasket this summer, a good sign.
“Thank you for all the support and questions about my health,” Porzingis published on social networks this week. “I felt excellent all the offseason and I can’t wait to see a healthy and strong European championship tournament.”
Porzingis raised an average of 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 42 games this season.
Nets now technically five choices in the first round on Wednesday. They already have the selections nos 8, 19, 26 and 27, and the Hawks will be essentially covered for the net now at 22.
Elsewhere on Tuesday, sources indicated that the Dallas Mavericks and Kyrie Irving agreed on a $ 119 million contract over three years with the star goalkeeper who was still recovering from a torn ACL who will put him online in the 2025-2026 season.
The new contract will line up Irving with the co-star Anthony Davis, who joined the Mavericks in the seismic trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in February. Davis has another three years on his contract, with a player option which will now be the same season as Irving, 2027-28.
The agreement with Irving came on the eve of the NBA draft, the Mavericks ready to take the former Duke Cooper Flagg star with the overall choice n ° 1.
