Celtics Involved In Extremely Interesting Trade Rumor For Jrue Holiday

By Matthew Geagan, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — We’ve heard plenty of rumors about the Celtics wanting to turn their three first-round picks in next week’s draft into anything but three first-round picks in next week’s draft. Whether it’s trading up, trading down or trading out, we’ve heard them all. Now we’re hearing a new one. Danny Ainge is reportedly trying to turn his three first rounders (Nos. 14, 26 and 30) into a higher lottery pick, and then flipping that higher lottery pick to the New Orleans Pelicans for guard Jrue Holiday. Now that is one spicy rumor from the latest mock draft by The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor: The Celtics have offered up their three first-round picks (nos. 14, 26, and 30) in trades to try and move into the lottery, but multiple league sources say they intend to reroute that pick to the Pelicans in exchange for Jrue Holiday. If Boston is able to acquire the necessary assets, it’d still need to add salaries to make a deal work. Could that mean Gordon Hayward or Kemba Walker could be on the move? No matter the case, the Celtics are up to something big to try and bolster their title odds. If they keep the 14th pick, Hampton makes sense because he could immediately serve as a spark-plug scorer off the bench and provide long-term upside. Holiday is signed through next season, making $25 million this year and $26.2 million next year, and the Celtics would have to match that salary in any trade. As OR...
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