The move will help Boston get younger and cheaper, saving the team $4.7 million in salary and over $40 million in their potentially unprecedented luxury tax bill.

Can something be both expected and shocking? If so, the trade between the Boston Celtics and the Portland Trail Blazers might count as such. After two seasons in Boston, Jrue Holiday was dealt back to the Blazers — the team that first routed him to the Celtics in 2023 after the Damian Lillard trade — for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks.