NBA Rumors: The trade to 3 teams that would end with Holiday and Porzingis out of Boston

The Boston Celtics are looking to trim a significant amount of salary this summer to avoid the dreaded hard cap, which is essentially a heavy penalty zone for teams. The Dallas Mavericks are in need of a point guard to replace and then play alongside the injured Kyrie Irving.

Eric Pincus, from Bleacher Report, has put forward a spectacular proposal involving three teams that would solve both issues. It also involves the Brooklyn Nets, and it goes as follows:

The Mavs would receive Jrue Holiday (from the Celtics) and 3 million dollars in salary exceptions (Olivier-Maxence Prosper); the Celtics would acquire Daniel Gafford (from the Mavericks), PJ Washington (from the Mavericks), Drew Timme (from the Nets), a 32.4 million dollar salary exception (Holiday), a 2.5 million dollar salary exception (Xavier Tillman Sr.), a 2.4 million dollar salary exception (Neemias Queta), and a 2.2 million dollar salary exception (Porzingis). Meanwhile, the Nets would get Kristaps Porzingis (from the Celtics), Dwight Powell (from the Mavericks), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (from the Mavericks), Xavier Tillman Sr. (from the Celtics), Neemias Queta (from the Celtics), a protected first-round pick in 2026 (from the Celtics), and a first-round pick swap in 2027 (from the Celtics).

Each team's viewpoint

The Mavericks are trying to sign Jrue Holiday, according to an insider source Jrue Holiday would be just what the Mavericks are looking for: a starting point guard who can lead the team while Irving recovers from his torn ACL during the first half of the season and also provide elite defense inside to cover for Kyrie on that end of the court upon his return. Informant Marc Stein has already noted that Dallas is expected to at least explore a way to sign Holiday this summer. And as Pincus points out, the players Dallas would give up in this hypothetical deal, Gafford, Washington, and Prosper, are a luxury for the Mavericks after having secured the number 1 draft pick, presumably Cooper Flagg.

The Celtics would free themselves from over 230 million dollars in salaries, falling well below the hard cap, while adding a serviceable and capable center like Gafford. PJ Washington brings some scoring to help replace part of the departing offense. "The Nets would be investing more in a rebuild," writes Pincus, and they could even flip expiring contracts (Porzingis, Powell, Tillman) they receive for more assets.

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