The Boston Celtics have been rated predictably low in terms of their trade assets in a recent assessment put together by Bleacher Report NBA analyst Andy Bailey. As perhaps the apex of contending ball clubs in the league in the coming 2024-25 season, it would be surprising for them to be ranked very high to begin with, yet the Celtics are not without tools to make trades.
With players like backup combo guard Payton Pritchard, reserve forward Sam Hauser, and rookie shooting guard Baylor Scheierman, the Celtics do indeed have cheap, tradeable contracts to add talent to the team in a pinch.
They also own all their own picks from the 2025 NBA draft to the 2027 draft, and their 2030 and 2031 first round picks as well.
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“Boston does have access to most of its future first-round picks, but you have to figure those will typically be late first-rounders,” writes the B/R analyst. “The Celtics are going to be good for the foreseeable future.”
Final ranking for Boston’s tradeable assets? No. 28 overall in the league, just behind the Denver Nuggets and just ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers.
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