By most accounts — even the team president, Brad Stevens‘ — the Boston Celtics are looking for wing depth at the trade deadline. Specifically, as Stevens put it, a big wing. But rumbles are percolating up from the depth of the NBA media sphere that suggest there might be more on the “help wanted” list for the Celtics.
In a recent episode of the Yahoo Sports “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast, reporter Jake Fischer let it slip that Boston is a team among several looking to fortify their frontcourt rotation. “There’s a ton of teams in the market for backup bigs this year,” said Fischer. The Yahoo Sports reporter has heard that, along with the Celtics, that the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets are also looking for a big man upgrade ahead of the Feb. 8 deadline.
That will make competition for the players who can reasonably be pried loose from their current situation a bit tougher. But the Celtics have salaries and draft assets to bring to bear if there is a target they find especially key to their plans to hang a banner.
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