The Boston Celtics are nearing an agreement to acquire Kristaps Porzingis from the Washington Wizards in a three-team trade that also involves the Los Angeles Clippers, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.
Boston will be sending Malcolm Brogdon to the Clippers and Danilo Gallinari to Washington, while Marcus Morris, Amir Coffey and the 30th pick in tomorrow’s NBA Draft will go from Los Angeles to the Wizards.
Porzingis set personal highs with 23.2 points per game and 49.8 percent shooting last season while also averaging 8.4 rebounds – the third-most in his career.
The Knicks selected Porzingis with the fourth overall pick in 2015, and he was with New York until being traded to Dallas in January 2019. The Mavericks then sent Porzingis to Washington in February 2022.
Porzingis has averaged 19.6 points and 7.9 rebounds in 402 regular-season games.
It’s been a busy offseason for the Wizards, who could start the 2023-24 campaign without their three top scorers.
Washington has agreed to trade Bradley Beal (23.2 ppg) to the Phoenix Suns in a deal that will see Chris Paul land with the Wizards, and Kyle Kuzma (21.2 ppg) has reportedly declined his $13 million player option.
Brogdon, the 2016-17 NBA Rookie of the Year, was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year this season after averaging 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in his first campaign with Boston.
Gallinari sat out his only season in Boston in 2022-23 with a torn left ACL after averaging 11.7 points and 4.7 rebounds with the Atlanta Hawks the previous year.
Morris contributed 11.2 points per game in 65 starts for the Clippers this season and Coffey averaged 3.4 points in 50 games, including nine starts.