Boston Celtics Receive: G/F Luguentz Dort, G/F Josh Giddey, 2024 First-Round Pick (Top 4 Protected – HOU via OKC), 2025 First-Round Pick (PHI via OKC), 2026 First-Round Pick (LAC via OKC) 

Oklahoma City Thunder Receive: G/F Jaylen Brown 

Meanwhile, if the Thunder are looking for notes on how to rebuild, they may want to turn to the Celtics. 

It feels like an eternity ago that the Celtics featured Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen. In NBA terms, it was. Yet, we can still trace the roots of those teams to the modern-day Celtics. 

After all, they traded their group of Hall-of-Famers for a package that primarily revolved around draft capital.

They’d use some of those picks to select players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. 

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Still, the Celtics didn’t build their contending squad on draft picks alone. They also traded for key contributors like Al Horford. 

Could the Thunder beat them at their own game?