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New York Knicks Receive: F Danilo Gallinari, 2024 Second-Round Pick (POR via BOS), 2025 Second-Round Pick (SAS via BOS)
Boston Celtics Receive: G Derrick Rose
This one won’t blow up the internet. It is not the blockbuster proposition of the summer.
So? Why should the Boston Celtics make a blockbuster deal? Once more for the people in the back: this team is coming off of a Conference Finals appearance.
With that said, the Celtics could use a steady floor general. This team’s platoon of combo guards only seems to be getting them so far.
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Derrick Rose is still a veteran who can set the table and organize an offense, as he’s shown with the New York Knicks. Still, the Celtics could want to land a bigger fish. That’s fair.
If so, they may have to orchestrate a sign-and-trade involving pending Restricted Free Agent Grant Williams.
Here’s a deal that follows that framework.
