Boston trades Keith Bogans to Cleveland for players and picks
Update: The deal is now official.
1/3) The Boston Celtics have traded Keith Bogans and 2 future conditional Sacramento 2nd round picks to Cleveland in exchange for…
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 26, 20142/3) forwards Dwight Powell, Erik Murphy & Malcolm Thomas, guard John Lucas III, 2016 & 2017 2nd round picks from CLE and a trade exception.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 26, 20143/3) In a related move, the Celtics have waived guard Chris Babb and guard/forward Chris Johnson
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 26, 2014Chris Babb had a couple decent moments in Boston, but it's too bad to see Chris Johnson cut. He was fun to watch as a spark off the bench and will hopefully make some other team's roster. The kid can play.
Original post:
The Keith Bogans era in Boston is officially over.
Sources say Cavs are expected to package their three non-guaranteed deals (Erik Murphy, John Lucas and Malcolm Thomas) in trade for KBogans
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) September 25, 2014So, deal is Boston's Keith Bogans to Cleveland for Dwight Powell, Erik Murphy, Malcolm Thomas, John Lucas III and a pair of 2nd-round picks.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) September 26, 2014Celtics will also get a $5.3 trade exception in trade with Cleveland. Dwight Powell has a guaranteed deal and will be in camp with Boston.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) September 26, 2014Don't expect Malcolm Thomas or John Lucas III to come to training camp w/Celtics. Dwight Powell guaranteed deal, Erik Murphy to be evaluated
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) September 26, 2014All in all, not a bad haul for a guy that had no value to the Celtics besides his contract. As Jeff Goodman says, most of the guys Boston got won't make the team, except for Dwight Powell. He was picked in the second round, 45th overall, by Charlotte in June and was later dealt to Cleveland. The deal is happening now because Powell signed his contract on Aug. 23 and couldn't be traded for 30 days from that point.
Powell, 23, has good size, at 6'11" 240 lbs., and could easily take Vitor Faverani's spot on the roster if Boston decides to step away from the Brazilian given his drunken driving charge. In his senior year at Stanford, Powell put up 14 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 3.1 apg and 0.8 bpg.
Oh, and the draft picks. Danny Ainge won't stop until he has every draft pick in existence. The move also frees the team up to sign Evan Turner. Ainge and Stevens will certainly have plenty to talk about come training camp.
I have Boston with 20 players, now 4 in less 1, so 23 - still waiting to sign Evan Turner - need to waive 4
— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) September 26, 2014Follow Eric
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