The Nuggets are sending injured players Bol Bol and P.J. Dozier to the Celtics, and Boston is sending forward Juancho Hernangomez to the Spurs as part of a three-way deal, a source confirmed to The Athletic. According to multiple reports, San Antonio is sending guard Bryn Forbes to Denver, and will also acquire the Nuggets' 2028 second-round pick as part of the deal. ESPN was first to report the news.
The deal comes shortly after Denver's attempted trade of Bol to Detroit was voided last week due to concerns over his physical.
Bol, a 7-foot-2 forward, underwent surgery on his foot and is out indefinitely, Denver announced earlier on Tuesday. He had struggled to find a consistent role with the Nuggets, averaging just 2.4 points in 14 games for Denver this season.
Dozier is also out indefinitely with an ACL tear he suffered in November. The fifth-year player out of South Carolina was averaging 5.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 18.9 minutes off the bench for Denver before the injury.
Hernangomez, the No. 15 pick out of Spain in 2016, has played in 18 games this season for the Celtics. He has averaged 1.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per game this year, and 5.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists for his career.
Forbes, who signed with San Antonio as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State in 2016, has played in 40 games this season, averaging 9.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in his career. He's shooting 41.7 percent from 3-point range in 2021-22.
The Celtics are 23-22 on the season, sitting at 10th in the Eastern Conference. The Nuggets are 22-20, sixth in the Western Conference, while the Spurs are 12th at 16-28.
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Why does this trade make sense for the Celtics?
Jared Weiss, Celtics staff writer: Brad Stevens’ first in-season trade is a yawn-inducing financial maneuver, which is exactly what you would expect after the prior offseason. Stevens pulled off a series of small moves over the summer to gradually shift the composition of the roster, knowing there was more work to be done during the year to get the team below the luxury tax.
Hernangomez never broke into the rotation, while Dozier obviously won’t this season and Bol is likely to be in the same spot as Hernangomez when/if he returns from his foot surgery. The move shaves off around $2-to-3 million from the Celtics’ tax burden, meaning if they salary dump Dennis Schröder as expected, they would clear the tax line.
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