Celtics Trade Kanter to Portland for Two Second Round Picks
The Boston Celtics have traded center Enes Kanter to the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a three-team trade involving the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced today. Boston also traded the draft rights to guard Desmond Bane to the Grizzlies and received two future second round draft picks.
As part of the transaction, the Celtics will receive the better draft pick between Houston’s second round selection in 2023, and whichever 2023 second round draft pick is worst between Memphis or Dallas. Boston will also receive Memphis’s own 2025 second round draft pick.
Kanter played in 58 of Boston’s 72 games (seven starts) in his lone season with the team, averaging 8.1 points (57.2% FG, 70.7% FT), and 7.4 rebounds in 16.9 minutes of action. The nine-year pro tallied nine double-doubles on the season, including a 22-point, 19-rebound performance against New Orleans on Jan. 11.
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A charter member of the Basketball Association of America (which evolved into the National Basketball Association) since 1946, the Boston Celtics have won a record 17 NBA Championships, including eight (8) in a row from 1959-1966, winning their first title in 1957 and their most recent in 2008. The Celtics have long stood for equality, and respect, including hiring the first African American Coach and starting the first all black starting five. In addition, 35 former Celtics players, management or staff have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In December 2002 the team returned to local ownership for the first time since 1963. For more information on the Celtics, log on to www.celtics.com.
