The Celtics are close to an agreement that will bring Magic’s owner, Evan Fournier, in exchange for two options in the second round, according to a league source.
According to the source, Boston must use its $ 28.5 million trade exception that was created in Gordon Hayward’s sign and trade. At noon on Thursday, with three hours to go until the deadline, the deal had not yet been closed. The Celtics showed interest in the Magic striker Aaron Gordon, but it was negotiated with the Nuggets shortly after the Celtics conquered Fournier.
This season, Fournier averages 19.7 points per game, his career record, while shooting 38.8 percent beyond the 3-point line. He is in the final year of a five-year, $ 85 million contract and will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. But basketball president Danny Ainge has declared his reluctance to make a deal for a hired player, so if Boston completes that exchange, it will likely be confident that it will be able to sign again with Fournier at the end of the season.
Fournier seemed to confirm that he was going to Boston on his own shortly after noon on Thursday. Well, more or less. He posted on Twitter: “Hello Celtics fans, if you’re not familiar with me, please Google my last name. You’re welcome. “Then he added a clover emoji to the end of his message.
Hi @celtics fans,
If you are not familiar with me, please Google my surname.
You’re welcome.
🍀– Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) March 25, 2021
Fournier had made this joke on Twitter before, a reference to a rare form of gangrene that bears the same name.
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Raptors send Norman Powell to Trail Blazers – 12:46 pm
Portland is sending Gary Trent and Rodney Hood to Toronto. Powell, 27, spent his entire seven-year career with the Raptors, and had a career record average of 30.4 minutes and 19.6 points.
76ers acquire George Hill from Thunder – 12:46 pm
Philadelphia will split from Tony Bradley, Terrance Ferguson and two future choices for the second round. Austin Rivers will go to Oklahoma City as part of a tripartite deal, according to ESPN. Ferguson goes to the Knicks, who send Iggy Brazdeikis to Philadelphia.
Reis exchange Nemanja Bjelica for Heat – 12:40 pm
Miami is sending Moe Harkless and Chris Silva to Sacramento, according to ESPN.
Wizards leave Troy Brown and Mo Wagner for the Bulls for Daniel Gafford and Chandler Hutchinson – 12:26 pm
Magic sends Aaron Gordon to the Nuggets – 12:22 pm
Orlando will receive Gary Harris, RJ Hampton and Denver the choice of the first round in 2025, according to ESPN. Harris was chosen in the first round in 2014, after playing for Michigan State, and spent his entire seven-year career in Denver. Hampton was the choice of Denver’s first round in the 2020 draft.
Magic sends center Nikola Vucevic and striker Al-Farouq Aminu to the Bulls – 11h02
Chicago is sending center forward Wendell Carter Jr., striker Otto Porter Jr. and two choices in the first round to Orlando, according to several reports.
Cavaliers Javale McGee Shopping Center for Nuggets – 10:02 am
Cleveland will have Isaiah Hartenstein and two future choices protected in the second round of Denver, according to ESPN.
The pistons are changing the guard Delon Wright to the Kings
Sacramento is sending guard Cory Joseph and two choices in the second round to Detroit, according to ESPN. Wright, 28, averages 10.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists for the Pistons this season and has a $ 8.5 million guarantee for the next season.
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