The Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans have agreed on a three-team, five-player trade that sends Jeff Green to the Grizzlies, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
The trade will send the Grizzlies’ Tayshaun Prince, New Orleans’ Austin Rivers and a future Memphis first-round pick to the Celtics, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
Memphis will send forward Quincy Pondexter and a 2015 second-round pick to the Pelicans and the Pelicans will move guard Russ Smith to the Grizzlies, sources said. The Grizzlies held Prince and Pondexter out of Sunday’s game against the Phoenix Suns.
That’s it… no more tweaks… no more other teams… n0 late changes to the players involved. This is it. This is the deal.
Austin Rivers probably won’t even book a flight to Boston. Instead of the Celtics taking a look at him for the rest of the year (one of the possibilities I laid out yesterday), they’re reportedly going to try to flip him for a 2nd round pick from the Clippers so he could go play for his dad, Doc. There are multiple reports of discussions that could result in a subsequent 3-team deal with the Clippers and some team to give Boston an expiring deal and a 2nd rounder for Austin Rivers. We’ll have to wait and see on that.
So that’s that. Jeff Green will be a Memphis Grizzly by this time tomorrow. I already said my goodbye yesterday morning… so now all that’s left is to listen to Celtics Stuff Live here on RedsArmy.com at 8pm with me and Jon Duke to get our analysis of this weekend’s deals.
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