Trade For Irving Now Complete, Celtics And Cavs Can Move On
In the least shocking news of the year, the trade between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers is now complete.
After Cleveland extorted the Celtics for extra compensation in the deal the Celtics conceded and sent the Cavs its 2020 second round pick it acquired via the Miami Heat.
Now that the deal is complete the official structure of the trade is as follows.
Celtics Recieve:
Cavs Recieve
Cleveland received extra compensation because they believed that the Boston Celtics were not fully transparent about the health of Isaiah Thomas throughout the process.
Even if that is true, the health of Thomas’s hip has been highly publicized and occurred during a series in which Cleveland was playing in.
Boston, on the other hand, believes they were completely straight forward with Cleveland and that the Thomas status was widely known by everyone in the league. But with the Celtics bent over on the barrel, the Cavs were in the unique position to extort Danny Ainge and company for extra compensation.
It is, of course, worth noting that Thomas isn’t expected to be ready to play day 1. Even he has acknowledged that.
“There’s never been an indication that I wouldn’t be back, and there’s never been an indication that this is something messing up my career,” Thomas told ESPN on Tuesday. “Maybe I am not going to be back as soon this season as everyone wants me to be, but I’m going to be back, and I’m going to be the same player again. No doctor has told me anything different than that.”
With the deal now complete, Boston will look to fill the roster spot that has been created by the trade. Candidates for that include Tony Allen and Andrew Bogut.
