NBA Rumors: Celtics Have Shown ‘Great Interest’ In This Big Man today…
The Celtics supposedly are keeping an eye on Detroit as they consider potential moves to move forward their list.
Boston has appeared “great interest” in Cylinders center Isaiah Stewart, concurring to The Athletic’s James L. Edwards III. Stewart right now is averaging 10.2 focuses and 6.8 bounce back per diversion for the 2-25 Cylinders, who completely ought to be looking to offer ahead of the NBA exchange due date.
This wasn’t the primary time Stewart was connected to the Celtics in rumors. Driving up to the 2023 NBA Draft, Edwards detailed Boston made a call to Detroit approximately the 22-year-old but accurately anticipated the Cylinders wouldn’t move Stewart some time recently the begin of the season. The C’s, of course, went on to create distant greater moves over the offseason, procuring Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Occasion in a combine of blockbuster exchanges.
Stewart’s sturdiness alone would make him a incredible fit in Boston, but obtaining the Washington item wouldn’t be a straightforward move for Brad Stevens and company. Due to the “Poison Pill” provision in Stewart’s contract, an interested group would got to coordinate a compensation fair north of $13 million to obtain the fourth-year professional. The Celtics, in the interim, as of now have exceptionally small compensation cap adaptability and as of now sit over the league’s extravagance charge. This circumstance was the major reason why beat NBA insider Brian Windhorst regarded Boston “unlikely” to be an dynamic player ahead of the exchange due date.
Advance complicating things for the Celtics is the detailed intrigued Stewart has earned somewhere else. Edwards reports the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Dissidents moreover have kicked the tires on the hard-nosed huge man.
