It was reported earlier in the week that the Boston Celtics might be in the market for a blockbuster trade involving Los Angeles Clippers' All-Star power forward Blake Griffin. There was a proposed three-team trade that might take place and it seems to be gaining more traction.
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Sporting News' NBA Insider Sean Deveney is reporting that the three-way trade is almost imminent at this point. He says that while the team is reluctant to move one of their franchise cornerstones, the Clippers are interested in bringing in Rudy Gay of the Sacramento Kings in that potential three-way trade.
The Clippers have 31-year-old point guard Chris Paul on hand, and league sources have said that if the Clippers move Griffin — a move that Clippers coach and front-office head Doc Rivers is reluctant to make — they will want a deal that involves draft picks and a frontline star who can keep them in Western Conference contention.
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Deveney says that the Clippers have been weighing trading Griffin all season and the possibility of a three-team package involving Sacramento sending Rudy Gay to the Clippers has emerged. The Celtics would give up future draft picks, but they are trying to keep their two Brooklyn Nets picks, which are looking like top-5 picks the next two years.
There were some rumors that the Celtics would pursue 2017 free agent Russell Westbrook in hopes of him re-signing with the team when his deal runs up next summer, but that talk seems to have fizzled as there is nothing coming from the player's agent at this time.
