Brooklyn is the only team that could absorb Holiday’s deal outright into their cap space. Otherwise, the other team involved in acquiring Holiday would need to send out at least $25.9 million in salary for the trade to work under CBA rules if it goes through after July 1st. Holiday is set to make $32.4 million next season.

Celtics Receive Major Kristaps Porzingis Update Before NBA Offseason Due to the Celtics being over the second apron of the salary cap, many around the NBA are expecting Boston to break up its core. This could see the Celtics part with a few key contributors this summer,

According to Shams Charania, the Celtics' primary focus still revolves around moving Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, and Sam Hauser.

A three-team mock trade has the Golden State Warriors landing a champion from the Boston Celtics while sending Jonathan Kuminga to the Brooklyn Nets.

Star big man Kristaps Porzingis and guard Jrue Holiday are the most likely names to be moved, with each seeing multiple trade rumors about them. But Boston could make more moves depending on how drastic the front office wants to be. More NBA news: Celtics Linked to Star Big as Kristaps Porzingis Faces Uncertain Future

Yahoo Sports' Kevin O'Connor believes that the Celtics don't want to trade Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, but will listen in on offers.

The Boston Celtics entered the 2024-25 NBA season with high hopes of becoming repeat NBA Champions, something that hasn't happened since Kevin Durant and Steph

During the 2024-25 NBA season with Boston, Porzingis played in just 42 games. He averaged 19.5 points per game to go along with 6.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.5 blocks, while shooting 48.3 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent from three-point range.