Lemme give a quick breakdown of each teams reasoning for the trade

Celtics do this to obtain a truly great rim protecting center and one who also is a decent improvement to their current starter and this helps the Celtics keep size off the bench as well as in the starting 5

They also move Simons who is expiring and maybe they want him around but they don’t have any major resignings to do this offseason plus they aren’t a team that’s to worried about their pick this year

Overall this is great move for Boston to make

Brooklyn does this to gain the only think they don’t have and that’s a substantial expiring contract to really open things up for them next season they also get a first in a draft class that’s just as if not deeper then last years

This trade makes a lot of sense also to help them try to potentially snag a RFA if they want and make a big move to really kickstart this teams path to contention

I also feel they get ample value for Claxton in this deal

Let me know what you think of it and prepare for multiple more deadline trade ideas