The Celtics are very confident that they don’t need to take any draft picks to send Platinum and Holiday away?

According to the well-known reporter of TheSteinLine, Marc Stein, the Boston Celtics currently do not plan to send Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis away by taking advantage of the draft pick. On the contrary, the Celtics expect some positive returns by trading the two players.

Stein said: Although the Celtics do need to cut their wages to lower their luxury tax bills and avoid the second rich line, the management is confident about the next operation and they believe that it can bring back valuable assets to the team through transactions. As of now, the Celtics' operating posture is not as good as the kind of team that is eager to sell off high-paying players. Stein continued: Another competitor team revealed that the Celtics may be planning a series of phased deals. These trades may start from the offseason and may continue until next year's trade deadline. For example, first exchange Porzingis's contract worth $30.7 million next season for several smaller contracts, and then perform cost reduction again before the trading deadline in February next year.

In the NBA regular season this season, Porzingis played 42 games in 82 games, averaging 28.8 minutes per game, averaging 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 1.5 blocks, and 1.3 turnovers and 2.8 fouls. His shooting percentage was 48.3%, a three-point shooting percentage of 41.2%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 80.9%. During the playoffs, Porzingis played 11 games in total, with averaging 21 minutes per game, with averaging 7.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks, and 0.9 turnovers and 2.4 fouls. His shooting percentage was 31.6%, his three-point shooting percentage was 15.4%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 68.9%.

In the NBA regular season this season, Holiday made a total of 62 appearances in 82 games, averaging 30.6 minutes per game, averaging 11.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocks, and 1.2 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. His shooting percentage was 44.3%, three-point shooting percentage was 35.3%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 90.9%. In the playoffs, Holiday made 8 appearances in total, with averaging 33 minutes per game, with averaging 9.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.1 blocks. He also had 2 turnovers and 3.1 fouls. His shooting percentage was 48.3%, his three-point shooting percentage was 34.6%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 69.2%.

In fact, if the Celtics were thinking about the problem this way last summer, we might still understand it, but the problem is that they were eliminated in the Eastern Conference semi-finals this season. Porzingis' performance during the playoffs was completely disaster-level, and Holiday's decline was also visible to the naked eye. Even if Porzingis is an expiring contract, it cannot change the fact that his contract is of serious low cost performance. As for Holiday, the premium component of his contract is also obvious. If you don't pay the draft pick, you'll expect others to accept the contracts between them. The Celtics are a little overthinking, right?