On Tuesday the Utah Jazz struck a deal to trade rookie RJ Luis Jr. to the Boston Celtics for Georges Niang and two future second-round picks (2027, 2031), league sources confirmed to the Deseret News. The Jazz are effectively helping the Celtics shed salary so they can have some financial relief under the second apron by taking on Niang’s salary, …
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It would have been a homecoming for Georges Niang to play for the Boston Celtics. The Lawrence, Mass., native just didn’t stick around long enough to put on the green and white jersey. In the latest cost-cutting move during an offseason full of them, the Celtics agreed to trade Niang, whom they acquired from Atlanta earlier this offseason, and two …
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This is a nice bit of work by the Boston Celtics to upgrade while saving money, and the Jazz get a little bonus for helping out. First, the Celtics are trading veteran Georges Niang and two second-round picks as a sweetener to the Utah Jazz for RJ Luis Jr., a story broken by Shams Charania of ESPN. This was a …
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The Celtics traded Georges Niang to the Utah Jazz for two second-round picks and rookie RJ Luis Jr., ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Tuesday. This trade appears to be a win-win for both sides, with the teams heading in different directions for the 2025-26 season. The Celtics needed to lose salary in an effort to get below the second apron, and …
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The Celtics are trading Georges Niang and two future second-round picks to the Jazz for rookie RJ Luis, ESPN’s Shams Charania tweets. Utah is utilizing part of the $26.6MM trade exception created in last month’s three-team trade in which Utah dealt John Collins to the Clippers, Bobby Marks of ESPN tweets. It’s another salary dump for the Celtics, allowing them …
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SALT LAKE CITY — The “Minivan” is set to make a second stop in Utah. The Utah Jazz have traded undrafted rookie RJ Luis Jr. to Boston in exchange for former friend Georges Niang and two future second-round picks, according to ESPN. The Celtics have made cost-cutting an offseason priority as they look to avoid the second apron, and Utah …
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The Boston Celtics are trading forward Georges Niang to the Utah Jazz, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported. The Celtics sent two second-round picks alongside Niang and received rookie guard RJ Luis Jr. in return, per Charania. Boston then signed former Toronto Raptors forward Chris Boucher to a one-year, $3.3 million deal, his agent Sam Permut told Charania. The Jazz can use …
Read More »The Boston Celtics are sending recently-acquired forward Georges Niang and two future second-round picks to the Utah Jazz for rookie wing RJ Luis Jr., according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Niang, who previously played in Utah from 2017-21, returns to the Jazz, and his more than $8 million salary goes into the Jazz’s massive trade exception from the John Collins deal, …
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