It’s a big deal! When the Celtics got Holiday and Posses for 8 and 2, how did the players they gave out develop?

After the 2024-2025 season officially ended, the NBA has not yet stopped, and the continuous transactions remind people that the most exciting ones may still be behind. So far, the most people are paying attention to Durant's deal. He finally joined the Rockets as he wished, and the latter even sent Jaylen Green and Dillon to get him. Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens next season, their overall strength will definitely improve. Maybe the Rockets can really win the championship with this deal.

In addition, the deal that attracted a lot of attention came from the Celtics. With the boss Tatum who may be reimbursed due to injury next season, they obviously cannot return to the championship ranks immediately, so the team's most important task during the offseason is to reduce taxes and reorganize the core lineup. However, what people didn't expect was that the Celtics were moving so quickly. A few days before the finals ended, they had already sent Holiday and Porzingis away. These two people were no longer suitable for the current Celtics due to their age, attendance and other factors, so there was no problem with the team trading them.

And the most important thing is that the outside world thought that Holiday and Porzingis both had premium contracts, so if the Celtics wanted to trade them, they might have to pay the draft picks themselves. As a result, they not only did not lose money, but also made net profits of two second rounds. Such operations also made Celtics manager Stevens praised again. Now through these two transactions, the Celtics' tax reduction goal has also been achieved. They have successfully saved $238 million in luxury taxes, so they do not have any salary pressure in the new season, and when Tatum returns to the arena in full health in the 2026-2027 season, they can still form a brand new championship lineup around him.

Now look back on the past two seasons, the Celtics are undoubtedly successful. After all, they have already won the championship in 2024. In that season, Holiday and Porzingis played a very critical role. In fact, when the Celtics exchanged Holiday and Porzingis, they had already made a lot of money in those two transactions. In order to get these two people that year, the Celtics gave away 2 first rounds + 1 second round, and there were 5 players. Next, let’s take a look at the 5 players sent away by the Celtics. How did they develop in the league later!

5. Muscala

When he joined the Celtics, Muscala had reached the end of his career, so his condition had already begun to decline. After being sent to the Wizards by the Celtics, Muscala's condition did not stop and declined. In the end, he decided to retire in 2024. Fortunately, he returned to his favorite Thunder before retirement.

4. Gallinari

In 2022, Gallinari joined the Celtics with a two-year contract of 13.28 million, but due to injuries, he was traded before he could play in a game. And because of the injury, Gallinari's condition plummeted afterwards, which caused him to not stay in any team for a long time. In the end, the Bucks became the last NBA team Gallinari played for. He played for him in 17 games at the time and averaged 2.8 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. Although Gallinari later said that he still wanted to stay in the NBA, judging from his failure to find a new job since he was still in the future, there is obviously no hope.

3. Smart

was selected in the 6th pick in the first round in 2014. At the beginning, the team had high expectations for him, but after entering the league, his offense completely failed to meet the expectations of the outside world. Fortunately, Smart has defense as the basic board, so he gradually settled in the starting position. During this period, due to the team's locker room undergoing many changes, he later became the oldest player in the Celtics, so he became the recognized leader of the Celtics.

Smart has been selected for the Best Defensive Team several times since 2019 and was selected as the Best Defensive Player in 2022. However, Smart's shortcomings are always exposed in the playoffs. His unstable shooting and easy offensive ends are very harmful to the team. So when he was used as a bargaining chip for trading Porzingis in 2023, many Celtic fans were very happy about it. The team finally got rid of this "stupid young man" who was nearly 30 years old.

After leaving the Celtics, Smart played for the Grizzlies and Wizards. During this period, he only played 54 games in total. It can be seen that his attendance has declined very clearly. In this way, his contract has become a premium contract. Unless Smart and Wizards buy out, he will most likely have to wait until the contract expires next year before transferring and continuing to compete for the championship.

2. Rowe

In 2018, the Celtics personally selected Rowe at the 27th pick in the first round. Under the training of the team, he also went from being unable to play in the regular season to becoming the core rotation in the playoffs. In the 2022 playoffs, Rowe was able to contribute 7.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2.2 blocks per game. Although Loway is only 2.06 meters tall, he is still a center who is very good at protecting the frame. However, at that time he had exposed his potential for injury, which also led to him being sent away by the team later.

Since being sent to the Trail Blazers in Holiday's trade, Rowe has only played 26 games in two seasons, and averaged less than 20 minutes of playing time. So even if he can provide positive game influence after playing, obviously no team will choose to take over him at this time. Moreover, with Loway's playing style, it is really difficult for him to avoid injuries, so even if his contract expires next year, it will be difficult to find a new job..

1.Bro Gordon

Although Bro Gordon only played for one season with the Celtics, his performance was also good that year. He won the sixth man in the regular season and averaged 11.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.7 three-pointers per game in the playoffs. Later, Brogodon was given to the Trail Blazers as a bargaining chip for Holiday, and his strength was still good here, averaging 15.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in the regular season, but due to his poor attendance rate, no strong team is willing to give him enough bargaining chips.

Bro Gordon was traded to the Wizards who are also playing badly in 2024. He only played 24 games this season. Although he still averaged 12.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, as he gets older, there will definitely be fewer and fewer teams who are interested in him later. However, since Brogodon will become a free agent this year, if he is willing to accept some middle class or even basic salary, he may still attract some playoff teams.