{"id":397259,"date":"2026-01-07T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397259\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:13:12","slug":"celtics-view-on-potential-anfernee-simons-trade-gets-big-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/397259\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics View On Potential Anfernee Simons Trade Gets Big Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/celtics-big-leap-eastern-conference-standings-latest-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a>, after their latest win over the Chicago Bulls, have leapt up to second place in the Eastern Conference. And yet, while they <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/celtics-reportedly-eyeing-trade-breakout-big-man-ivica-zubac\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could be buyers<\/a> at the upcoming trade deadline, they also could sell a couple of players in an effort to get under the luxury tax threshold.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since being picked up in a deal with the Portland Trail Blazers over the offseason, Simons has been viewed as a potential trade candidate for the C\u2019s. And even with the team exceeding expectations, that still remains the case.<\/p>\n<p>Simons has had to adapt to a new role as a sparkplug scorer off the bench, but he\u2019s still putting up strong numbers, as he\u2019s averaging 13.5 points, 2.4 assists and 2.3 rebounds per game on 43.3% shooting from the field. While Boston is open to moving Simons, it isn\u2019t going to <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.hoopshype.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2026\/01\/06\/nba-intel-trae-young-anthony-davis-michael-porter-jr-ivica-zubac\/88049739007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">trade him just for the sake of doing so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Celtics have been unwilling to part with a future first-round pick to move Simons, league sources told HoopsHype,\u201d Michael Scotto reported. \u201cSimons is in the final year of his contract worth $27.68 million, averaging 13.5 points on 39.6 percent shooting from 3-point range as a Celtics reserve. He\u2019s also drawn interest from the Milwaukee Bucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moving on from Simons would help Boston avoid the luxury tax threshold, which would allow the front office to properly rebuild the roster around Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, once the former returns to the court. As we\u2019ve seen this season, though, this team is already ahead of schedule when it comes to its quest to remain a title contender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The C\u2019s could go either way when it comes to holding onto Simons, or potentially dealing him away. What his future ends up looking like will end up being one of the most important storylines surrounding the team ahead of the trade deadline.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics, after their latest win over the Chicago Bulls, have leapt up to second place in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[32215,64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-397259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-anfernee-simons","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}