{"id":767370,"date":"2026-06-29T08:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/767370\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:05:18","slug":"nba-insider-identifies-13-point-per-game-guard-celtics-may-target-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/767370\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Insider Identifies 13-Point-Per-Game Guard Celtics May Target In Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtics<\/a> seem to be looking to make a big move this offseason, which could mean trading Jaylen Brown to pull it off. However, Boston still has to fill out its roster with additional moves.<\/p>\n<p>Boston has to add depth pieces, and it could be interested in landing one from the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, HoopsHype NBA insider Michael Scotto mentioned the Celtics <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopshype.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2026\/06\/28\/nba-intel-jaylen-brown-trade-talks-jalen-durens-free-agency-nikola-jokics-future-tyler-herro-more\/90729174007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as a potential team<\/a> interested in signing Mavericks point guard Brandon Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Williams has been in the NBA since the 2021-22 season, starting his career with the Trail Blazers before spending the last three seasons with the Mavericks. The 6-foot-1 guard played in 66 games this season, averaging 13 points and 3.9 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics could be looking to add Williams as a backup point guard, just in case they trade Brown and throw Payton Pritchard into the starting lineup next to Derrick White.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-celtics\/news\/nba-insider-names-western-conference-rising-team-front-runners-acquire-jaylen-brown\/5b9c051a619b630c95cb476c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA Insider Names Western Conference Rising Team &#8216;Front-Runners&#8217; To Acquire Jaylen Brown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Celtics seem to be looking to make a big move this offseason, which could mean trading Jaylen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-767370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767370","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=767370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}