The Boston Celtics have already made a couple of very impactful trades this offseason. They decided to part ways with two starters, shipping both Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis out of town.<\/p>\n
Jayson Tatum is likely out for the entire season as well as he recovers from a torn Achilles. That leaves Boston in a very tough position heading into next season.<\/p>\n
More news: Celtics Free Agent Al Horford Expected to Sign Next Week<\/a><\/p>\n The Houston Rockets find themselves in a hard spot as well after losing Fred VanVleet to a torn ACL. Now, one pundit believes they should target a Celtics guard to replace him.<\/p>\n Brad Botkin of CBS Sports<\/a> believes that the Rockets should consider trying to trade for Payton Pritchard as a means of replacing VanVleet.<\/p>\n “This is probably my favorite target for the Rockets. Pritchard is a bonafide offensive weapon and even though he definitely has size limitations, he’s an ultra competitive defender who can make an honest two-way difference — especially with the kind of support Houston has to offer,” Botkin notes.<\/p>\n Of course, the Celtics would have to be willing to part with their point guard of the future, meaning that they would need a ton of assets in return to think about doing something like this.<\/p>\n The Celtics are happy with Pritchard becasue he is a good, young player on a cheap contract. That’s something that’s very valuable in today’s two-apron CBA system that the NBA has.<\/p>\n