{"id":578899,"date":"2026-02-03T05:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/578899\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:28:11","slug":"new-celtics-trade-rumors-are-starting-to-percolate-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/578899\/","title":{"rendered":"New Celtics trade rumors are starting to percolate up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 2, 2026, 9:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">New Boston Celtics trade rumors are starting to percolate up. Or at least that is the point of view of the hosts of the &#8220;How Bout Them Celtics!&#8221; podcast, Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance, who took a look at some of the latest rumblings about what Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens and the Boston front office might elect to do ahead of the Feb. 5 moratorium for moving players between ball clubs in the 2025-26 regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In this episode, Simone and LaFrance get into some of the more recent Celtics potential trade rumors, including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\/\" data-autotag=\"05d62218-2c53-4928-8e69-9f1ad296f0b0\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> big man Ivica Zubac, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/new-orleans-pelicans\/3\/\" data-autotag=\"15f75db4-5544-4c0a-8f70-617b4b13163c\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> center Yves Missi, and seldom-played Boston big Chris Boucher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Are any of these rumors moving the needle for Boston in your opinion? Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jdH-dGLAEi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"New Celtics Trade Rumors Just Dropped\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jdH-dGLAEi0\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Listen to &#8220;Havlicek Stole the Pod&#8221; on:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Blue Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/CdKp\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tiny.ee\/CdKp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">iTunes:<a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/RK47\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/tiny.ee\/RK47<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/tiny.ee\/cOW3\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tiny.ee\/cOW3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 2, 2026, 9:45 p.m. ET New Boston Celtics trade rumors are starting to percolate up. 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