{"id":584937,"date":"2026-02-05T22:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/584937\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:04:14","slug":"celtics-send-away-fan-favorite-bench-player-in-third-deadline-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/584937\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Send Away Fan-Favorite Bench Player In Third Deadline Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics were once again busy at the NBA trade deadline, but this time around felt\u2026 different.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest move of the week came in the much-anticipated trade of Anfernee Simons.<\/p>\n<p>Although the guard was playing great, paying $27 million for a bench piece was not feasible.<\/p>\n<p>He was flipped into a scoring big, Nikola Vucevic, who will be a day-one starter.<\/p>\n<p>Then Boston sent away veteran flyer Chris Boucher. Boucher had only played 6 minutes in 2026, but the move saved the Celtics a little money and gave the 33-year-old a chance to play elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, in the final hours of the deadline, Boston made a third move in a minimally covered deal that traded away fan-favorite bench player Josh Minott.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Boston Celtics are trading Josh Minott to the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2019485135742058868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minott has played in just five games in 2026 after starting the season as a 20-minute-per-game type of player. The turnaround in his usage was neck-breaking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, head coach Joe Mazzulla has settled into a rotation that utilizes players like Bailey Scheierman and Luka Garza in a similar role.<\/p>\n<p>This deal sends the young player to a team that will likely play him much more. When paired with Boucher\u2019s contract, the two moves shed\u00a0$5.2 million in cap space.<\/p>\n<p>This is more than just a money-saving tactic. The two moves put the Celtics under the first apron, which means they can now sign any buyout candidates that make themselves available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics did not receive a player in return for either Minott or Boucher.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics were once again busy at the NBA trade deadline, but this time around felt\u2026 different.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,10761,7272,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-584937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-chris-boucher","14":"tag-josh-minott","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116020292410723874","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}