The Jrue Holiday-Anfernee Simons trade is just ‘PART ONE’ for the Celtics – Bobby Marks | NBA Today

The Jrue Holiday-Anfernee Simons trade is just ‘PART ONE’ for the Celtics – Bobby Marks | NBA Today

24-25 season is in the books but there’s no rest for our senior insider Sham Shirania breaking NBA news late into last night now twotime NBA champ Drew Holidayiday is headed to Portland shams what more can you tell us about the deal chay for the Portland Trailblazers this is an aggressive swing to build on what was a top five transition defense in the second half of this past season and for the Celtics this is the start of a very busy off season it’s about getting out of the second apron and getting breathing room with the cap given that Tatum could miss a significant part of next season and so getting significant luxury tax savings has been a focal point and right now the Celtics are engaged in trade talks around several key players on their roster i’m told the Celtics are discussing Christo Porzingis trades specifically with several interested teams in both conferences anthony Simons they just acquired him from Portland as well along with two second round picks he could also get interest on the open market now listen they’re two big players as well and Jaylen Brown and Derek White they’re going to get serious interest and offers on both of them as well and the Celtics I’m told prefer not to trade Derek White and Jaylen Brown but depending on how those offers get could they consider a deal that’s what a lot of team executives are waiting to see h very interesting you said you expect the Celtics to be pretty active what team should we be paying attention to before tomorrow’s draft well in the lottery um I think Washington and New Orleans I would look at as as as movers and shakers in this you have teams like Utah Philadelphia as well um but there are are other teams from a roster perspective atlanta has a massive $25.3 million trade player exception i’m told they’re they’re really likely to use that exception to either get a gamechanging player or pick up players uh with salaries and get assets with that as well and Utah has some role players that could be of interest around the league john Collins Colin Ston as well as well as Jordan Clarkson and John Collins is a big man who you see when whenever Chris Porzingis gets traded John Collins could be a guy that moves as well by this time tomorrow we’ll be very close to knowing what those teams will be doing thank you so much for stopping by sean’s team no sleep over there we got you now that the Blazers have Drew Holiday in the fold they add him to a team that was playing some really good hoops down the stretch the Blazers were 25 and 25 after January 1 and were sixth in defense during that stretch and if you think about it they have a lot of young stars that they’re trying to build around and here’s the squad the brain trust of Brian Windhorse Bobby Mars Kendrick Perkins NBA champion this is our first show in the new Hudson Studios it’s pretty nice bobby told us he had a pork chop which is nice cafeteria is great and the temperature in this 100 degree day is perfect in here tonight yeah the temperature is good but what is the temperature right now in Boston i think it that was part one i think we’re going to see a series of moves from from the Celtics here goal is to get under this second apron to give themselves some flexibility to make some trades uh potentially unfreeze their pick in 2033 drew Holiday is number one we’re going to keep an eye on Christophs Porzingis $18 million below that threshold it’s going to be a combination of moves if they’re going to want to get under there kirk you’re a former Celtic what did you think of losing a guy that was truly a championship piece in Drew Holiday but now you’re adding a three-point shooter which sort of fits the way that this team has been the last few years well I mean I look at Drew Holiday like a exotic car right exotic car rental you rent him out you know you know he’s going to come give you the Flash whether you want to pick a Urus or a Lambo and that mean you got a championship they paid him his money and now he’s going off to his next destination but I love the pickup of Anthony Simon i tell you that much especially without with Jason Tatum being out anthony Simon is what how old Bobby 27 he’s 26 so he’s right in the age group with Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum and he’s a guy that could be a second option to Jaylen Brown because he could put the ball in the basket we know that you know I hear a lot of people talk criticizing oh he was one of the worst defensive players in the league last year well that changes when you get to Boston right that culture because they’re going to call you out it’s a lot different playing for the Portland Trailblazers and playing for the Boston Celtics when you arrive with in City of Champions you know what I’m There’s accountability there you know what I’m saying the media going to hold you accountable we watch Sam Hower Peyton Pritchard slide those puppies on the perimeter he’s going to pick up their identity he’s going to be a great fit for the Celtics now outside of those two teams Boston and the Blazers what does this say leaguewide this move man is there an arm race arms race in the Western Conference right now you look at what’s happened in the East you’ve got three teams that are dealing with the fallout of Achilles tendon tears where they’re beginning to maybe thinking about taking their teams down a little bit this is a move in Boston I don’t think we see if Jason Tatum was fully healthy meanwhile in the West the the Trailblazers yeah they were 25 and 25 but are they even a they’re straight they’re fighting to be a playin team and they just took on a 35year-old with a hundred million dollars left on his contract while they’re for sale their team is for sale they just took on $100 million contract and paid two second round picks and a and a quality young player for the for the the luxury of it so the Western Conference you look what Houston’s done you know that um that the Lakers are going to try to upgrade their roster in the next few days you know the Clippers are trying to uh upgrade their roster you already have quality teams in a bunch of different places and you got Utah announcing they’re not taking anymore i mean you got 14 15 teams who think that they’re going to be able to make the playoffs next year while in the East there’s teams are moving up in this in the odds just because they’re not having injured players yeah so it’s a credible dichotomy between the East and the West right now love that word dichotomy okay but Bobby if you think about this what does this move mean for the league as well when you think about the moves this was the news yesterday but what are the news that we can expect today well I think we’re going to keep an eye on Kyrie Irving in Dallas just because he’s got a $43 million player option it’s exercisable by 11:59 p.m eastern tonight so we’re a little bit of a holding pattern i think it’s important regarding Kyrie because does he opt into that contract do they sign him does he opt out and sign him to a new contract because remember he’s not going to be starting the season they were going to need to get some type of replacement by taking a little bit less that opens up some flexibility to do so so I have my eyes on Kyrie Irving for the rest of the day so I got a question i’m sitting here with Wendy Chennai and Bobby and I I really got a legit question we watching a lot of teams have new owners like what’s going on we watching the Portland Trailblazers there for sale obviously Mark Cuban just sold the Dallas Mavericks jeannie Bus selling the Los Angeles Lakers the Boston Celtics the Charlotte Hornets what what the hell is going on if like what’s happening business is good well there’s a couple of reasons one there’s a brand new business there’s a brand new 77 billion media rights deal that is about to come into effect that’s going to guarantee team revenues for the foreseeable future also the sale of the Celtics and the sale of the Lakers has increased everyone’s value in the league so that makes you think about wanting to sell yeah basically go ahead and the the one the one thing real quick is that certainly when you when you own a team the goal is always just to break even you’re not in the business to make money like yeartoear it’s when you sell it’s when you sell is when you cash out big time yeah generationally yes two minutes ago Shams told us to watch out for the Pelicans and the Wizards we’ve got some breaking news the Pelicans are trading CJ McCollum Kelly Olen and a future second round pick to the Washington Wizards for Jordan Pool Sadiq Bay and the number 40 pick his sources tell ESPN what do we think guys well I’m crunching a little numbers right now i listen I think for Washington you get off Jordan Pool and Sadiq Bay have two years left on their contract they take on the expiring contracts of CJ McCullum and certainly Kyle Lick i look at it from the Wizards perspective it frees up a ton of playing time for their young players they potentially could be a player in the summer of 2026 as far as where they go the goal for Washington is to retain that pick also that’s important so last year the Wizards were one of the worst teams in the history of the NBA through the first third twothirds of the season they since have wanted to get grown-up veterans in there they traded for Marcus Smart they traded for Chris Middleton now they traded for CJ McCollum they’re clearly wanting those veterans to mentor their young players and maybe not be the worst team in the league anymore no I’m with you and I think the underrated part uh far as the Pelicans I know they get Jordan Pul but Sadique Bay that’s underrated right you watch around the league and we watch these NBA finals and again the most important position in the NBA is the wing position so you get a guy that could shoot he’s hard-nosed and I believe Troy Weaver had him down there we haven’t seen him in a year because he’s coming off that injury so Troy Weaver was in Washington he took Joe Dumar’s top lieutenant role in in New Orleans immediately we have Washington players coming to New Orleans yeah interesting you know we were warned NBA draft in active time let’s go coast to coast catching up on other top prospects dylan Harper projected number two pick in our ESPN mock draft he actually threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium on Sunday this has to be an incredible moment for a kid from Jersey that’s really special brian he seems like a lock to go to San Antonio right now how does he fit alongside D Fox Stefon Castle and of course free agent Chris Paul there are only two locks in this first round of this draft one is Cooper Flag going one one is Dylan Harper going two they didn’t even bring anybody else in Bobby i don’t even think this is and you say well they’ve got Castle they’ve got Darren Fox how does another guard fit they believe that he does fit because I don’t think they considered almost anybody else for this pick we’re going to have to watch how it plays out but they are very high on Dylan Harper they didn’t even consider trading this pick and there was a lot of interest in it oh very very interesting bj Edgecom though out of Baylor is projected to go number three to the Sixers that’s assuming that they keep the pick Bobby so should the Philly draft or should they trade the pick i would move back i I just look at BJ and he’s a terrific player in this tier three of players here i think if you can move back but not out of the top seven and pick up an additional maybe future first i think I would be looking at something like that that’s not a bad move and your probably favorite player perk trey Johnson is projected to go seven in the latest mod draft perk what do people need to know about this kid from Texas and who does he remind you of that he can shoot the hell out of the damn basketball arguably the best shooter in this draft when I look at him his game to me mimics Chris Middleton he’s legit 66 could put could put the ball on the floor enough to be able to create separation to get his shot off he’s excellent moving without the basketball and he is a killer he wants to win ultimate competitor and he’s ready to play now there’s also been a lot of conversation about Ace Bailey who has fallen out of the top three in the mocks but is clearly an elite talent it hasn’t been reported that he’s visited any NBA teams before the draft but Bobby how do you as a front office member evaluate under those circumstances you evaluate him based on what he did at Ruckers you know the individual workouts is not going to show you much as far as going one or three on three if you think Ace Bailey is the third best player in his draft you take him doesn’t matter if he came and visited you have the medicals already for him best available well hey guys let’s look at ESPN’s latest mock draft where Baylor is VJ Edgecom uh going third to the 76ers with the initial top three projected pick ace Bailey dropping to sixth to the Wizards now another name you need to know Jeremiah Fears out of Oklahoma armark Spears sat down with him before the draft take a listen to why he thinks he’s the best player in this class jeremiah jeremiah with 29 points up here i saw that your high school graduation if you had stayed at high school was May 24 sir instead you’re preparing for the NBA draft like when you think about that how amazing has this whole journey been for you man it’s been great just looking back kind of seeing all my friends graduating this year and people I grew up with all my life is definitely experience um something I kind of had to get over not being able to kind of graduate and be in the moment but I mean I’m getting ready for um something better jeremiah Fears was supposed to be graduating from high school last month instead he bet on his NBA dream by reclassifying leave high school early to play at Oklahoma my dad first mentioned it to me around my freshman year high school he was just talking about how he kind of feel my skill set is a match for my age so I’ve been thinking about it since my freshman year of high school but I kind of wanted to just see myself develop and see how it play out i saw your quote when you were going to Oklahoma you said your goal is to get to the NBA did you even think going doing it in a year’s time was possible i would say yes um it’s something I I wrote down ever since I started playing basketball my first thing was just obviously getting to college getting a D1 offer and being able to put myself in a position like that was great and then my second one was being able to play in the NBA and the third one was being a one and done so those are three things I wrote down from the moment I started playing basketball you did such a great job of freezing defenders some people make the joke I had no fear but it’s like it’s a real thing should they fear you on the court yes for sure every time I step on the court I go out there compete play hard and I’m coming at you mike Miller said you’re going to be allar in three years yes sir i like it because it’s something that he truly believe in it’s something that that I truly believe and I know it’s going to happen so somebody think that highly of you then you should think that highly of yourself as well espn projected last week that fears will be taken seventh by New Orleans in time this draft sleeper believes that teams passing on him will regret it i hear you’re quite competitive yes sir i don’t hear your name in top three how do How do you feel about that man upset there was more work to be done and whatever goes in front of me I’m coming I’m coming for do you see yourself as a sleeper do you see yourself as Well I I’ll let you answer that see myself the best player in this class somebody that can bring everything to the table bring you wins bring you a leader bring you just the best overall player in this whole class

On NBA Today, Shams Charania, Bobby Marks, Kendrick Perkins and Brian Windhorst join Chiney Ogwumike to react to the trade that sends Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers & Anfernee Simons to the Boston Celtics. Plus, they discuss the 2025 NBA Draft before it takes place on Wednesday.

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